Wow Ransom, I is shocked!! And all this time I thought you were one of the more respected MM members that I looked up to only to discover your really are Kirt Darner. Don't know what else to say about that.
I feel your pain also NV..
Some hunter's have NO MORALS or HUNTER ETHICS. To shoot that buck right out from under you, I hope that guy got a hernia dragging that buck out. Your right about the photos of the three bucks coming from the same gene pool.
p.s. Ransom or Kirt whatever you go by, Can you send me a signed copy of your new book when it's finished? I have never been very successful when I cruise timber, an occasional doe or fawn but we never a trophy buck in the headlights. Someone suggested I had the radio turned up to loud and throwing beer cans out the windows scares the deer but I'm not so certain about that. We had our camo on and used scent control so I think it must be a minor flaw our technique (myself and another well known MM member whom shall remain nameless).