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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4539902" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>To add to what Andy said, typically, the only times body profiles are highly accurate in buck age estimation (and still often a year off)</p><p>is about a month before most females come into estrous, and maybe going up to a month after. For much of TN, this period would be approximately mid-October into early December.</p><p></p><p>That time-frame runs later in a few southern counties, such as mid-Nov into early January.</p><p>So to guess better, we should ask both the date and the approx. date of peak estrous for the buck's area.</p><p></p><p>Since there is more a tendency to under-age rather than over-age,</p><p>ages would typically be <em>GUESSED</em> by the minimum age of high certainty,</p><p>such as guessing this particular buck as "2 1/2 or older".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4539902, member: 1409"] To add to what Andy said, typically, the only times body profiles are highly accurate in buck age estimation (and still often a year off) is about a month before most females come into estrous, and maybe going up to a month after. For much of TN, this period would be approximately mid-October into early December. That time-frame runs later in a few southern counties, such as mid-Nov into early January. So to guess better, we should ask both the date and the approx. date of peak estrous for the buck's area. Since there is more a tendency to under-age rather than over-age, ages would typically be [i]GUESSED[/i] by the minimum age of high certainty, such as guessing this particular buck as "2 1/2 or older". [/QUOTE]
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