RE: This buck versus the bucks in your area....
I would have definitely dropped the string on him. We have quite a few of those running aroud here in New Jersey. Yea I know, New Jersey. I am a transplant from South Carolina(long story, don't ask). We have been on a strict QDM program for the last 7-8 years, so we are starting to see really decent bucks. I took a 140 2 years ago, so we are seeing some bigger bucks that the one you harvested but I would not have thought twice about putting an arrow in his boiler room. GOOD JOB!