How about an age on this guy?

[Steve7]

Thoughts?

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[Culvercreek hunt club]

Probably the worst angle to try and do this from

[dbHunterNY]

so culvercreek is right it's a very bad angle to judge.  you want broadsided shots.  however, his neck looks much thicker than a 2.5 year old.  at 3.5 years old they will be heavy in the front and lean/light in the rear.  this deer looks that way.  at 4.5 they will thicken up in the rear and after that they just simply get bigger until after 6.5 or 7.5.  also another thing to look at is length of legs.  at 2.5 they'll look overly long compared to the body depth and rear end will be overly jacked up compared to the front many times.  at 3.5 they look just right.  after 3.5 they look short.  I'd say they look just right for length.  .... all that said I think he's 3.5 years old.  horrible picture to judge age though.

[dbHunterNY]

...I should add that after 6.5 or 7.5 years old they go backwards and top out around 12 years old.  free range deer that old are extremely rare though.  only places I know they exist is estates in Adirondacks where no hunting is allowed.

[Steve7]

Clipped this from another video.  Little more broadside here.

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[Culvercreek hunt club]

I'd call it at 3.5, Seems to call for a little jaw bone aging!!!