Age?

[ewc]

Two sites. 800 yards apart. Thoughts on age?
Times and dates are correct. Responses about the corn will be forwarded to a moderator. Nobody will ever hunt remotely close to these sites.

Age only please-

 

[Andy S.]

Mature (4.5+) for sure. Impressive neck in 3rd photo and he is not peaking yet. Would like to see him in a month if he will stick around. Him traveling 1/2 mile (800 yards) in 20 minutes is more common than a lot of folks want to believe. Best of luck with him this fall.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Looks mature to me, but not likely past 5.5. Agree with Andy, 800 yards in 20 minutes really is nothing for a deer.

 

[ewc]

Mature (4.5+) for sure. Impressive neck in 3rd photo and he is not peaking yet. Would like to see him in a month if he will stick around. Him traveling 1/2 mile (800 yards) in 20 minutes is more common than a lot of folks want to believe. Best of luck with him this fall.

I'm not hunting him Andy. No one is. I just take pictures and count them.

 

[ewc]

Hope you and your family are well Andy. Thanks for your help

 

[TheLBLman]

I also think 4 1/2 (or older).

As to the 800 yards, how far do we humans walk at only a moderate pace in only @ 15 minutes?

During the summer, they don't tend to travel so much linear distance while in velvet, but this buck is out of velvet now and on the prowl.

Last year I had a mature buck trip a trail camera one morning, and he was killed later (same day, early afternoon) a solid mile away from where I had gotten his pic a few hours early. Most interesting about that one, he had to travel thru several hundred yards of extremely heavy cover (lots of chest high heavy briars) making it a seemingly difficult and time-consumptive route. I would have needed a machete.

 

[megalomaniac]

at least 4.5.... something about my gut says way older than 4.5, but can't put my finger on it, maybe posture, maybe my imagination.

 

[JR2]

4.5

 

[JCDEERMAN]

4.5+

 

[cbhunter]

4.5 minimum. Looking at his neck structure, i think he is going to be pretty impressive come rut. Likely older IMO

 

[ewc]

Same buck. Two months apart.

 

[Patrick H]

I am gonna go with 5.5

 

[Andy S.]

at least 4.5.... something about my gut says way older than 4.5, but can't put my finger on it, maybe posture, maybe my imagination.

My thoughts exactly, but for sure at least 4.5. He could very easily be 5.5+ as others mentioned.

 

[southernhunter]

Good mature buck.