Age possible score?
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No idea on age. Gonna guess pushing 150 on score after losing velvet
They did a little logging last year and I used it to set my trophy rock on it.
I agree looks younger but it's so hard to say this time of year. They all look young in summer. At a glance I would guess mid to upper 130s. Could be higher but I would rather underestimate and be surprised than overestimate and be disappointed. Stupendous buck regardless!
BSK
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10-point age, 3 1/2.
bowhunterfanatic
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Studly bachelor group there.
deerhunter10
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Hate aging them at this time of year with no history. Id guess 3.5 first glance maybe 4.5. Upper 130s.
Heck yall making me think im crazy with my score prediction. I suspect its somewhere between our opinions
I do see his width will hurt him
I do see his width will hurt him
Having 10 will help a lot, and if he holds mass after shedding your guess might be right on. Just do hard to tell this time of year. Size of the deer also matters. Is he a TN oompa loompa? Or one of the big northern strain deer? I've killed some dandy looking racks that surprised me with ground shrinkage because the deer was so small.
deerhunter10
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Hardest time of the year. He's a great deer. At the moment I dont see 150.
Wooden Arrow
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i'd guess 3.5 yrs too. no sway really to his back that shows after 4.5 or so. very nice deer ! 
JCDEERMAN
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Exactly what I'd guess. I score a bunch of deer each year. Most of the "150-160 easy" end up being mid 120's to low 130's.
A 130" buck in TN is a giant.
Every time I see a buck in velvet…I wanna spray him with Velvalok 
Tough time to age deer, and not great angles in those pics. I'd guess he's no less than 3.5 though. Score is probably good enough, may finish out in the low 140's maybe.
DoubleRidge
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I also see 3½ year old but it is summertime. Just running quick numbers a guess would be 140.
Great looking buck!
Great looking buck!
3.5
Around 140"
Around 140"
megalomaniac
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Im close to Zach, but id go 3.5 and 145 with the extra trash at the bases.
He has a little more growth before velvet comes off, so I think he will still score 145 after velvet sheds.
Def a top end buck, esp for his young age.
He has a little more growth before velvet comes off, so I think he will still score 145 after velvet sheds.
Def a top end buck, esp for his young age.
that one has 15 scoreable points. I have other pics and videos of him for last month.
Shed Hunter
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The bigger buck has good tine length and close together tines with trash in the brow/pedicle region so his mass may measure pretty decent as well. I've noticed the short beam deer with 5 or more points get a little extra webbing effect to help the measurement as opposed to a deer with big gaps between his points… as for the trash near the base that can really stretch the measurement depending on the shape of it.
140 is definitely a fair assumption and you never know.. he could be a 150" deer. He may only be somewhere in the 130s. I wouldn't worry about it. If he looks big and old enough to you shoot him. Score is only a mildly accurate representation of a deer's size
140 is definitely a fair assumption and you never know.. he could be a 150" deer. He may only be somewhere in the 130s. I wouldn't worry about it. If he looks big and old enough to you shoot him. Score is only a mildly accurate representation of a deer's size
Here is a deer you can compare him to. He scored 152"
And here's one that scored 121". 10pt with a couple base stickers. I just knew for sure it would finally be a TN buck to bust 130" but once I walked up on him I realized he was tiny. I literally grabbed his hooves and swung him into the bed of the truck. And as you can see he was a completely mature deer, not young.
Where the deer is killed matters. There are places in TN where deer are miniature. There are places in TN where deer are big. It's impossible to tell in pics. They all look like deer.
Where the deer is killed matters. There are places in TN where deer are miniature. There are places in TN where deer are big. It's impossible to tell in pics. They all look like deer.
thats a great comparison
The problem with the 11pt is he is not very wide, maybe 14 inches. That significantly reduces a score. Three inches wider could add another 9-11 inches to the total score. Had the same thing happen as @Ski last year with a deer I thought for sure was over 150. His body was small compared to other bucks we have and was only 13 inches wide. He had long tines and I thought he was wider compared to the smaller body. Very difficult to tell overall bodyweight/size in a photo. He grossed 134.
