wtnhunt Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Post season and kind of slow around here, so how about a game of "guessing" age and score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 3 1/2... 131. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) 130 is what I said right off...prob 3.5 ..could be 4.5 just because in Tenn. like fly said that's the ML you shot isn't it? Edited January 13, 2015 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 4.5 and 125-135. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 For your neck of the woods William, I'd say he's 4.5...score ~128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Prior to reading ANY responses I wrote down 135 Gross (thought 140 at first but it appears there isn't much to the brow tines). Given this is a TN buck I put him at 4.5 years. In IL I would have gave put him at 3.5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 that's the ML you shot isn't it? Yep, sure is. Interesting guesses on the score. I did not put a tape to the deer before taking him to the taxidermist. I guessed he would go low 120's though. Will get him to score him for me. He does have a broken brow and one broken 4. I will take a good look at his teeth and then send them back with my oldest daughter to the state deer biologist at UT next time she gets home. I was between 3.5 and 4.5 based on the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Ya, at first did not see missing brow..prob 125 is high Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Heck...I didn't see anything broken in the pics here...still can't. Didn't check your other thread to see if it was your ML buck either William. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Heck...I didn't see anything broken in the pics here...still can't. Didn't check your other thread to see if it was your ML buck either William. Left brow and right g4 are both broken. Here was the thread http://forums.realtree.com/forum/general-discussion/deer-hunting/2040031-cooold-morning-pays-off-accura-good-on-another-long-range-backyard-buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Looks like the bone broken off cost you ~5" to 6" William. Still a great trophy for your neck of the woods anyway. Congratulations again...the score doesn't make the trophy. The hunt you had bagging him sure made him an extra special trophy though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABuckSlayer Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 I would guess 130" and a 4.5 year old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Ummm well, premilinary report is that the buck in the original post in the pics above from the 2014 season was only a 2.5 year old based on the teeth I got back from the taxidermist. From what my daughter told me today her conservation professor at the University of Tennessee confirmed rather quickly that the cusps were too sharp on the teeth for it to be over 3.5 and was more likely a 2.5 year old, which has left me wondering if maybe the taxidermist I gave a second chance had mistakenly given me back the wrong jawbone. I thought the cusps on the teeth were too sharp too, but wanted another opinion. She was going to try to get by the deer biologists office in the coming weeks, she has a class with her next semester but said she would try to catch her sometime before then if she can catch her in her office in the next week or so. The below 2013 buck I took with the ml'er that I guessed to be 3.5 was also looked at and her professor said he thought the teeth were from a 3.5 year old. No trail cam pics of that one, but it was this deer in the pics below. I would have put the 2014 deer at roughly 10 lbs heavier dressed weight and with longer beams. If in fact the 2014 buck above was only 2.5 as the teeth I was given back suggest then he had exceptional genetics for this area and was very heavy compared to most deer a year older than he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 maybe you got some of the poorer genes weeded out Will, if those two deer are 3.5 or younger things are looking up for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 The biologist agreed with her conservation professor on the ages of those bottom jawbones. The teeth for the 8 from the 2013 season probably a young 3.5 and the teeth from the 10 from this past season a 2.5. Will have to ask the taxidermist if it was possible I was mistakenly given the wrong teeth back. At least I now know I have confirmed sets of teeth for those ages to compare to for future reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 I have reviewed as many aging guides as are on the market. While it is easy to identify a fawn, 1.5 year old, and a 2.5 year old or older - it gets tough figuring out the other ages. My taxidermist has mistakenly thrown away the jaw bone for my deer TWICE! He's always apologetic, but I think a third time he might be tempted to do the whole switcheroo. BTW... This is the best aging video for 3.5 and older I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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