Waterboy Bob
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Your thoughts…age & score?
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Hard to tell on both . But in looking a really good buck . I'd shoot without hesitation.
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Looks 3.5 maybe 4.5 and just running rough number guesses through my head I've got him at a conservative 139". Like Snake I'd also shoot without hesitation. That's a stud!
megalomaniac
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4.5 and mid 140s.
Don't pass him up in TN!
Don't pass him up in TN!
Still blows my mind how they can grow that in a few months. Thanks for sharing. I'd just like to see one like that while hunting someday. Good luck.
Waterboy Bob
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I don't plan to pass him up if I get the chance to see him. My biggest decision is when/how to hunt him. Only one pic of him so I can't pattern him. I feel confident he's living in a 200 acre cutover that is super thick that you can see in the pic. Unless he shows back up to get a better idea what he's doing, my plan is to not attempt to hunt him until rut kicks in.
Chickenrig
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I'd say 3-4 . His front end and neck looks young to me , but he will add weight as time goes on . My .$02
Low 140's, he looks like a 3.5 year old in that pic.
1984dog
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Min of 3.5 years and a rough score of 135. He is built like a race horse. Need to be able to see his belly, hind quarters and back to age him > 3.5 years.
I dont see anyway that deer could be a 3.5 with that level of development by the 1st week of September. Veey likely a 5.5 yr old deer
I agree
With him being a 10 pt i would guess he is mid 140s
Not common but not impossible or unheard of for 3.5yr olds to have giant frames. I could change my mind if I saw better pics but in that pic he looks 3.5 to me.
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3.5
I never attempt to score velvet deer. That can be very misleading.
Great potential he has.
I never attempt to score velvet deer. That can be very misleading.
Great potential he has.
If he's a mountain deer I would guess 5 1/2 and mid 140s all day long
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4 1/2 and 145
Gotcha. I guess I'm not seeing the development you mention. Hopefully OP gets him and can send the teeth off. Great deer at any age!
wsm
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Looks a little young in the neck and face but still 3.5 maybe, good gene pool and nice buck. 135 to 140
4 1/2 and 138
Waterboy Bob
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Hopefully I'll have his age and rack on my wall to score after this season. If I do, I'll be sure and share with the velvet pic and the mount pic.
shrimphead
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3 1/2 137
Probably 4+ years old. Score? Big enough I wouldn't pass him up. Good luck with him this season. I'm real curious to see him out of velvet.
I look at alot of buck everyday out of my window. Many of these deer i have a history with. That deer is no youngster. It takes food to make them fat and testosterone to thicken a neck. Not alot of either in early September in the mountains. But that is mature buck
Joe2Kool
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A la The Price is Right, without going over, 4 years, two months, 11 days. And 146-3/8.
IMO, you need a hunting partner to help you hunt for him. You could sit in one stand, and I could sit in another. That would improve the odds of taking some tailgate pics with him!
IMO, you need a hunting partner to help you hunt for him. You could sit in one stand, and I could sit in another. That would improve the odds of taking some tailgate pics with him!
