OK, so we are waffling between 4.5-5.5 for most, what difference does that make really?
OP, are you on a place that can only take a certain aged deer? If so, I don't think anyone would fault you for taking this deer thinking he was 5, but if you need the deer to be 6-7 then I think that's pushing it. If you are on a place that can kick you off and confiscate deer if they aren't over 7.5, like another poster said on his trophy place, then you are SOL because I doubt this guy would make that cut.
So, is this just an effort to say "hey look at this fine deer" or are you on a place that requires deer of a certain age for trophy deer?
Currently our management plan for determining shooters is that a buck with 8pts or less can get shot at 4.5
Bucks with more than 8pts have to be at least 5.5
I see this 10 pt as going either way so that is why I wanted yall's opinion. I'm not just trying to show off a nice deer for the heck of it, honestly trying to make an educated age guesstimate.