Age This Buck Please
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tree_ghost
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Age is always a tricky guess but in that picture I agree with TG. He looks 2.
TN Larry
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Looks like a super run down 2 yo to me.
I concur 2.5
DoubleRidge
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Agree 2.5
JCDEERMAN
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2.5 for me as well
backyardtndeer
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No older than 2.5.
2HUNT
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2.5
Thanks guys. He's a heck of a 2 year old.
A very good 2.5 year old.
@fulldraw
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There's no way I'd guess age this time of year. They are too run down. I can show you a mature buck that looks like a 2yo at the moment.
It's just for fun. No consequences for being wrong and no prizes for being right.
backyardtndeer
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Yes he is. Should be a really nice buck this season.
DoubleRidge
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Very nice...great potential
Heck of an up and comers!
megalomaniac
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Late.to the party...I was going to say 3.5 based on my first view of the pics.
What the hell? His body looks 1.5???
Well this time of the year, body size is almost worthless... I start looking at tarsals....
A deer like that with tarsal staining from the glands all the way down the legs is usually not a 1.5 or 2.5yo. Has to be 3.5 or older... then looking at the body, I'm trying to decide between 3.5 and 4.5... if he is 4.5, he's gonna die... he's sick. But it isn't that unusual for a 3.5yo to be that run down this time of the year. He doesn't look sick in that pic, just run down... so I favor 3.5
What the hell? His body looks 1.5???
Well this time of the year, body size is almost worthless... I start looking at tarsals....
A deer like that with tarsal staining from the glands all the way down the legs is usually not a 1.5 or 2.5yo. Has to be 3.5 or older... then looking at the body, I'm trying to decide between 3.5 and 4.5... if he is 4.5, he's gonna die... he's sick. But it isn't that unusual for a 3.5yo to be that run down this time of the year. He doesn't look sick in that pic, just run down... so I favor 3.5
With seeing him stressed out from the rut he could definitely be 3.5 I did say 2.5 but highly doubt 4.5 . His back is straight as a board with no sag in his gut at all ....but I've been wrong before .
Which pic do yall see tarsals? I'm still at 2.5 even after the pics. Although the rack looks great on him, I'd bet if you shot him you'd have a serious case of ground shrinkage when you walked up on him.
