Age This Buck! #20

For those of you who never leave the Forum, we have a fun thing we do where we post images and videos of a deer and let people chime in to guess the deer's age. This week's deer is one that I'm chasing and has gotten a variety of different responses from 2 to 10. I figured it would be fun to post here and see what the real experts think.

So here you go - age this buck!

 

6+

 

I am guessing 6+, an older mature deer on the decline. Although, if the date is correct on the trail camera, those are not this year's photos.

 

I know you are just looking for a number but wow so many contradictory flags. Early Dec could account for the slim body and thick neck. But the length of the body screams older , yet face is short. I'll go with 7.5 for fun.

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Make sure to watch the video - there's stuff in there from October through late December.

 

7.5

 

Correct. I only have one picture of him so far this year, and it's only half of his rack but definitely him. I need to move some cameras around this weekend and find out where he's at.

 

Even though here in TX(east), they don't get that big bodied. My estimated guess is 6+ yrs.

 

4.5 or 5.5, is my guess

 

5

 

I’m going with the 5 year old

 

pictures show 5yr old, so 6 this year

 

5

 

Looks like 5 at least last year so I'll say 6.

 

8

 

In 21 looks like 4.5. Just starting to get belly.

22 saying 5.5.

 

What a tough one.
Big body, big neck, big shoulders, just looks like a mature deer. But hardly any of that pot belly they usually get.
Justin says its "one I'm chasing"? Rack isn't anything to really get hot and bothered about, so a cull buck? From your videos, you usually have some darn good headgear to chase.
I really want to say it is about 5.5 y.o. But I could see it being a bruiser of a 3.5 y. o. too.
No idea.

 

I go back and forth on this one. Being in Midwest, my guess that Pic is of a 3 1/2 year old. He shows signs of older, but he is just to lean looking for be fully mature to me. Definitely a brute.

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Agreed- 3.5 last year. Here is is on 10/26 (pre-rut,) no paunch or haunch on him to speak of, short face:



Guessing he put on another ~30" from 3.5-4.5 this year, which is why @Justin is chasing him this year.

 

Well, he was 6.5 in those photos and videos, and you guys are in luck b/c I got my first good pics of this year last night on a scrape. Just set the camera yesterday morning while I was doing some scouting, and he was the first one on it.

So here we go! Every year from 2 to 7.