allright, everyone. i had an interesting thing happen to me today.on the way home to a.f. from heber, i stopped to look at some deer on the hillside near wallsburgh. while i was stopped, i looked down off the hill 15 ft. below me, and saw a very nice 3x4, 26 or 27 inches, dead, having been hit by a car. i could not believe it!! he was a dandy. probably a week or 2 dead, i am sure rutting and not thinking and hit by someone hauling a$$ around deer creek. well, i couldn't just leave him there to rot, right? so i made some calls and got a return call from the regional officer, and arranged a meeting with him to show him the location and ask him about recovering the antlers for myself. is that too much to ask? it was hard for me not to run back to heber to wal-mart, buy a cheap hacksaw, and spend 30 seconds hacking off his head...he would have made a great european mount. but i thought no, i will do the right thing, follow the chain of command, step through the hoops, and do it legally. i hope i dont get screwed! true, i dont have to worry about getting caught with an illegal trophy, no citation, looking over my shoulder, etc. but, when i showed the officer the buck, he coldly said that rarely happened, once they were confiscated, that was usually it, i could send an email to the regional supervisor, explaining and asking for them, and so forth. i have sent my email and will wait for good news or bad news, obviously hoping for good, expecting bad. oh yeah, and when the officer removed the antlers, he cut them seperately, just below the burrs!!!it made me sick to watch him do it. regardless of where they end up, in my garage or in a dwr warehouse, what a shame to ruin a trophy buck like this. what do you guys think? i think i know what alot of MMers would do, and i may not do the same thing next time, but please share your thoughts about "what would you do". thanks guys.