#332012 - 08/08/07 09:38 AM
Re: 10 pt any guesses on age?
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Barrett
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4.5 maybe 5.5
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#332042 - 08/08/07 10:03 AM
Re: 10 pt any guesses on age?
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Good one Jason! What's your guess on the deer?
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#332113 - 08/08/07 11:00 AM
Re: 10 pt any guesses on age?
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Wes Parrish
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Without seeing the teeth, any age assessment is even more of a "guess".
My best "guess" would be 4 1/2 years old when killed.
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#332132 - 08/08/07 11:10 AM
Re: 10 pt any guesses on age?
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I had "guesstimated" the age of this deer to be 4-1/2 at the time of the kill. I could see that he had incredible mass,(this deer green scored 138-3/8) with only a 15 in. inside spread. When I checked him out, the TWRA officer present checked his teeth and aged him at 3-1/2. His body and antlers combined to fool me I guess, but I sure thought he was 4-1/2 at my best guess. His base circumference was nearly 5 in. BTW.
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#332150 - 08/08/07 11:24 AM
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4.50
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#332179 - 08/08/07 11:47 AM
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You can't judge age by antlers. I've seen mature bucks that gross anywhere from 60 on up.
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#332220 - 08/08/07 12:21 PM
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Yup, that's why I called it a "guesstimation".
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#332266 - 08/08/07 12:33 PM
Re: 10 pt any guesses on age?
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He looks like an old deer in the face
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