He looks older than 1.5 to me

1.5

Doesn't look like a spike to me.

Long legs, narrow face, small body I think he is prob 1.5-2 looks like he has trash at the bases so prob won't be legal to kill if your in an AR county.

I'm probably just over thinking it, side by side other yearlings he looks older. I'm not interested it shooting him I just thought he looked strange and not like the typical yearling.

Maybe born early maybe just turning 2 when others from his year are turning 2 1/2or maybe just the opposite and born late. With that trash at the bases he may be an interesting deer to keep an eye on the next couple yrs

Looks like something funky is fixing to happen to his antlers
By what is going on on his right side. He may be considerably behind in
Antler growth. Looks young to me, but what do I know?

That buck might surprise you. I had one that looked alot like that as a 2 year old last year.




This is what he turned into as a 3yo this year.

I got a picture of him standing next to a yearling and i just can't see him also being a yearling. It's hard to ignore that neck. Anyone else think so? Will yearlings have necks like that?

I would call him a two year but I would be more concerned about what he was last year if he is 2. Also if he has antler damage that caused him to look like that, I would give him a pass. He is not going to effect the genetics in your deer herd if he does any breeding at all this year.

He has knee callouses.

I found a picture of him last year pretty sure(dot above eye/coloring on knees) and look like normal yearling for our place so I'm guessing you're probably right on the antler damage part. Probably return to normal next year?

I think those callused looking spots are just discolored hair more than calluses. IME everyone that just had velvet damage returns to a normal look the next year. If it was skull/pedicle damage then it might take 2 yrs to return to normal on most, but some with severe skull damage always stay NT on that side. Nothing genetic about IME and many want to jump on the "cull wagon" to get rid of a deer with no history to cull a "genetically inferior" buck out. He will be easy to track with those knees and white hooves in the future.

He will be an interesting one to watch for next year to see what he does. It's hard to keep them around from yearlings to maturity.

Sometimes they can surprise you. I found both sides of this little buck in 2013 and then found both sides of him the next year but about 5 months apart. In 2013 he ran with the same 10 pt pre-rut and then both of them were protein deer in 2014. I had no TC pics of them in the pens in 2013 just seen them running together both years.
2013 normal rack.


2014 he had had antler damage but same beam shape on one side along with good BT.



Then 2015 he was back to a normal looking rack. I am sure this is the same buck in '14 and '15.




He left both '14 and '15 around the first of November. He returned after the '14 season. He did not return this year so far after the '15 season or this summer.

That's quite a jump from '14 to '15. Hopefully he shows back up. I got this buck that showed up and the only buck I have from last year that might be him is this spike. Think it's him? I want to say it is but a jump like that for a spike is pretty uncommon where my place is.

Man thats a huge jump. Do you have any other deer on your place with that little white spot on the cheek that you see in the top two pictures? Also look at that scar on the front left leg. Can be seen in the first and last picture

I've seen a few every once in awhile but I wouldn't say it's that common. I can't see the scar on the last picture but I do see a black dot on the back left leg where the leg meets the gut in the first and last picture(can barely see it in the first picture)