Hill Country 10 age

[SwampBuck]

Going on my 5th year hunting the Hill Country, I can pretty easily judge between young, immature then mature deer. And for our place just sticking with shooting only mature is good enough. We don’t feed protein and it’s all low fence so I try to just be realistic. But I like to fine tune the best I can.

What’s TBH’s thoughts on the age of this buck? I want to make sure I’m on par.









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[SouthTexBow92]

Looks like he's 3.5 at the very least. I would probably go with 4.5 and score somewhere around 140"

Definitely a mature buck in my opinion.

[SwampBuck]

I have pics of him last year also.
He’s definitely put on some body mass this year. Antlers got better too but I still think he has another year.

4 - 4.5 is what my gut says.

[Calfroper81]

4.5 and 133"

[solocam_aggie]

I'll say he's 5. I would bust him if I were you!

[deerplanter]

The night pictures make him look 5 to me but the day pics look 4. Either way I would give him a pass this year but it's your place.

[Capt.Brown]

Prob 5, mid to high 20’s

[SwampBuck]

Him last year.





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[deerwatcher51]

4.5

[climatecrisis]

High 120s. Its a good Hill Country buck.

[bigbad243]

Where ya hunting? Looks a lot like where I hunt. I think is is 4.5

[JakeM]

Id say 4.5, If i new there was a low chance for him to be killed i might let him walk another year.

[SwampBuck]

Id say 4.5, If i new there was a low chance for him to be killed i might let him walk another year.

That’s the kicker. I wanna give him another year. Hopefully he sticks to the script he has been following and doesn’t go hopping fences.

[gingib]

4.5.

No way he was older then 3.5 last year

Perfect cull! Shoot him

[hog_down]

cool looking feeder!