Really good 2.5yr old or 3.5 year old

[LIWaterman]

What do you all think?

[kpkot]

I would lean more towards 3.5 but not sure how the deer on long island develop.

[ny hunter]

Good luck he is a real nice deer...

[Rebel Darling]

I'm a poor judge of age, but I think he'll be an even better challenge next year.

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[First-light]

If thats the Island I would say older maybe 3.5 or 4.5.

[Lawdwaz]

I'm putting my money on 2.5-8.5

[skully]

that deer is no way more than 2.5.  Gonna be a monster

[skully]

that deer is no way more than 2.5.  Gonna be a monster

[LIWaterman]

It's hard to tell down here. In my experience I think he's 3.5. But I'm just guessing

For reference this 8pt from right in the same area weighed next to nothing. Maybe 120lbs dressed tops. So assuming he couldn't have been 1.5 i guessed him at 2.5.

I saw this deer for the first time Monday night walking into a field at dark, so quickly set up a trail cam on a scrape line where I guessed him coming from. As you can tell they seem to go nocturnal after 1.5 down here and seldom show up in daylight.

[BigVal]

That's a great buck,I'd say 2.5 wow I'd be excited

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[moog5050]

First pic he looks more like a 2.5 and more like a 3.5 in second pic.  Hard to say for just these two photos.  I am going to guess 3.5.  Prove me wrong.  lol

[LET EM GROW]

2.5 -  3.5 , im going with a run down rut 3.5 yr old. the neck meets the chest, low to me

[grampy]

I'm not too good at judging photo's but here it is anyway. Three year old. Because he seems a bit broader in the lower neck and chest area than a two year old. It's just a guess and I'm wrong more often than right! Beautiful buck, whatever age he is.

[dbHunterNY]

I could agree.  first buck I'd say 3.5 and 2nd 2.5 years old.  even for post season he's got more mass up front and like others said neck runs into his chest a bit low.  we've had comparable bucks in weight and antler size to your second buck a 3.5 hours north of you.  they turned out to be 2.5 yrs old.

[Mike127]

I kinda lean towards 2.5. Tons of potential for that deer

[mac]

splitting hairs on this one. he's not 8, and will hopefully cross your path Nov 11, 2016 between 2-2:30 pm

[Geno C]

first pic looks like hes at least a 3.5... there could be a small chance hes 4.5, but that's anyone's guess. If the time stamp is correct, hes a pretty solid 3.5 for the time of year. I was down there 2 weeks ago and I still had chasing in one of my LI spots.

 

2nd pic looks 2.5 but you really cant see much of his body. Depending on when that second deer was shot, he could be run down from rutting activities..