Thought I'd resurrect this thread with an interesting follow-up. The probable 2-year-old buck, which was the topic of this thread last year, did live on and stayed around here another year. He grew a nicer rack this past summer (and he didn't break it this time). Notice the recurrence of a bend at the top of his right brow tine, and the recognizable upward-flipped beam tips. The particulars of his white nose band in winter coat also helps identify him.

I got velvet pictures of him all summer, but then nothing much after September, except on one day, Nov 5th, and then no more pics on trail cams. I never saw him once while hunting. Which was fine, since he was too immature to shoot for my liking. But after he disappeared on 11/5 I figured he was long since dead. Turns out that luckily I was wrong. I was glassing a corn field last night and there he stood, eating calmly in the waste corn stubble. Then I checked some trail cams and found his pic on one. He broke off his right g-4 but still has the 3-inch burr point flyer on the right side. Always amazing that any good looking young buck lives through the 16 rut-filled days of gun season, considering the heavy hunting pressure in the area. If he happens to be lucky enough to survive the rest of the hunting seasons, he might turn into a shooter next year.