Stevecat, when calculating how high he was you did not take into consideration the downhill slope. When I stated the rear of the deer was the only thing touching the ground you can see what i meant in pic 3. It took 30 min because of the tightness between antler and tree. If you examine the bottom of the tree in pic 3, you can also see how high up the bark of the tree was. All the pics with the deer still in the tree is exactly the way I found it. I hadn't even touched it yet in most. Pic 2 and pic 6 is a pic from the back side and clearly shows the height. Pic 3 was taken from the uphill side looking down on the deer, and pic 5 was taken from downhill looking uphill. Also, one last thing in pic 3 the bark is tore up above where the deer is stuck, that had to happen before the deer was stuck, that much bark would not be rubbed off that area from one single blow.


I can already see that I am going to have to go back to the scene with a tape measure and show some measurements and different angles. I'm going back down there in a couple weeks to get film from my stealth-cam, so I can possibbly do it then.