Age this buck

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  1. cmonsta

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    I know these threads get old and Im sorry. But Im not good at judging age and know many of you are good. Not asking if its a shooter, just curious your guess on age. Thanks in advance guys and gals!

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  2. Spear

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    It's really hard to field judge by body/antlers but I'm going to guess 4-5. He's getting that mature deer pot belly and he's got a fairly thick neck, but again, just a guess.
     
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    I'd say 3yrs, maybe 4, but no more than that IMO.
     
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    GOOD NIGHT JOHN... he must be pushing 50 by the looks of that beer belly :lol:

    My quess... 4+ :beer:
     
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    Base on his body and what I can see of his nose I am going with 5+. He'd be on my hit list!
     
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    Looking at his body I'm going to go with 4. Looks to be a nice 6 pt.
     
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    Looks like about 4 to me,
     
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    I'd say he's five+ if he's a day. Most don't get front heavy at 4.
    Heck of a body on that deer.
     
  9. cmonsta

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    Awesome thank you everyone! He is added to hit list for sure! Thought he looked big bodied but wasnt sure. Any chance he'll grow brows or are they normally pretty formed by this time?
     
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    After looking at the pics again, I'm still pretty sure he's older than 4 but I'd prefer to see him some more before I added him to a hit list if it were me. Two pics "can" give a wrong impression from a limited view.

    Either way, I doubt he will ever add brow tines (G1's), I imagine that's just his "thing". I have a couple of seven pointers here that have large frames that I feel are over 5 years old and they were both sevens last year as well. Actually I'd like to have a huge seven pointer on the wall so these may be high on my hit list this year.
     
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    Id say 4 at the most but who am I to say lol
     
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    He looks like a slob! I'd say 4+.
     
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    He is a tank, and I would guess at least 4 as well. I would shoot him In a heartbeat.
     
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    I'd put him at 5
     
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    I would say he is a real big bodied 4 year old maybe even a 5 year old.


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    My guess is 4
     
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    Thank you everyone!!
     
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    Looks 4+ to me.
     
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    You're in PA right? The deer are smaller bodied that what a lot of guys are used to. That's a well-fed 5 year old at least.


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    I got to thinking about this and remembered a no brow 6 from last year that I had a good bit of pics from. Thought he looked old enough to shoot but rack was a bit of a let down. Not sure if its the same deer or not, but figured I would post his pics here also. While looking for these pics I found another smaller browless buck, so might be just some genetics in the area. Would be cool if this is him though, so if I harvest I can have more then one year of pics of him.

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