TN Whitetail Freak
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Thin fit 3 yr old or a savage of a 2 year old 6 point?
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tree_ghost
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David the picture quality is terrible on my end. Do you have a better one? If he's a 2 yo then he's definitely got genetics in spades!
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Horns look a little heavy for a 2 yr old but there isn't much to go on with that pic. Good deer though
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TheLBLman
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x 2Andy S.":1v9a0as5 said:
Beam length is highly suggestive of 3 1/2 or older.
Posted pic is rather poor image to say much more, but back doesn't appear very straight, which is also suggestive of older than 2 1/2.
Could you download (or upload) the original .jpeg image rather than just taking a picture of a picture?
TN Whitetail Freak
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Date of pic Jan 31, 2019
TheLBLman
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Really not enough detail in the above pic for a good aging guess.
But my guess is this buck was at least 3 1/2 when you obtained his pic.
But my guess is this buck was at least 3 1/2 when you obtained his pic.
TheLBLman":muitzq4p said:
Agreed.TheLBLman":muitzq4p said:
TheLBLman
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Also, the "mass" that is carried toward ends of beams and including the tines
is another antler characteristic suggestive of the buck being older than 2 1/2.
Hard to tell much about the mass with this pic,
but does look relatively heavy for the last few inches of main beams, as well as the most visible tines.
Last but not least, older bucks with fewer than 8 points have been much more eagerly given a pass by many hunters than bucks with 8 or more points.
I have many times seen fully mature bucks with only 6 points repeatedly get a pass from multiple hunters,
the same of which would eagerly shoot with their first opportunity at a top-end 2 1/2-yr-old with 9 or more points.
Just more reason to think this buck is probably 3 1/2 or older (maybe much older).
is another antler characteristic suggestive of the buck being older than 2 1/2.
Hard to tell much about the mass with this pic,
but does look relatively heavy for the last few inches of main beams, as well as the most visible tines.
Last but not least, older bucks with fewer than 8 points have been much more eagerly given a pass by many hunters than bucks with 8 or more points.
I have many times seen fully mature bucks with only 6 points repeatedly get a pass from multiple hunters,
the same of which would eagerly shoot with their first opportunity at a top-end 2 1/2-yr-old with 9 or more points.
Just more reason to think this buck is probably 3 1/2 or older (maybe much older).
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I vote 2 years old based on his body.
