Lovely story Mike, I bet the strain on your knees was much worse than you make it sound after all that crawling, worth it for a beast like that, truly earned & a beaut trophy, I don't believe its necessary or sometimes even desirable to go for a "record book" trophy when there is such satisfaction to be had from a beautifully proportioned head as that.
I don't 'spose you would have a pic of the expanded bullet for us bullet deviants ?

Steve