You just might be right about that Gator……….. I hadn’t thought about that but it certainly would have been a thicker deer at the time of the fall.
As for the strength of antlers, they’ll hold a deer quite readily if they grew well. Bucks are hoisted by the horns on meat poles all the time…………even little 4pt’rs. I do think Gator’s on it with this situation though…………..I don’t think the antlers are what stopped the fall.