Tony what state is this buck getting his picture taken in? I will agree with those above me that put him in the 120-ish class. He may touch 130", he does appear to have nice beams and decent tine length. It's hard for me to judge mass at that distance and at night. I always feel like mass is better represented in day time pics, maybe that's just me. As far as age, again Id like to know which state. His body screams 4 year old, but I know they're starting to swell with the rut approaching. He could be a dandy swole three year old. Any velvet pics of this deer? It may help to see the body in the early season and guess age then. He's a nice deer, good luck on him!
Jeff, this is Western New York and no, I don't have other pics....yet. I just put the cam out last Sunday...the amount of deer hitting those 3 scrapes is crazy! Another decent buck...
He's a good one no doubt about it. I hope you kill him and we can know for sure. I'll say high 120's-low 130's and 4.5 years old. Good luck
I'd say 130. 3.5-4.5.... In my opinion once they get to that 3.5-4.5, it's a real crapshoot to age them unless you have history. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I see the belly...I think at least 4 1/2 on the age and in think he is all of 130, if the mass is there....he is well beyond the ears wide and when you piece all the pics together, his time length could be longer...I'm at 132....wish I still can't believe this is a deer I am hunting...lol
Mass was the unknown. I estimated about 23 on the beams 18-19 spread, 4 on the G1's, 7 G2's and 4 on G3's. 95" without the mass. H1 5, H2 4, H3 3.5, H4 3 31" mass for 126'ish on the high side. Hoping you put him down either way. Curious, will you hold out for him or shoot the 2nd one as well?
In my area, that second one isn't too shabby. It may be hard to not pull the trigger on him.... Hoping I can put that big boy down before such conflict rears its ugly head....I passed a 100" buck that year I was chasing that 130" that I skimmed the back on....
I concur. I think the 2nd one is a solid 3.5. (which you should ALSO SHOOT, if given the chance!). I'm also gonna predict that you get an even bigger one at those scrapes once they really start cruising. Rooting for ya, Good luck with them!
Great NY buck Tony! I wanna say he is in the 125" range and just like cls said I too am wanting to say 3.5 for some reason. Nice buck for sure! Good luck with him man!!!
Hard to tell from the pic. I think the thing we should do here is have me come down to get a closer look
Are you kidding??? You've got all the nice NY bucks around you... And you STILL didn't text me your number...
