I'm lost... Why would anyone that has taken deer of that caliber want someone else to hold it...?? Seems to me I could go over to my buddies house and take a pic with his deer without a problem, or just have him post the pic his self on my behalf... I'm not buying it... Smells Fishy, and if it smells like fish it probably is...

And just another note about the pic, anyone looking at it could tell what is in the background of the pic, and you were there in the pic so of course you are going to know what else is in the pic...

On the deer, I am not an offical measurer by any means, but it looks to me like the mass on the left side is much greater then the mass on the right, which as far as I know that means deductions... and with that tine length, I don;t see this deer making the books... Although a very nice buck, he would be on my wall anyday...JMO...