here he is last January, think he's on the way up or on the way down??

Still up for sure. His body shows that I think. I realize the year before pic is after rut, but look's like a younger[3 yr old?] deer. His tines are longer also. He's further away, so that's deceiving.

Awesome pics!

found this one of him in Feb, searched hard but never found the sheds.

Ron, id say he is definitely still on the way up, he did look like a younger deer last year and I would guess he is probably a 4 year old this year. His body has a lot of features of a 4 year old. He is a great buck this year and would be a monster next year in my opinion!

Great pics. How high do you have the Cudde mounted in the first few pics?

Thx Janesburg, have it at about 5 feet high on the tree but the tree is on a small rise, have it aimed on a slight downward angle.