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Re: What’s the point of putting the .5 on deer age? [Re: sbushee] #7421202 02/01/19 04:28 AM
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It’s makes them sound older and bigger


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I honestly think it is a learned habit that people have just stuck with over time.

It was based on the deer was born earlier in the year, but not really a big factor. My motto is just shoot big mature deer and it won't matter! smile


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I don't do it but it does crack me up. Folks will add the .5 whether it's July or January.

Re: What’s the point of putting the .5 on deer age? [Re: sbushee] #7422047 02/01/19 11:06 PM
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What annoys me is when people range from 4.5-5 year old. Two different age classes. 4.5-5.5 okay, 4-5 okay, but a deer isn’t either 4.5 years old or 5 years old.

Re: What’s the point of putting the .5 on deer age? [Re: sbushee] #7422065 02/01/19 11:23 PM
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Are some too lazy to add a decimal point and a number? The deer is a year and a half or whatever. Your time is not that valuable you can't type a couple of extra times.Live with it.

Re: What’s the point of putting the .5 on deer age? [Re: don k] #7422078 02/01/19 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by don k
Are some too lazy to add a decimal point and a number? The deer is a year and a half or whatever. Your time is not that valuable you can't type a couple of extra times.Live with it.

confused2 So which is it...your times is to valuable to fix something to eat or you have plenty of time time type a decimal point and a number? grin
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Re: What’s the point of putting the .5 on deer age? [Re: sbushee] #7422093 02/01/19 11:54 PM
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Because it's accurate during hunting season?

Re: What’s the point of putting the .5 on deer age? [Re: JKW] #7422096 02/01/19 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by JKW
Because it's accurate during hunting season?

But what about the ranges of deer born in April in parts of Texas to deer born in deep South Texas into August and Sept?


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Originally Posted by stxranchman
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Because it's accurate during hunting season?

But what about the ranges of deer born in April in parts of Texas to deer born in deep South Texas into August and Sept?

There are certainly exceptions to any situation. I've personally seen fawns that were born as late as November, but that's certainly not the norm. I would say the vast majority are born between from April though July, although I'm sure south Texas August is more common.

I don't get worked up over someone using either, I know what they're talking about. I do bite my tongue, though, when people refer to fawns as yearlings. smile

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Because it's accurate during hunting season?

But what about the ranges of deer born in April in parts of Texas to deer born in deep South Texas into August and Sept?

There are certainly exceptions to any situation. I've personally seen fawns that were born as late as November, but that's certainly not the norm. I would say the vast majority are born between from April though July, although I'm sure south Texas August is more common.

I don't get worked up over someone using either, I know what they're talking about. I do bite my tongue, though, when people refer to fawns as yearlings. smile

I have seen fawns born the first week of April to as late end of October also. Texas has a varied rut that begins in late Sept along the upper coast to inland and then around Christmas in other areas of deep South Texas. There are pockets in the Hill Country where the rut starts in mid October with late April fawns.
Some states the rut begins in Jan and into Feb so those fawns are born very late. They would be just being born or born after archery season opens. Then throw in Florida where you can see a rut starting in July and no telling when it ends. Their archery season starts in late July. What age should we call those deer in those areas during the early archery season when some deer have not even seen their birth date? To me a fawn is up to 7 months of age, then a yearling after that. grin Those who call deer a yearling are going to be of the older rancher types also.
I don't worry about what someone calls a deer for age or type since I use what I was brought up hearing them called.


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Re: What’s the point of putting the .5 on deer age? [Re: don k] #7422493 02/02/19 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by don k
Are some too lazy to add a decimal point and a number? The deer is a year and a half or whatever. Your time is not that valuable you can't type a couple of extra times.Live with it.


....so are you saying Don that you take the time to write down or introduce yourself as a .5?


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Are some too lazy to add a decimal point and a number? The deer is a year and a half or whatever. Your time is not that valuable you can't type a couple of extra times.Live with it.


....so are you saying Don that you take the time to write down or introduce yourself as a .5?

At my age I am lucky to remember my name much less how old I am.

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Originally Posted by stxranchman
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Are some too lazy to add a decimal point and a number? The deer is a year and a half or whatever. Your time is not that valuable you can't type a couple of extra times.Live with it.

confused2 So which is it...your times is to valuable to fix something to eat or you have plenty of time time type a decimal point and a number? grin
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My time is too valuable to buy, peel add stuff to make it. I buy the ready made. Better and cheaper than doing it myself.

Cooking is a whole lot different than ageing Deer.

Re: What’s the point of putting the .5 on deer age? [Re: JMalin] #7422500 02/02/19 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JMalin
What annoys me is when people range from 4.5-5 year old. Two different age classes. 4.5-5.5 okay, 4-5 okay, but a deer isn’t either 4.5 years old or 5 years old.



This is one of my peeves also and quite a few on here do it.....


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Re: What’s the point of putting the .5 on deer age? [Re: sbushee] #7422623 02/02/19 04:00 PM
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In a well balanced herd, the fawns are born in the spring. When fall and deer season rolls around, the young of the year are not yet a year old. They are a half year old. It starts from there.


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boredom after deer season is over definitely brings up some goofy threads.

Re: What’s the point of putting the .5 on deer age? [Re: Smokey Bear] #7422691 02/02/19 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Smokey Bear
In a well balanced herd, the fawns are born in the spring. When fall and deer season rolls around, the young of the year are not yet a year old. They are a half year old. It starts from there.

Glad to know I hunt and unbalanced herd in South Texas that starts to fawn in July into August. Guess someone needs to tell our bucks to start the rut earlier. When our archery season starts our fawns a 1/4 yr old. wink


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Originally Posted by stxranchman
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In a well balanced herd, the fawns are born in the spring. When fall and deer season rolls around, the young of the year are not yet a year old. They are a half year old. It starts from there.

Glad to know I hunt and unbalanced herd in South Texas that starts to fawn in July into August. Guess someone needs to tell our bucks to start the rut earlier. When our archery season starts our fawns a 1/4 yr old. wink

Actually that is .25 year old. Then when archery season starts this year it will be 1.25 years old. Who started this anyway?

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No need to get testy there ranch man. Regional differences are what they are, and a deer is as old as it is.


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Originally Posted by stxranchman
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Because it's accurate during hunting season?

But what about the ranges of deer born in April in parts of Texas to deer born in deep South Texas into August and Sept?


.25, .33, .66 or .75, of course.

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Originally Posted by Fortheloveofthehunt
I honestly think it is a learned habit that people have just stuck with over time.

It was based on the deer was born earlier in the year, but not really a big factor. My motto is just shoot big mature deer and it won't matter! smile


I think the entire thread comes down to this. It's been done for so long by so many, people just do it. Anything beyond that is probably overthinking the question.


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A more accurate way is to same the number of racks a deer has had. There is a big difference between the 3rd and 4th set of antlers.


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Odds are it’s what TPWD biologist started (along with once a spike always a spike) and sent it out in a mgmt plan template to everyone interested in the info. That was 40.5 years ago.

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Originally Posted by rifleman
Odds are it’s what TPWD biologist started (along with once a spike always a spike) and sent it out in a mgmt plan template to everyone interested in the info. That was 40.5 years ago.



I read that memo, it was 39 and 15/24 years ago. clap


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There really isn't one other than the fact that most deer harvested during hunting season were born in the summer. Hence, a mature 5 1/2 year old taken in December.




Agreed.....but its kinda dumb if you think about it.

I don't tell people my daughter is 5 1/2 years old, so why do we do it with deer?



What cracks me up is when people say something like "its 3 1/2, maybe 4 but no older than 4.....

I use to be that guy until a couple of my TPWD Biologist buddies told me to pick one or the other and they didn't care which!


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