Age guesstimate

This guy has been a regular since late last season. Just wondering how old y'all thought he was

It's not the best pic but he's at least 3.5 with a good chance of 4.5 IMO


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I agree , nice buck for sure!

Maybe these are better pics to age with

Here's one from last year

Agreed between 3.5 and 4.5 this year, just can't make my mind up one way or the other

4.5

Thanks guys. I was just curious.

There is more a tendency to underage,
maybe even more so during summertime.

I'm kinda torn between 3 1/2 & 4 1/2,
but just because of that,
he's most likely 4 1/2.

I do not think he's any older than 4 1/2
but is possibly 3 1/2.
Looking at least year's pic, no way he was any older than 3 1/2 (last year)
but could have been 2 1/2.

its tough to tell age this time of year. Summer coats and small necks. He looks mature to me.

Between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2. I lean more toward 4 1/2.

4.5

How about this one?

3.5

Bottom one is 4.5 or older, prob 5.5

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Prob 6 1/2 or older

And one more....

JBell":1bbdsxis said:

And one more....

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Just noticed no one had yet responded to your last pic,
and suspect the main reason is that summertime bucks are just hard to accurately age.

This last one appears to be at least 3 1/2, likely 4 1/2, or older.

During the summer months, I'm often fooled when a young very well-fed "fat" buck
can have more the appearance of an older buck.
Never mind that for much of the year, we often underage bucks more than over-age them.

We're all basically just "guessing".
My guess is what is the minimum age that has very high probability of his being at least that.
So, 3 1/2 or older, for this one.

You will get better guesses if you can come up with multiple pics of the same buck from various dates, ideally, some from a prior rutting/pre-rut period.
If you could positively identify pics of this same buck from say November 2018, that 3 1/2 minimum age might change to 5 1/2, "or older".

Also, for all I know, the buck in your last pic may be the same buck in the prior pic (from the prior year),
which appeared much older than 3 1/2 even last year.

Thanks. I understand it's just guessing. It's not the same buck as last year. I believe I've had a run in with this last buck 2 years ago and decided to let him walk. He was a wide, short tined (about 3" G2's) then. I guessed him at about 2 1/2-3 1/2 then. Him and 3 others were tending a hot doe in my yard. But I never saw him last year. He's about 20" wide so he kinda sticks out around here. Just having some summer time fun, waiting for season to open.