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Opinion's needed

Posted By: CHRIS1981

Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 12:57 AM

Is this a old buck on the decline? How old do you think he is??







Posted By: chital_shikari

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 12:59 AM

I'm, not sure but he looks old to me... confused2

Posted By: CHRIS1981

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:01 AM

I saw him in person Friday afternoon.. He came to another feeder i have with 14 other deer. He looked fine in person, just looks really old. I had him in front of me for almost an hour. He was as close as 25 yards to me.

Posted By: prohunter2011

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:01 AM

looks like a mule deer

Posted By: chital_shikari

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:03 AM

Originally Posted By: CHRIS81
I saw him in person Friday afternoon.. He came to another feeder i have with 14 other deer. He looked fine in person, just looks really old. I had him in front of me for almost an hour. He was as close as 25 yards to me.
Yeah..i changed my post...
Originally Posted By: prohunter2011
looks like a mule deer
Yes i think it is one

Posted By: prohunter2011

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:03 AM

dont look old to me at all or sick

Posted By: CHRIS1981

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:06 AM

Here is another picture of him..



Posted By: prohunter2011

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:07 AM

young mule deer

Posted By: chital_shikari

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:07 AM

His eyes gave me the notion he was sick... confused2

Posted By: Brother in-law

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:09 AM

loco

Posted By: CHRIS1981

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:10 AM

Thanks Prohunter2011. This is the 1st lease i have been on that has mule deer.. This one just looks different than the other mule deer bucks i have pictures of..

Posted By: prohunter2011

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:11 AM

he dont need a shot just yet he aint sick

Posted By: chital_shikari

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:11 AM

Originally Posted By: Brother in-law
loco
OH GOD....
Not on another thread.....

Posted By: CHRIS1981

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:13 AM

No he needs a shot when he is a 4x4 or 5x5 lol

Posted By: 8pointdrop

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:15 AM

Not real familiar with mulies but he has no hock stains,not much shoulder muscle, thin neck,straight back, short face= young, but not really familiar with mule deer,so my option may not matter.

Posted By: prohunter2011

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:16 AM

yep for sure if you need help with some of them mules give me a shout i will help out

Posted By: CHRIS1981

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:19 AM

Will do prohunter2011. Hoping to get my 1st mule deer this year. And my 10 yr old has already picked one out for next year.

Posted By: prohunter2011

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 01:30 AM

cool good luck

Posted By: Ramsey

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 02:03 AM

4 years

Posted By: thewrap

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 02:07 AM

He's young needs another year or two.

Posted By: MikeC

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 03:38 AM

Young buck. There are some really nice mulies around Childress if you happen to be in the right place.

Posted By: huntingpj

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 05:18 AM

He's just young

Posted By: dkershen

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 03:08 PM

Folks.. this is a 2.5 year old muley buck.. and he's not sick, just a little worn out from the rut. Looks like he's been eating well. Give him 2 or 3 more years and he could be a nice one.

Posted By: NEVAGA

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 03:49 PM

Looks good

Posted By: cwctx

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 05:09 PM

Agreed with the 2-4 yr old buck. Had a rough rutting season looks like but it will all heal fine. Thin neck and shoulders shows he is still growing and fat belly shows he finds feeders regularly. Leave him a season or two with his ladies. He should make some young'ens.

Posted By: jrye

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/13/12 05:52 PM

Looks like a young mule deer to me.

Posted By: stxranchman

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/14/12 03:14 AM

I would agree that it is only a 2.5 yr old Mule Deer. They always look older than they really are since they are bigger than a WT the same age.

Posted By: HuntingCFP

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/16/12 10:45 PM

Young Muly. That's awesome that y'all have them though. Wait till he starts growing some forks and he will look old.

Posted By: Ranger8292

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/16/12 11:26 PM

Young Muley

Posted By: rifleman

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/16/12 11:29 PM

Young, might not even be 2

Posted By: NDN98

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/17/12 12:35 AM

Very young buck. My guess is he is going to turn 3 this spring and will be 3.5 this hunting season.

Posted By: TooLow

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/17/12 12:37 AM

Originally Posted By: prohunter2011
young mule deer


Posted By: Ramsey

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/17/12 12:41 AM

mule deer

Posted By: Trevor B

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/17/12 01:44 PM

Baby Muley

Posted By: BenBob

Re: Opinion's needed - 02/17/12 02:00 PM

No thickness in the neck and his nose is elongated. As a muley ages, his nose looks shorter as his nose broadens. This is a 2.5-3.5 year old mule deer buck.

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