Forums46
Topics537,968
Posts9,731,176
Members87,051
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Help me age this deer
#6481088
10/05/16 12:21 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 925
BigDad
OP
Tracker
|
OP
Tracker
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 925 |
Here's a buck we've been watching for the past 3 years on our East TX property. I'd like some help aging him. I have attached photos of him from 2014 and 2016. How old do you think he is? November 2014 September 2016
Joe
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: BigDad]
#6481108
10/05/16 12:32 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 778
magspa
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 778 |
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: BigDad]
#6481109
10/05/16 12:32 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 925
BigDad
OP
Tracker
|
OP
Tracker
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 925 |
Here another 2016 photo
Joe
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: BigDad]
#6481235
10/05/16 02:04 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
stxranchman
Obie Juan Kenobi
|
Obie Juan Kenobi
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296 |
I would call him a 5 yr old. Nice looking buck also.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: BigDad]
#6481239
10/05/16 02:07 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 15,642
QuitShootinYoungBucks
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 15,642 |
Yep, great looking 5 yr old.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170223065011/http:/www.rrdvegas.com/silencer-cleaning.html
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: BigDad]
#6481268
10/05/16 02:16 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 10,469
DQ Kid
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 10,469 |
He's 5 but no way I can tell that's the same buck from 2014. If it is, he grew a G2 or G3 on his left side since then.
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: DQ Kid]
#6481272
10/05/16 02:17 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 10,469
DQ Kid
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 10,469 |
He's 5 but no way I can tell that's the same buck from 2014. If it is, he grew a G2 or G3 on his left side since then. The middle photo buck is different than the bottom photo that is..The bottom one may be the 2014 buck but maybe not..
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: BigDad]
#6481283
10/05/16 02:21 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
stxranchman
Obie Juan Kenobi
|
Obie Juan Kenobi
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296 |
Same buck in the two 2016 pics.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: BigDad]
#6481298
10/05/16 02:26 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 10,469
DQ Kid
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 10,469 |
Is the left G2 split in the middle pic and not in the bottom black and white pic or is that simply a camera angle?
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: BigDad]
#6481499
10/05/16 11:30 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 7,806
Deerhunter61
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 7,806 |
4-6...is my best guess...
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: BigDad]
#6481661
10/05/16 01:34 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,542
redchevy
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,542 |
I think they are all the same deer and mature. Given the 14 picture I would agree with the others and say 5 YO.
It's hell eatin em live
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: DQ Kid]
#6481666
10/05/16 01:38 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 925
BigDad
OP
Tracker
|
OP
Tracker
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 925 |
Is the left G2 split in the middle pic and not in the bottom black and white pic or is that simply a camera angle? Yes G2 is split in the bottom pic. Definitely the same deer. Thanks for your help guys, I was thinking 5 1/2 yrs old.
Joe
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: BigDad]
#6482175
10/05/16 06:14 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 7,759
snake oil
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 7,759 |
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: BigDad]
#6482210
10/05/16 06:33 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 4,006
Stevarino
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 4,006 |
I'll go with a healthy 4yo.
I'm assuming you're in east texas which typically has an early rut.. if the date is right in the first pic, I would say he was a swollen 2yo .
Great looking buck and would be tough to pass!
Last edited by Stevarino; 10/05/16 06:34 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Help me age this deer
[Re: BigDad]
#6482357
10/05/16 07:53 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 925
BigDad
OP
Tracker
|
OP
Tracker
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 925 |
I think we'll take him if we get the chance. If we dont I'm sure our neighbors will.
Joe
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|