monster, but I can't just sit here and not rip on the guys for all being waaaaay behind the deer and the hunter holding it giving the "full stretch" on his hold. oh well... I'm really just jealous.

Rip on him all you want but that photo was taken on a steep hillside presenting lots of difficulties for a decent photo, irregardless it is a Monster Buck!
I don't care how you compose the photo that is a big deer.
Tell me Futrdoc when you take a picture of you and a fish do you hold it out like you are presenting it to the camera or do you tuck it in close to your body and maybe hang your chin over the fin a little?
You sound jealous to me!

I admitted it

that's not a deer, that's a monster elk whose antlers have morphed forward!