Your theory is good, I thought the same thing. Then I looked up the Rompola buck and its almost a match. So I thought maybe it was photoshop.

According to the web, he isnt "THE" Heart attack buck, he is "A" heart attack buck.

There seems to be alot of them

Never heard of the Heart Attack Buck, but he sure is a nice one.

There are several different bucks named the "Heart Attack" buck. Theirs at least 2 pen raised ones and the Drury bro's buck.

I remember seeing that deer on Realtree Outdoors. That was when they had hunting shows on Sunday night from 6:30 to 10:30 pm. Ohhh those were the days. I can't quite remember but I thought that buck died. I don't think someone killed him but it was maybe old age. No one was allowed to kill him.

Jeff

This buck was on Monster bucks way back when, i wanna say monster bucks 5. He wasnt shot and was on the tecomate ranch. I think they captured him and brought him to the ranch. No one was allowed to shoot him, this picture was taken with the realtree cameras while bill jordan was hunting down there when this photo was taken, but could not shoot the buck. The story is on monster bucks 10 when they recall all the past hunts. Crazy i remember this from like 6 or 7 years ago.