Thanks for the replies fellers. What impressed me the most about the buck wasn't the size of his antlers (which by the way have the very end broken off on his left side), but the size of his body. I hadn't harvested a really mature buck before, and the size of him compared to the doe I got Monday was impressive. He was about 30lb. larger hanging weight, and didn't have a lick of fat on him where as the doe had an inch or two of fat all down her loin. It was a good thing my god father had a tractor to help me drag that buck out with, otherwise I would probably still be working on it now. He didn't smell "rutty", so I'm hoping that he'll make good bratwurst. This was also the first year that I used cast bullets for deer hunting, and would recommend them to anybody, just aim for the lower half of the chest since they don't expand, you need to hit lower in order to have any kind of blood trail close to where you hit them at. Good luck on your season fellers.
~Amos
