The Laird buck was harvested about 20 miles from my house . Several years ago a junior hunter harvested a brute in the same area , I believe it was just under 210''. Quite a few of my friends spend a lot of time in the area photographing the deer on their winter range and shed hunting during the spring . Iv seen the photos and held some of the sheds , very impressive to say the least . The Yosemite deer herd that gets hunted in G-37 has some incredible genetics , unfortunately we've had many poor winters and the deer don't migrate in time for the hunters to have much of an opportunity to hunt a true CA giant .