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The first pic was taken today. The velvet pic in early august and the others when velvet shed
backyardtndeer
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From those pics, I think he is 3.5, possibly 4.5. Beautiful buck.
bowhunterfanatic
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I'd say 4.5
Hes going to look hampshire hog by rut. Never seen one add weight like this one. 4.5 is what i was thinking as well, but the way he is swelling up im may be inclined to go older
Ladys man
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If your looking at just body's in these pics you would think it's different deer, first pic I would say 5.5 others are 4.5
Definitely the same deer.
4.5 I'd say
That's a fantastic buck! I'm in the 4.5 camp, but wouldn't argue it. He very well could be older.
megalomaniac
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EXACTLY what I was thinking. It is amazing how different one can look age wise based on the pic angle and body posture.
No doubt he is at least 4.5... I suspect he will keep filling out over the next month and have a classic 5.5yo appearance just before the rut
No history with this boy.
Yes. I can't say I recall many or any Roman nosed young bucks. But no idea how old. Beyond 4.5-5.5 I have a tough time guessing age with any accuracy, and can only tell very old bucks by their withered, grey faces and arthritic movement.
4.5+ min. I'd go 5.5 if you made me pick an age.
the roman nose thing is interesting to me. its definitely a factor of age but still a mystery why it physically occurs
DoubleRidge
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I agree with 4.5 minimum...but could easily be 5.5
I was just posting that I can't recall ever seeing a roman nose on a for sure known 4yr old, but then I look at some pics and quickly find a 3yr old with a pretty pronounced roman nose. So I'm gona have to change my thoughts on it being an age related trait. Second pic is a for sure known 5yr old and his noise isn't as bowed as the 3yr old. I guess I never paid a whole lot of attention to it before.
JCDEERMAN
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Yes
JCDEERMAN
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I wouldn't hesitate putting him at 5.5
The more pics I look at, the less I'm convinced a roman nose has anything to do with age. Until now I'd always believed it was a trait only older bucks had but now that I'm specifically looking for it I don't see any correlation at all. Most of my older bucks don't have it but I've got pics of some younger bucks that do. Seems to be a genetic trait, not age related.
