Age this buck

[Chef]

This deer has been a topic of debate on this forum before. The velvet pic is last year the hard horn pic is this year

 

 

 

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[rob-c]

Old enough to shoot .. 

[BizCT]

He’s 1.5 years old in both pics!

- Western NY

I’ll say 3.5 last year and 4.5 this year. Deerage will confirm!


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[G-Man]

With biz /\

[crappyice]

Sweet touch of a belly sag and man does he love that pose!


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[BowmanMike]

might even be more than 4.5...Hard to tell once they are past 3.5. That is dandy of an Eastern NY buck though. You will have to kill him to find out for sure...

[518BowSlayer]

Not sure about his age but he's begging to be a full sneak mount!

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[SpacemanSpiff]

4-5

[doebuck1234]

 With biz aswell.shoot!!!!!

[Robhuntandfish]

Not sure about his age but he's begging to be a full sneak mount!

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X2. That pose would be a must

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[Larry]

3.5

[suburbanfarmer]

3.5-5.5 at best  

Shoot and find out

[Chef]

3.5

That I know for a fact you are wrong


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[skully]

5.5

[LET EM GROW]

Need a side profile.. but if I had a guess I'm going with 4.5 

[Chef]

Here he is from 2020

So I’m guessing 4.5-5.5 years old




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[The_Real_TCIII]

Just kill him and tooth wear will give us our answer

[BizCT]

6 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

Just kill him and tooth wear will give us our answer

Agree that he is 4.5 to 13.5, somewhere in there. Without the official certificate, 99.3% of WNYers on this forum will say he's 1.5 because he's not 120"

[Fletch]

Agree with the ones that say 4.5 this year

[moog5050]

No idea but I would say at least 4.5.  Good luck. 

[Jeremy K]

44 minutes ago, BizCT said:

Agree that he is 4.5 to 13.5, somewhere in there. Without the official certificate, 99.3% of WNYers on this forum will say he's 1.5 because he's not 120"

ive sent you pics of the city deer around here,so that being a city deer you would figure it to be much bigger for 4.5

[Robhuntandfish]

FSW's Pen - 48 hours 

WNY - 1.5

CNY - 4.5 

SENY - 12.5 

 

[BizCT]

57 minutes ago, Jeremy K said:

ive sent you pics of the city deer around here,so that being a city deer you would figure it to be much bigger for 4.5

Not sure what you mean on either account. Chef hunts rockland county. Not NYC. And secondly, we know WNY has great genetics. Looks at the big bucks taken each year. You're blessed, but most of the eastern part of the state is not. The average 3.5 in SENY is under 100".

 

Edit to add chart. 103" average and that's 3.5+. 

I've said it for years, a lot of people on this forum underestimate age due to antler rack which is silly. Know your herd and learn. If more people who shot "little bucks" looked at the molars, they would be surprised how many are actually 2.5 (not 1.5)

Edited September 26, 2022 by BizCT

[The_Real_TCIII]

Not sure what you mean on either account. Chef hunts rockland county. Not NYC. And secondly, we know WNY has great genetics. Looks at the big bucks taken each year. You're blessed, but most of the eastern part of the state is not. The average 3.5 in SENY is under 100".
 
Edit to add chart. 103" average and that's 3.5+. 
I've said it for years, a lot of people on this forum underestimate age due to antler rack which is silly. Know your herd and learn. If more people who shot "little bucks" looked at the molars, they would be surprised how many are actually 2.5 (not 1.5)

Name names!!


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[BizCT]

5 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

Name names!!


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anyone who judges age by rack alone