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Offline treetoppredator

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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #20 on: October 05, 2012, 08:54:00 AM »
Take a piece a paper, your thumb, anything..and take his antlers out of the equation.  I think he is definetly a mature animal! Very rounded rump and deep chest, I think that he is atleast 4 1/2 years old if not 5 1/2.
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Offline ron w

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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #21 on: October 05, 2012, 08:56:00 AM »
Old enough...........
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #22 on: October 05, 2012, 09:57:00 AM »
Around here he'd be 2.
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #23 on: October 05, 2012, 10:00:00 AM »
Not that familiar with northern deer, but look 3.5 to me
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #24 on: October 05, 2012, 10:02:00 AM »
3.5 to 4.5

- Healthy roundness, but not sagging gut.
- Good head and nose, but not as thick through the shoulders. That might change as his testosterone amps up.
- No sagging around the jaw, so not an old deer.


All that said, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot him. Then again, I also don't have many game animals under my belt with a bow.
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Offline Nook

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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #25 on: October 05, 2012, 10:13:00 AM »
This one came from SE Iowa four years ago.  He was 2.5 years.  Very similar and had a big body.

 

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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #26 on: October 05, 2012, 10:17:00 AM »
Here's the hero pick for a better size comparison:

 
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #27 on: October 05, 2012, 10:32:00 AM »
In Iowa, I would say 2.5 year old!
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #28 on: October 05, 2012, 10:37:00 AM »
2.5 years old
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #29 on: October 05, 2012, 10:44:00 AM »
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Originally posted by treetoppredator:
Take a piece a paper, your thumb, anything..and take his antlers out of the equation.  I think he is definetly a mature animal! Very rounded rump and deep chest, I think that he is atleast 4 1/2 years old if not 5 1/2.
X2, you guys need to look at the body not the rack!  Nook, your buck looks like a 3 yr old. Congrats!

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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #30 on: October 05, 2012, 11:45:00 AM »
For IA... I'd say 2.5.
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #31 on: October 05, 2012, 02:09:00 PM »
3.5
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #32 on: October 05, 2012, 07:38:00 PM »
OLD ENOUGH  :archer2:
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #33 on: October 05, 2012, 07:50:00 PM »
3.5, about two years older than the average Michigan buck makes it to around my neck of the woods   :)
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #34 on: October 05, 2012, 07:53:00 PM »
2.5-3.5 if it's an Iowa deer. 4.5 around here. My guess I should ask.
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #35 on: October 05, 2012, 07:54:00 PM »
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OLD ENOUGH   :archer2:  
ding! ding! ding!  Stick him!
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Offline ishoot4thrills

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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #36 on: October 05, 2012, 07:59:00 PM »
This is easy: he's 2 years, 6 months, and 4 days old. Sorry, that's as close as I can get without seeing his teeth.   ;)  

I'd try to get him this season, but I wouldn't be heartbroken if I didn't. And then, I'd be even happier to get him next season! But, I'm not real picky either.
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #37 on: October 05, 2012, 08:55:00 PM »
He'd be a very typical 2.5 year-old around here.
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #38 on: October 05, 2012, 09:40:00 PM »
Ishoot4thrills is right...deer are better aged by the amount of wear on the cusps of their molars, or (best of all) by lab-sectioning the teeth.  Size and antlers are too affected by variable factors like diet, minerals, geographic location, genetics, stress factors, general health, etc., to be consistently reliable.

Maybe you can get that buck to give a big grin into the camera the next time he comes to visit...     :bigsmyl:   :laughing:
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Re: How old is this buck?
« Reply #39 on: October 05, 2012, 09:55:00 PM »
2.5 years old
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