Ric... Good for you on the find... Being new on the site I guess I missed the original encounter or history you had with this buck. So whats the story??? Hopefully this guy left his genes somewhere for you down the road.
No history with this deer Rich! Just by far the largest racked buck I've ever found and I've covered hundreds of miles in all my years! I do hunt within a mile of this deers home core though. It's just one of those areas though that they they seldom leave unless something drastic happens that bumps them out.
The buck I killed last year ran the same property and evidently got pressured off the property and I was just fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time and made it happen.
I'm just fortunate to have permission to shed hunt 4 large properties within or boarding this special area.