Bob Long - a hunter from Kentucky - killed a buck that had another deer's decomposing head still attached to its antlers.
The recently shot buck's head was still attached - but the decomposing head was without a body.
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources posted a photo on Facebook last week of Bob holding his prize.
He told KFVS-TV: ''I still can't believe it. I feel very humbled and blessed to be the hunter that shot the deer.''
Department Sgt. Tony Bunker told the network that he suspected the bucks locked antlers in a fight over territory and after one died the body decayed for weeks to the point where the head separated.
He said: ''That buck was in a rut.
''He sees this deer and he doesn't know. He goes up to it. Tangles up with it and of course he gets hung up.''