David's hunting partner Jack Martin Jr. from Concord, GA had the same kind of luck, but his was just reverse from David's. On the 2001 hunt, after passing on numerous 140-150 class bucks, Jack had a chance at a huge Kansas buck. His shot was a little back and his arrow did not pass through. There was very little blood and we looked fro 2 days after the hit with no luck. Galen and I spent numerous hours that winter looking for that deer with no luck. We told Jack to never give up hope because we know all the adjoining landowners and we informed everyone in the area of the deer and Jack's description of his trophy. In January of 2003 a good friend of ours was quail hunting with some college buddies and came across a deer carcass directly 1 1/4 mile south of where Jack wounded the deer. It was around 1/4 of a mile south of where we stopped our search. After hearing Jack's description of the deer several times, we knew if it was his deer we just needed to take a look. When we saw the antlers for the first time it fit Jack's description. We took some digital pictures of the head and antlers and emailed them to an anxiously awaiting Jack Martin. Jack told us when we informed him about the deer that he would be able to identify the deer. He also said if it wasn't his deer, he didn't want it. We were on the phone with him and waiting for him to pull up the picture off of his email. It was evident when he saw the pictures for the first time, that this was the deer that had haunted him in his nightmares for two years. And what an awesome deer it is!!!