Age Another Jawbone, Please

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Here's the one my boy killed yesterday, had the taxidermist pull the jawbone for me today, I'd like opinions on age, I'm also putting a pic of the deer, since I'm not trying to trick anybody I just want the most accurate aging, and if you're between years maybe the pic will sway you one way or the other. Thanks in advance, especially curious what Alan P and BSK have to say.
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I knew as soon as I saw him he was at least 3.5, after we got hands on him, I thought it quite possiable he was older than that. In the excitement of Luke's kill, I never looked at the teeth, I tried later but he already had lockjaw. When I got him to the taxidermist, I asked him to save the jawbone for me, and he says, "that deer's a good 4.5". Well he pulled it and says, "no, looks like a 3.5 by the teeth, I would have sworn he was older than that." I agree though, the teeth look like 3.5.
I've got this to say, all I've ever killed before is the good 2.5's...........if only 1 more year can make this big a difference, I need to quit shooting those 2.5's. This is by far the nicest deer we've gotten off the farm, and I've been hunting there 9 years.....9 years and never killed anything but 2.5's. I'm just amazed at the body development and the antler mass that 1 year adds to a deer, I think I'm a believer now, I need to kill 3.5 yo deer! Best deer off the farm and it goes to my 9 year old, couldn't get any better. Thanks everybody.
 
Interesting. He could be older than 3.5 with very light wear on the jawbone. I wonder how many would have said 2.5 without the pic.
 
Not to hijack the thread but I am still wet behind the ears when it comes to some of this stuff. Why is it when someone ages a deer their guess almost always end in half? I see a whole lot more 3.5 and 2.5 year old deer than I do 2 and 3 year old deer. Am I missing something?
 
Tim Johnson said:
Not to hijack the thread but I am still wet behind the ears when it comes to some of this stuff. Why is it when someone ages a deer their guess almost always end in half? I see a whole lot more 3.5 and 2.5 year old deer than I do 2 and 3 year old deer. Am I missing something?
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Yeah, they are born in the spring, and typically killed in the fall, that's where the .5 comes from. In order to kill, say a 2 year old deer, you'd have to shoot him in the springtime.
 

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