Hard to tell from a single picture where the buck is in an unusual posture, but he's certainly mature.
Yes.Does this help?
Yes it does!
When you say mature, do you mean 4.5 + ?Hard to tell from a single picture where the buck is in an unusual posture, but he's certainly mature.
AgreedYes it does!
5 1/2+. Probably 6 1/2.
Biologically, a buck is mature at 4 1/2. It is at that age that they begin displaying the very different behaviors of mature bucks.When you say mature, do you mean 4.5 + ?
Reason I'm asking is I've seen some guys call bucks 3.5+ as mature, some guys call bucks 4.5+ as mature, and even a few who call 5.5+ mature. Just curious what you call mature.
. . . . . . a buck is mature at 4 1/2 . . . . . age that they begin displaying the very different behaviors of mature bucks.
I'm just classifying how biologists classify.I would just add "fully" mature = 5 1/2 & older
Those behaviors are so very different that fully mature bucks should be hunted as though they are entirely different species.
Thanks, that's what I thought you meant but I just wanted to confirm.Biologically, a buck is mature at 4 1/2. It is at that age that they begin displaying the very different behaviors of mature bucks.
Basically, three different age groupings exist, as determined by behavior: yearlings, middle-aged bucks (2 1/2 and 3 1/2s) and mature bucks (4 1/2+).