Regarding questions and comments, thank you all for the kind words. I was in the right place at exactly the right time, and he was so lovestruck he tried to go under the 4 strand barb wire instead of jumping it.

It will be a pedestal mount

Don't think it would have grossed 200, but may have passed 190 if it had the other tine. Several tines were worn down, and he broke a cheater off the right side as well

Smallest mass circumference measurement was 4" even

183-6/8 was the gross, not the net. All the abnormals on the right, and the extra tine on the left, would push his net WAY below B&C. Fortunately, I don't care about net score, just big, mature, pretty deer.

Ranch guys believe he will age out at 5-1/2, but will wait on the jawbone to be sure.

Regarding the "buck of a lifetime" and "sell your guns" comments, I am a lucky man, and I hope you are both wrong. I have a lot of hunts left, and I hope to take one bigger!

Had one bigger last year, but not free range.