Age him

[backyardtndeer]

2.5 or 3.5?

 

[megalomaniac]

3.5yo and fluffed out.

 

[Ski]

He looks puffed up with ears back so I'll say 3.5. If he were relaxed with hair down & looked that thick I'd probably guess 4.5.

 

[DoubleRidge]

3.5 minimum

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Agreed on minimum 3.5

 

[Andy S.]

3.5+. Would not rule out a run down 4.5. Our mature bucks (4.5+) lost a ton of weight and muscle mass in a short period of time from beginning of November to rifle opener. Sharpest and most sudden decline I can ever remember here in SW TN, for the month of November.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

3.5+. Would not rule out a run down 4.5. Our mature bucks (4.5+) lost a ton of weight and muscle mass in a short period of time from beginning of November to rifle opener. Sharpest and must sudden decline I can ever remember here in SW TN, for the month of November.

I can only imagine some of these bucks. Most were already depleted and undersized from last years drought.