So lets say he did somehow kill multiple state records with a bow before he could drive... Does that signal to any of you who hunt big deer that was some kind of prodigy with a sixth sense who knew how to find the biggest deer in the state as a child, and that later the biggest deer in michigan history happened to be across the street from his house at an airport?
I believe in statistic and bell curve, so anything is possible. Totally believable that a 9 years old can luck into a record buck. But repeated record breaking multiplies the odds of being possible, it does not increase odds. Like 1 out of 100 chances the first time, 1/10000 second time, etc. So the chances of him getting multiple record bucks in a location that scientifically (as in mineral make up, geographic, etc) does not product big bucks make me question the validity of it, which I think its a fair viewpoint.
I also think its valid to question his antlers submission because he was also the commissioner for the CBM. I'm sure that he was well respected and so not a lot of people question his word or anything he submitted. If he trained some of the score keepers, would any of them really speak up even to themselves that anything look strange? I'm basing this on human nature to trust authority, especially people you look up to.
If someone told me to go check John Eberthart gears for scent, do you know what would be the process?
"John, is your gear good to go?"
"Yeah"
"Ok good enough, sorry to bother you sir, have a good night"
The Exodus podcast point was very convincing in the fact that 100% taxidermists agreed there was something strange about the antler, not a single one has come forward saying no doubt its real. I trust people words that work in their field.