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 Past his prime?
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09/01/11 02:34 AM
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RedSnake
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Would love some feedback on whether this buck looks like he has passed his prime? Facial features, diminished antlers and gnarled tine leads me to think he's post-maturity... 
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Re: Past his prime?
[Re: RedSnake]
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09/01/11 02:40 AM
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Would love some feedback on whether this buck looks like he has passed his prime? Facial features, diminished antlers and gnarled tine leads me to think he's post-maturity...
Looks like a young deer to me. Looks like he hit something and thats why his antlers are messed up. (HE IS NOT a 5+ year old deer)
Last edited by Gemlin; 09/01/11 02:40 AM.
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Re: Past his prime?
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09/01/11 02:41 AM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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Horns messed up bc his front leg is hurt
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Re: Past his prime?
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09/01/11 02:45 AM
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D rude
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the deer in the back looks older
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Re: Past his prime?
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09/01/11 02:45 AM
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stxranchman
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Very young buck. Got any more pics of him? That looks like velvet antler damage to me and not injury related IMO.
Last edited by stxranchman; 09/01/11 02:59 AM.
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Re: Past his prime?
[Re: stxranchman]
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09/01/11 02:48 AM
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RedSnake
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This is the only pic I have of him so far. New property thats never been hunted that I've just recently put feeders and camera on.
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Re: Past his prime?
[Re: stxranchman]
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09/01/11 02:51 AM
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Looks 3.5 to me. Wound on his leg looks fresh.With the drought hard to tell. Let him walk one more year. 
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Re: Past his prime?
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09/01/11 02:53 AM
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txshntr
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I would agree on the deer being a young buck, but I have a hard time judging the age in the summer months. They just don't look the same IMO.
Don't think the leg wound has any bearing on the horns.
Good luck
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Re: Past his prime?
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09/01/11 02:58 AM
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Yeh, I have a hard time aging them in the summer too. Drought effects and only one pic to go by doesn't make it any easier. Hoping that he's young and will develop some more atypical antler characteristics with a few more years.
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Re: Past his prime?
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09/01/11 02:34 PM
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Young deer, and velvet damage. X4
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Re: Past his prime?
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09/01/11 03:48 PM
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jim1961
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Definitely a young buck with antler damage. Let him walk
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Re: Past his prime?
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09/01/11 07:07 PM
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Eastxhuntr
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the deer in the back is older
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Re: Past his prime?
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09/02/11 03:38 AM
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Horns messed up bc his front leg is hurt Good observation BOBO,I think he's young too.That doesn't look like Nolan cty.Sandyland,Cross-timbers?The reason I ask is because of 13" rule.I'm not sure he would pass muster in an AR county.
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Re: Past his prime?
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09/02/11 05:28 PM
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Young buck. Long skinny neck and snout are apparent.
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Re: Past his prime?
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09/04/11 04:02 AM
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bowassin
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I'd say 3.... With a barb wire cut on the leg
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Re: Past his prime?
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09/07/11 10:37 PM
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He is definitley a young buck you can tell by his facial features , compare it to the deer in the background his nose is a dead give away its possible this is his second set of antlers have spent the last few years helping in management programs in South Texas , harvesting and aging animals I agree he is probably 2 to 2.5 , most abnormalties in antler growth are caused by traumatic injury of some type I doubt that a barbwire cut would cause this based on what I've been taught
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