Not the way it was supposed to end!

Well, I was driving home from work today and I saw a local law enforcement vehicle parked behind the barn where I bowhunt. I drove back to ask him what was going on. I arrived and said, Hey how are you officer? He replied that he was doin ok, so I told him he was in my deer hunting area, and ask him what was going on. This is private property and not in the city so I was really wondering what he was doing back there in a cruiser. Anyway, he said, why did you shoot a deer today? I told him no, I only bowhunt in this area. He says, well someone did, and the deer made it across the street and was in a yard in the housing development and they called the police and the police officer put the deer down. I said really, and he proceeded to show me a picture of the deer on his phone. UGGGGGH.......it was the 12 point probable booner I had seen a couple of times and have a grainy video of him on trail cam. I was bummed to say the least. He then told me that there were a couple of guys in orange tracking across the field so he figured one of them had shot the buck. I asked if he told them where it was and he said, no.....the homeowner who called us wanted to keep the buck. I wanted to question him a little further but he abrubtly said he had a call and had to run.

So someone on the neighboring farm shot this buck but some guy who lives in the housing development gets to keep it because it happened to die on his property. The entire story seems a little fishy to me because it still didn't explain why he was 300 yards off the road in his cruiser and hidden behind the barn and was no where near where the deer was found. But one thing for sure, that 12 point brute is off the wish list. I have been attempting to contact the neighboring farmer to see if he knows who shot the buck and also to let them know what the officer "said " happened to it. What a bummer, both for me and for the hunter who actually ended up shooting this
buck. It will apparently be the trophy for someone who didn't even hunt the deer.

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?ns=1&video_id=4ZAdFQqUryw

Yea, the whole deal sucks. I just talked to the neighboring farmer and he said he also heard about the buck and that the police let the homeowner keep it. He told me it wasn't anyone he knew who shot the deer. I wish I knew which house it ran to so I could talk with them and at least get some pics of the buck because my video does NOT do the deer justice. I just can't see a homeowner in a 600 to 700 thousand dollar house wanting to keep this deer. I guess it's possible but seems unlikely. It is a golfcourse community and there is a crop field that borders it which leads to a city park. Apparently that must be were the bucks safe spot was.

This pic was sent to me and I was told it was shot out of my hunting spot. I am still trying to get more details, but this is for sure the same buck. This photo is NOT from one of the houses where the officer said the deer was found. I was told the home owner kept the meat but let the hunter keep the rack. Then I was told the hunter shot it on property he did not have permission to hunt and received a citation. If this is true, I'm trying to figure out how he has the rack, also funny that the face is not in the picture. Still investigating but this is where it stands right now.

I don't think I was very far off from my original guess when I saw him I was thinking he was around 170. Symetry is a little off but being a main frame 6x6 and having good beams and decent mass make up for alot. I've studied that video close, do you guys agree it's def the same buck?