I got the same pics emailed to me about a month ago with a "story". Don't know if it's true but here it is,....

{These two bucks were locked together from fighting. The guy that found them was going to his stand that evening, and heard a bunch of noise, so he went to see what it was and found the bigger buck dragging the smaller one it was already dead. The big buck was worn out and it would have either starved to death or have been eaten alive by coyotes or dogs. He shot the deer with his bow and got help to load them up. At the check station, a game warden issued him a permit for the other one. He was offered $30,000 for the two locked deer by some guy from New York. He took them to a taxidermist and is having the two bucks mounted like they are (full body mounts). They were found in Schuyler County, Illinois in November, 2003.}

Now, sounds a little far to me, but ya never know what "could" happen.