Age?
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megalomaniac
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50/50 between 2.5 and 3.5. A biologist would record him at 2.5
TN Larry
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Agreed but I'm leaning a little towards 3.5 as the sharpness of the molars appear to be a little more rounded than a normal 2.5.
JJ3
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Agree. 3.5 max.
megalomaniac
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Agree with 1st molar showing a little wear. Leans me to 3.5
BUT, 3rd premolar looks like it erupted yesterday. Makes me favor 2.5
ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER
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I am going 4 1/2
3.5
bjohnson
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megalomaniac
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Not the best angle for body size...
backyardtndeer
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Think the tooth wear is consistent with that of a 3.5 year old.
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megalomaniac
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Body wise looks 4.5. Did you get a weight? Not the best way to judge age, as there are a few 3.5yos that will break 200lbs...but not many.
3y ago my daughter killed a 192lb buck in late Dec that looked 4.5yo or older. Tarsals stained all the way down from the hocks to the hooves. Jawbone said 2.5.
We killed 3 bucks this year we knew were 4.5yo.... all 3 of them had 3.5yo jawbones.
I guess what I'm trying to say is toothwear isn't terribly accurate between 2.5 and 4.5 in many cases.
3y ago my daughter killed a 192lb buck in late Dec that looked 4.5yo or older. Tarsals stained all the way down from the hocks to the hooves. Jawbone said 2.5.
We killed 3 bucks this year we knew were 4.5yo.... all 3 of them had 3.5yo jawbones.
I guess what I'm trying to say is toothwear isn't terribly accurate between 2.5 and 4.5 in many cases.
bjohnson
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Unfortunately I didn't get him weighed but body wise is the biggest out of the 3 bucks taken off of our farm this year. We try to pass 3.5 y/o bucks but I was afraid this deer might be just a big bodied 3.5
