Atlas, It's not like we don't care but there are some linguring issues here.

1 When did you all discover the missing buck? His post about his messed up forked buck was posted back on 1/13/05 and the last post on the thread was 1/17/05. When did you try to contact Spot Light? He did last post on 1/28/05 in the evening. Every PM puts a message in his personal email.
2. As I recall there was a problem with the first few posts. 1 was a tag the other was a bow. They were allowed in and notice was sent out that all must contain a bow and the tag issue was dropped. The ones that are without the bow need to be correctted or they should be disqualified. Plain and simple.
3. It doesn't sound like he even measured it. If it's a messed up forked buck, it will be hard getting 40 points unless his main beams are 10" and a 10" spread at the widest point.
4. The last rule that was put in place was that all disputes must be settled by team captains. I think it maybe that time to take it to that step. Those are real issues brought up in my point above and the contest was to be over by 1/31/05 but let's get a ruling.