Lucky to get this guy last Fri in MO. How old do you think he is? South MO buck, no ag around anywhere. All up and down oak, hickory and cedar. The adjacent landowner had him on a trail cam about a week before.
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Beautiful "old" deer sir! i have no clue other than he looks grown! :) Congratulations sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
3.5? 4.5??
I think this deer is past 5 1/2. He looks like an old deer past his prime antler growing stage of life but a most excellent trophy. Awesome deer!
Congratulations!
You could bring the lower jaw into your local state wildlife biologist. He/she could tell age the teeth for you if you are really curious.
Nice deer - congrats. Unless they're ear tagged at birth we can only estimate. Even using teeth is only an estimate. He looks like he has been around a few years - my estimate is 4+.
Older deer--5-6. His belly is large, his back is flat. His horns have decent size bases but substandard growth--indicating he may be past his prime. He's got a larger, longer nose indicative of an older deer.
:thumbsup: :clapper: Nice.
5-1/2.
5 1/2 back still flat but he is starting to drop in his stomach
I would guess 3.5 because no sag in his back at all. Also from the pics here I don't see any signs of age in his face. I may be totally wrong. Very nice Buck anyhow. Congrats.
He looks older but I would guess he is only 4 1/2. He just looks like a thick deer.
I would say he's a 4-4.5
Congrats on a nice buck :thumbsup: :clapper:
QuoteOriginally posted by crotch horn:
I would guess 3.5 because no sag in his back at all. Also from the pics here I don't see any signs of age in his face. I may be totally wrong. Very nice Buck anyhow. Congrats.
I couldn't say it any better...
Hes as old as hes ever gonna get. Nice buck.
I age that guy delicious and a beautiful deer!!
4 1/2 ,
I'll say 3.5 no older
Same here, 3 1/2. Nice buck, congrats.
Good job none the less.
I'm from Louisiana so I'm not that used to northern deer, but I'd also give him 3 1/2 years. His back is still flat, still has some "length" in his neck/head/shoulder ratio and his face doesn't quite make that wide and short nose of older deer. Anyway, that's what I see.
3
Can't tell you how old he is but....
Congrats on a fine buck!
Bisch
3-1/2
3 1/2 ...no older, but he is a beaut :thumbsup: good example of a nice whitetail deer!!
QuoteOriginally posted by Guru:
QuoteOriginally posted by crotch horn:
I would guess 3.5 because no sag in his back at all. Also from the pics here I don't see any signs of age in his face. I may be totally wrong. Very nice Buck anyhow. Congrats.
I couldn't say it any better... [/b]
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Cool John! Nice deer. He's 3 years old.
He's as old as he will ever be! Congrats on a nice buck brother.
QuoteOriginally posted by mwosborn:
Nice deer - congrats. Unless they're ear tagged at birth we can only estimate. Even using teeth is only an estimate. He looks like he has been around a few years - my estimate is 4+.
Very accurate statement. One of the MS deer biologist stated Tuesday night that even a jaw will only give you 90% accuracy - and that's out to around two years or so. After that the accuracy falls off dramatically and there's only good guessing. He also showed many pictures of tagged deer (known age) that did not correspond at all with the models we've come to accept as far as aging a buck based on antler and body formation. In other words, I saw 2.5 y/o's that looked like 4.5 and vice versa. They are nearing conclusion of a study now that proves (at least here) there is much more diversity at all ages than previously thought.
Very nice deer at any age and I congratulate you on a fine trophy!
QuoteOriginally posted by Izzy:
Hes as old as hes ever gonna get. Nice buck.
I couldnt have said it any better ;)