Can We Drop The .5 From Deer Aging?

[RattlesnakeDan]

I am 55.5 yrs old but not exactly that old but close.

[DJM]

Harvest.

[gekko man]

How about premature, mature and post mature for those that can’t age bucks?

Once you get over 6 its hard to age them for me! I am not that good and don’t care to be!

[Ronnie]

Speaking about the .5 on deer ages, what about the .9 on gas prices? Seems dumb to me but I guess there's a reason for it...

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[Huntsman27]

There was an article in TTH about aging deer and how it’s mostly a guess. They had several pictures of bucks of a known age and asked the experts to age them. I don’t recall the specifics but it was a surprisingly low number of accuracy. The article was suggesting referring to deer as immature, mature and post mature. I like the idea unless of course you have an intensely managed heard or are HF.

[Landrover]

Easily agitated are we?

I'd love to support your endeavor but until we can get the for "sell, sail or sale" statements corrected I just find the man-power for your cause.

Reat assured it will be at the top of the first world issues list once we correct the above issue.

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I am dying laughing outloud over here!!!

[brrdnk]

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[gekko man]

There was an article in TTH about aging deer and how it’s mostly a guess. They had several pictures of bucks of a known age and asked the experts to age them. I don’t recall the specifics but it was a surprisingly low number of accuracy. The article was suggesting referring to deer as immature, mature and post mature. I like the idea unless of course you have an intensely managed heard or are HF.

My exact thought on this subject!

I killed a 10 point that was well over 10 years old and he scored 87”. I knew he was old when I had him at 15 yards. Put an arrow in him and when I got to camp, a hunter said...”I have passes in him all year long because he is 3.5 years old”. He was aging him at 150 yards.

I just knew he was post mature!

[gekko man]

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And college football season as well! Between the two...August just sucks!

[eastxhunter]

Do what I want

[Tony Pic]

The reason why the .5 is added is...When we are ready to kill the deer he is at his half age status.
Perhaps being a deer life is so short...that .5 is a big deal...If you're the deer

[brokeno]

Yep. I agree I love these guys that say we only harvest deer that are 7 yrs old. Unless they are tagged in a pen hard to tell. I hunted south Texas for years and kept saying he's 4 or 5 and wait til next yr. We finally renamed the place " next years ranch" I like immature, mature, post mature and dead!

[RLB]

You are aware these deer are typically born from May to July.....so someone saying a deer is 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, or 4.5 during the summer doesn’t know much about deer.

[AntlerCollector]

The answer to the question is NO




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[RMW]

Been doing it for 41.5 years, ain’t stopping now