That is really sad to see such a nice buck die in such a way. At least his death will be remembered since it was so unique. In a local paper a few years back someone found a doe in a similar position. There was a large tree with a smaller one growing out of the base exactly like in this situation. It jumped between the trees, the front made it but the back legs did not and it get wedged at the waste in the tree and probably starved to death. It was a very interesting and sad situation, very unique. Nature can throw some strange things at ya!