Passed on this guy last year three times and had him patterned on trailcam. Walking in yesterday on opening day and about 200 yds from my stand I smelled a dead deer and in less than 15 yds he was laying by the creek. The picture doesn't do him justice. I haven't measured much of the rack, but it's 25 outside and 23 inside, 17 pts, and 25 in main beams. I'm going to score it in the next day or so. Walked the rest of the property on the creek and river and didn't find any others, so the bigger one is still out there- yes, a bigger one, but I haven't seen him this year. We estimate this one to be in the high 170's.
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and is sad!! Pretty crappy way to die 
