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age these bucks please

Started by BOHO, September 08, 2008, 02:39:00 PM

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BOHO

ok.  lets get the guesses going.   :)  







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Pat B

2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years old. The last pic looks to be the oldest of the bunch.     Pat
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BOHO

I was thinking he might be 4. Takes them longer to get bigger down here. I think the only 2 shooters are the bottom one and the one in the background in the first pic.
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BobW

fun pics, obviously a good location....now if you are really that good, tell me about the possum in the tree in pic #1......
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JStark

Overnight them to me flash-frozen and I'll age 'em for you... two weeks or so.

BobW, that would be a thirty-three year-old possum.  They take a while to get their antlers.
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Orion

Around here they would be 2 1/2.

Dozer

There all shooters in my book. I'll ask for there ID later.  :archer:
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BOHO

lol  I hear ya.  Bob, I don't see a opossum. The eyes on the right is another buck.  Quite a bit bigger than the one up front. Hard to tell in this pic but the one I got right off the camera I can see him pretty good. I am pretty sure he's a 3 year old. At our camp, were on a management program where the company we lease from only wants 3 year old and older bucks shot.
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Shawn Leonard

Narrow front shoulders and no sag to skin or belly really, so I would say 2.5 years old. At 3.5 their shoulders start to get wider than their hindquarters and they they start to get the Roman nose. Shawn
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Killdeer

I'm with Shawn, except I can't see enough of the second buck's body to be that sure.

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pine nut

#'s 1,2,&3 all appear to be the same deer to me. I don't see brow tines on it/them. I'd say no more than 2 1/2 yrs old.  No. 4 might be the same or a different deer and a year older. The angle makes it difficult to be sure, but of course if it was my "spot", I'd like to think I had three or four bucks to shoot! I definitely agree that "possum" in 1st pic. is a deer with the tree bisecting the deer'd face, but I can't tell if it is a buck or doe. I'm thinking the same doe as in pic #2.  No harm in guessing.
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GrnMtnTradNut

The first buck imho is 2 and 1/2 and the larger looks to be 3 and 1/2 nice bucks.

357max

Guys you need to look closer at these pics. The "possum" is a buck, actually its the same buck in pic #2. The "doe " in pic #2 is a buck as well, a spike in velvet!  :saywhat:
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Jedimaster

Based entirely on the deer in the area I hunt (non-management) I would feel confident calling the first buck a 1 1/2 year old.  A nice buck showing good potential but a young one no less.  Shawn's evaluation of the body is accurate but this looks to me to be his 2nd fall.  Also, I agree with pine nut that the first three are possibly the same buck, just different camera angles.  If not the same deer at least the same age.  I'd guess the last buck at 3 1/2 years, maybe one more at the most.  Not what "trophy" hunters would call a genetically superior specimen but a mature buck none-the-less.  He is the only shooter based on your club's specifications. Just my humble opinion.
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BOHO

yep, I agree. him and maybe the buck in the background. I can see him a little better in the pic straight from the camera.  he's pretty tall and about 14-15" wide. if the big one comes by me first, I'd pass all the rest for sure. I hope that I can call their daddy in to my location 1st of Dec. Gonna try a decoy this fall for the first time.
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rnharris

2.5 and 3.5 really depends on where in the country they are! in fla the last deer could be a 4.5 on up!good luck with the hunt!Ralph
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Jedimaster

Don't know if this will show as well on here but ... yes, the deer in the background does look to be older than the one in the foreground.  Maybe the same buck as in the last picture?

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Pat B

I don't see a possum but I do see the big boy from the last pic in the background on the right with the bright eyes.     Pat
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BOHO

he is a good one. that might be the bigger one jedi. I was hoping it wasnt.  :)  wont really matter though. I like seeing these bucks and know their genes are getting passed on but we wont kill any of them. we never see any bucks during daylight. lol
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