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He keeps showing up, but very unpredictable (age & score?)

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Re: He keeps showing up, but very unpredictable (age & score

Based just on those pics I would say 3.5 and close to 115. Not really the best angles. I would gladly shoot him.

Is that a pine thicket that runs into hardwoods? If it is get a good wind and hunt the outside of that pine thicket.
 
Re: He keeps showing up, but very unpredictable (age & score

First thought, I typed was 117-122, but I just couldn't see tine length in pictures. Other angles he very well could be 4.5.
 
Re: He keeps showing up, but very unpredictable (age & score

Looking carefully at each pic, I can see body traits of both 4 1/2 & 3 1/2, although that bottom pic makes him look more like a top-end 2 1/2 (which is more than a remote possibility despite those other pics).

My best guess is 3 1/2.

I think he'll gross score right under 120.
Not that it does much for score, but note the lack of mass.
I know antler characteristics are often best ignored when aging a particular buck by a pic, but most 4 1/2's would have more mass than this one. His antlers are more congruent with an average to slightly above average 3 1/2 (for much of Middle/West TN), and/or a very top-end 2 1/2.
 
Re: He keeps showing up, but very unpredictable (age & score

Just as a side note on the timing of pics. I have a friend who's been getting a lot of pics of a good buck in the same area but all night time. Since Dec 4th he's been getting pics of this same buck but all daytime. Another friend hunts pine thickets just like in your pics and sees a bunch of deer all throughout the day. If your buck is doing the same maybe you'll get a shot at him before season's end.
 
Re: He keeps showing up, but very unpredictable (age & score

Almost looks like 2 different deer??? The bottom pic looks different than the other 2 pics.
 
Re: He keeps showing up, but very unpredictable (age & score

It looks to me like the bottom picture is a totally different deer. My he bottom pic looks like a big 4 pt to me
 
Re: He keeps showing up, but very unpredictable (age & score

It is 2 different deer. According to the initial post the bottom pic is a 2 year old he likes the looks of. Both are very nice bucks. Good luck!


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Re: He keeps showing up, but very unpredictable (age & score

Stykbow":4zbs9xxm said:
It is 2 different deer. According to the initial post the bottom pic is a 2 year old he likes the looks of.
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The way I "read" the original thread-beginning post the first time, it came across (to me) as implying all those pics were of the same buck. My bad, but that's how I initially "read" it. Obviously, that bottom pic is a different buck. But initially, I was focusing on the body profiles (not the antlers) under the assumption all pics were known to be of the same buck.
 
Re: He keeps showing up, but very unpredictable (age & score

Stykbow":1g29xrux said:
It is 2 different deer. According to the initial post the bottom pic is a 2 year old he likes the looks of. Both are very nice bucks. Good luck!


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Good call. I get to excited when I'm looking at the pictures
 

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