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Rubberduck270

Rubberduck270

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Can anyone give me an age estimation on this deer? This pic was taken about 3 weeks ago.
 
During the summer, guessing buck ages is much more a guess than during the fall. The chance of missing a summer buck's age by 2 or more years may be greater than missing one's age by only 1 year during November.

3 1/2 or older would be my best "guess" on the buck above, at this time of year.
 
Wes Parrish said:
During the summer, guessing buck ages is much more a guess than during the fall. The chance of missing a summer buck's age by 2 or more years may be greater than missing one's age by only 1 year during November.

3 1/2 or older would be my best "guess" on the buck above, at this time of year.
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Everything Wes said.
 
As far as body size goes he is the same size as 4.5 year olds that I can confirm their age. I have never gotten a picture of this deer. He just showed up this year. I figured he was atleast 3.5 but was hoping he was older. I guess I'll just have to wait and see how he turns out this year.
 
3, not enough belly for a 4 year old IMO. That being said there was a great article in QW, I believe, about the issues with judging a buck's age off of only one picture. The article had a great example of a buck that was in an unusual position and would have appeared to have been a 2 year old (he was sucking his belly in for some reason). The next pic. a few seconds later he was standing broadside in a much more "normal" position and you could tell the buck was clearly a mature deer.
 

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