Rely guy Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 I'd like everyone's opinion on the age of this deer. I'm typically pretty good at aging deer, but this one puzzles me. The landowner found sheds this spring of what I thought was this buck. His right beam curled up as does this deer, and the right g2 was forked. The only real difference as far as frame was the left side's g2 on the shed was also forked. I rough scored the sheds at 151 3/8 gross. I suspected that this year, he would be bigger. Even though the pictures didn't show it, I guess I hoped they weren't doing him any justice. I filmed opening weekend of our gun season (Missouri), so Monday the 12th was the first day I hunted myself. I sat in a set 30 yards from where I had gotten all the photos of him. I wasn't particularly hunting just this deer as the neighbor had pictures of 5 bucks in the 145-160 range, along with two I had in the area over 160 as well. He was a buck I planned on taking if given the chance. And sure enough, he came the horns on my first sequence. After I shot him, I was a little disappointed because I expected him to be much bigger. Out of the neighbor's pictures and some 41 different bucks I had on camera on this farm, not another had split g2's so I don't think it was a genetic thing. It leads me to believe that the sheds did belong to this guy and that he had just declined since last year as this rack only scored around 140. Based on trail cam pics of him, I really only thought this deer was 4 1/2. If that's the case, it seems too early for him to have taken a plunge in antler size. What are your thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rely guy Posted November 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 More pics of him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 not real good body shots for an age estimate..he was probably past his prime and was going the other way, or other factors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Think that deer was at least 4.5. Real nice buck. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Not sure about his age, but he's a stud. Congrats on another dandy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 tough to tell age by that pic, but something could have happened to him to cause the drop. Maybe an injury or stress that you aren't aware of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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