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Shot 1 last year and just looking at her I thought 1.5, game wardens said 3.5, I can age bucks easier than doe's , reckon I only care about the biggest body without caring about age on doe.
 
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mike243 said:
Shot 1 last year and just looking at her I thought 1.5, game wardens said 3.5, I can age bucks easier than doe's , reckon I only care about the biggest body without caring about age on doe.
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My BS meter pegs when I see someone pinning an exact age on a live adult deer. There are generalities at best for estimating age but generalities are all they are. I've seen far too many variables and exceptions to trust anyone who thinks they know absolutely at a glance how old an adult deer is. But it's still fun to guess.
 
Easiest way to age does is usually by the length of their face. Older does have noticeably long snouts.

It's generally a good idea to let the older/big does walk. They have more experience raising fawns and keeping them alive until they're grown, and are more likely to have twins or triplets.

The 1.5 y/o does taste better, and they're not so hard to drag!
 
My best friend killed one a few years back that the GW aged at 8.5+. They said she could have been older.

I've gotten a few trail camera pics of one that looks really old, very interesting pictures. Lots of those old Does are purdy smart. (Likely due to us- as we got into archery hunting.)
Thanks for sharing.
 
Ski said:
My BS meter pegs when I see someone pinning an exact age on a live adult deer. There are generalities at best for estimating age but generalities are all they are. I've seen far too many variables and exceptions to trust anyone who thinks they know absolutely at a glance how old an adult deer is. But it's still fun to guess.
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It was shot and cked in at oak ridge on a drawn hunt, bunch of folks cking and others overseeing their work. I have no reason to doubt them. I would think they see more dead deer in a year than I have ever killed.
 
mike243 said:
It was shot and cked in at oak ridge on a drawn hunt, bunch of folks cking and others overseeing their work. I have no reason to doubt them. I would think they see more dead deer in a year than I have ever killed.
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Oh yeah that's completely different. My comment was specifically pointed at aging live deer.
 
Carlos said:
My best friend killed one a few years back that the GW aged at 8.5+. They said she could have been older.

I've gotten a few trail camera pics of one that looks really old, very interesting pictures. Lots of those old Does are purdy smart. (Likely due to us- as we got into archery hunting.)
Thanks for sharing.
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She's solitary and elusive and I wonder if she's taught the deer around our place. They are smart, they don't jump, they don't blow, they're rarely out during the day except on occasion during the middle of summer. I've never been anywhere its harder to see deer than there, yet I get pics all the time on trail cams. We had between 15 and 20 unique bucks last fall but you could spend all week out there and never see a hair. Everywhere we went last year we saw deer, but not there.
 
lol said:
She's solitary and elusive and I wonder if she's taught the deer around our place. They are smart, they don't jump, they don't blow, they're rarely out during the day except on occasion during the middle of summer. I've never been anywhere its harder to see deer than there, yet I get pics all the time on trail cams. We had between 15 and 20 unique bucks last fall but you could spend all week out there and never see a hair. Everywhere we went last year we saw deer, but not there.
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They are smart as all get out. And they absolutely teach the herd. An old matriarch doe rules the deer woods. I like having them around though.
 

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