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 Re: Age this Spike ???
[Re: don k]
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12/28/16 02:48 AM
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I don't believe this was his first antlers. He is too big a bodied for this. If he was born late as some have suggested he would look way more immature. I in all my infinite wisdom put this Deer at 2.5 years old. im not understanding the 1.5 born late scenario either, that would make him 1 year old, damn near a fawn. seems people look at horns to judge age and not body size. body size is everything on a buck to judge age, up until about 5.5 after that i have a hard time telling if hes 5.5 or 6.5 or 7.5, i just know hes damn sure mature. a 1.5 is a yearling, that deer is in no way a yearling
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Re: Age this Spike ???
[Re: vanguard]
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12/28/16 05:35 PM
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I don't believe this was his first antlers. He is too big a bodied for this. If he was born late as some have suggested he would look way more immature. I in all my infinite wisdom put this Deer at 2.5 years old. im not understanding the 1.5 born late scenario either, that would make him 1 year old, damn near a fawn. seems people look at horns to judge age and not body size. body size is everything on a buck to judge age, up until about 5.5 after that i have a hard time telling if hes 5.5 or 6.5 or 7.5, i just know hes damn sure mature. a 1.5 is a yearling, that deer is in no way a yearling Why not?
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Re: Age this Spike ???
[Re: vanguard]
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12/28/16 05:46 PM
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2.5 a 1.5 year old is always smaller than a doe 2.5 they are about the size of a doe, 3.5 they are noticeably bigger than a doe This is kinda a silly statement without knowing the age of the doe.
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Re: Age this Spike ???
[Re: cameron00]
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12/28/16 05:48 PM
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2.5 a 1.5 year old is always smaller than a doe 2.5 they are about the size of a doe, 3.5 they are noticeably bigger than a doe This is kinda a silly statement without knowing the age of the doe. and every herd is not the same... not sure of why a 1.5yr old buck would be smaller than a 1.5yr old doe
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Re: Age this Spike ???
[Re: Annar359]
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12/28/16 08:46 PM
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I'd love to see the jawbones of all these mythical 2.5 year old spikes.
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Re: Age this Spike ???
[Re: Annar359]
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12/28/16 09:10 PM
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Re: Age this Spike ???
[Re: cameron00]
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12/29/16 02:09 AM
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2.5 a 1.5 year old is always smaller than a doe 2.5 they are about the size of a doe, 3.5 they are noticeably bigger than a doe This is kinda a silly statement without knowing the age of the doe. Im speaking of mature does i dont care if your in canada and your mature does are 200lbs your 2.5 year old bucks will be the size of you mature does
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Re: Age this Spike ???
[Re: Annar359]
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12/29/16 02:13 AM
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Re: Age this Spike ???
[Re: Annar359]
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12/29/16 02:16 AM
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Re: Age this Spike ???
[Re: Annar359]
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12/29/16 08:45 AM
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1.5
2.5 old spikes might not be mythical, but they are rare
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Re: Age this Spike ???
[Re: vanguard]
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12/29/16 09:31 AM
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2.5 a 1.5 year old is always smaller than a doe 2.5 they are about the size of a doe, 3.5 they are noticeably bigger than a doe This is kinda a silly statement without knowing the age of the doe. Im speaking of mature does i dont care if your in canada and your mature does are 200lbs your 2.5 year old bucks will be the size of you mature does BS a healthy buck that is 2.5 will be bigger than 99% of mature does. I look at hundreds of both every year. As far a the deer in the picture it is 1.5 and not a very big deer. Trying to compare it to a doe in a separate photo is impossible.
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