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Here is the PG-rated version with blood trail cropped out, just as the deer fell after a 33-yard stagger:



The R-rated zoom-out shows a blood trail that a blind man could follow:



The randy buck was chasing a tiny little doe.
I figured he was a pedophile, so I shot him at a range of 144 yards, from a tripod where my muzzle was about 5 yards above ground:



I used a Nikon laser rangefinder after he was down.

Here is the start of the blood trail, and he can be seen 33 yards away, where he fell:



Here is another photo distortion, his outside spread on the rack is only 16.25", but his body size was impressive:



Local genetics favor basket racks. The buck weighed somewhere between 250 lbs and 300 lbs on the hoof.