Old enough?

[WBA2000]

This is the best of only 2 pics I got of this guy this season. Just for fun, how old.

[NAVY CHIEF]

Looks like a 4.5 yr old 2 me

[NAVY CHIEF]

But could be 3.5. Still old enough for burger

[Antlers86]

Old enough to look better than that!

[Aggiehunter08]

Old enough to look better than that!

Bingo!

[WBA2000]

Lets just say he’s not getting any older!

[Antlers86]

Lets just say he’s not getting any older!

[Junkers88]

Man I can sure appreciate how you guys can age a deer visually. I don't have a clue how to so so other than looking at it's nose to see if it's droopy and rounded and then look to see if he's got a pot belly. I'd have guessed that deer was 5 or 6 years old, maybe older. Either way with a rack like that I'd think getting him out of the gene pool at my estimated age would be good for the rest of the herd.

Richard.

[WBA2000]

Man I can sure appreciate how you guys can age a deer visually. I don't have a clue how to so so other than looking at it's nose to see if it's droopy and rounded and then look to see if he's got a pot belly. I'd have guessed that deer was 5 or 6 years old, maybe older. Either way with a rack like that I'd think getting him out of the gene pool at my estimated age would be good for the rest of the herd.

Richard.

Well you guessed correctly! I actually shot this deer 2 seasons ago with my bow. He was 3-4 at the time and was a big 6 point. The shot was slightly quartering away. He dropped and turned at the shot and the arrow went right through the back strap missing any bone. I haven’t been able to get on him until last week.

Deer really haven’t been hitting feeders much this season. I have beef seeing quite a few deer grazing on winter weeds in a field on our place. That’s where I finally caught up with him one evening just before dark. I closed the distance to 230 yards and took him down with my 7mm-08.

[BIGTERRY75]

get him out the gene pool

[Drycreek3189]

Man I can sure appreciate how you guys can age a deer visually. I don't have a clue how to so so other than looking at it's nose to see if it's droopy and rounded and then look to see if he's got a pot belly. I'd have guessed that deer was 5 or 6 years old, maybe older. Either way with a rack like that I'd think getting him out of the gene pool at my estimated age would be good for the rest of the herd.

Richard.

Well, you guess pretty good, because that deer is 5.5 or older. A 2.5 year old looks like a doe with antlers. A 3.5 year old looks slightly bigger, shoulders bigger than hams. At 4.5 he begins to look square with his neck almost flowing into his chest. This bucks neck joins his brisket in a smooth transition, he's got the beginnings of a belly, and at the point that pic was taken, he was getting ready to open up a can of whoop-azz.

[WBA2000]

Well, you guess pretty good, because that deer is 5.5 or older. A 2.5 year old looks like a doe with antlers. A 3.5 year old looks slightly bigger, shoulders bigger than hams. At 4.5 he begins to look square with his neck almost flowing into his chest. This bucks neck joins his brisket in a smooth transition, he's got the beginnings of a belly, and at the point that pic was taken, he was getting ready to open up a can of whoop-azz.

Exactly!