he's a nice one. But every year in Pa we have had a handfull of nice ones. Two years ago on Peters Mt in Dauphin county one was shot a little smaller than this one.
I think its funny though that you attribute it to AR, this buck could have been shot any one of the last 3 years. Junior hunters and military can take any buck, and last year he could have been shot, but like any other season for the last many decades he managed to get by for a few seasons. Thats nothing new.
I think he is great, but his size has little to do with AR. If you looked at it that way, he might of been shot in the 2002 zest for doe. When we harvested more does ,we harvested more button bucks too, could've been whacked then too. But luck and hunting pressure had more to do with it than AR/HR.
Any idea which state game lands he came from??
