Nomad Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) I hesitated shooting this buck, one reason he lacked mass and tine length, but he looked wide and decent body . He measures 17 inches inside spread and I got a full three brown paper grocery bags of meat . Just looked at the tag , the DEC punched one hole in it which means a one year old deer . For those that don’t know they visit processors to check tags , monitor health, and also age the deer taken , Ive had mine checked for twenty some years . They used to use stickers, I’ve got tons of old paper tags with stickers on them, I’ve always agreed with their aging, and I know this deer is no real old one , but a year ? Edited November 20, 2019 by Nomad 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTG3k Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 DAAAAAMN. His dad must be a monster then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culvercreek hunt club Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Did you get the Jaw? There is no way that is a year and a half old. I'd love to see that jaw 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LET EM GROW Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) There's no way that deer is 1 year old.. I mean the picture doesn't help with justifying age class.. but I am 99% sure that deer would be 2 or 3yr old easily or better no doubt.. body size of bucks during and towards the end of rut will make people think twice about age.. We have pictures of a buck that is 4 or 5, his recent body shows him looking like a 2 yr old! lol. This officer has some explaining to do! lol do you have trail cam pics of him or any pics of his molars? Edited November 20, 2019 by LET EM GROW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hock3y24 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 You can’t tell age from that photo. They check the processors then hand out tickets to those who fail to report also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BizCT Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 10 minutes ago, Culvercreek hunt club said: Did you get the Jaw? There is no way that is a year and a half old. I'd love to see that jaw I agree. Look at the bases and inside spread. There is no way that buck is 1.5 years old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) Processor cut the skull cap off yesterday ,I don’t imagine it would be easy to, find the head / jaw at this point . I don’t feel its a year old deer either . My understanding is the “ biologists “ that do this are often students going to school in that field . I’ve shot boat loads of 1 1/2s back in the day on that property , sure some are 8pts but 9 inch spreads three inch tines . this is the only trail cam pic of him a two days before I shot him , the yellow was me marking my hut and the distance ,as my daughter and I sat there OD , he was there with a better buck two days prior .lol Edited November 20, 2019 by Nomad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hock3y24 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 That’s a 2.5 imo with the photo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbuff Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Someone miss punched, no chance 1 year old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFA-ADK Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 2.5 no doubt! I think the person who was doing this was in a rush and probably did not care if he was exact or was improperly taught. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob-c Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I am no expert, but even I can see that’s no 1 year old .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E J Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I would call that a 2.5 yr old all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billdogge Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 2.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 I agree with all above , thanks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 bob said it. if you could post pictures of the cleaned up lower jawbone i could tell you with practically 100% certainty. my money would be on 2.5 yrs old. not all DEC field folks are as skilled at aging deer as the next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four Season Whitetail's Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I hesitated shooting this buck, one reason he lacked mass and tine length, but he looked wide and decent body . He measures 17 inches inside spread and I got a full three brown paper grocery bags of meat . Just looked at the tag , the DEC punched one hole in it which means a one year old deer . For those that don’t know they visit processors to check tags , monitor health, and also age the deer taken , Ive had mine checked for twenty some years . They used to use stickers, I’ve got tons of old paper tags with stickers on them, I’ve always agreed with their aging, and I know this deer is no real old one , but a year ? The punch only means that the deer has been checked by DEC. That deer is 31/2 at the least. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 the DEC punches holes in the tag so they don't check the same deer twice. I ask the DEC tech. Why they put the holes in the tag. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moog5050 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Itys a 3yr old if its my buck. Since you shot it, we can go with 1.5. lol Definitely not a 1.5 Larr. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Interesting about the hole punch , last year it had three holes which seemed correct for age of deer . If it’s punched so they know it’s checked why three last year ? Also they always aged them and put age on the tags , I figured with the new style ,smaller tags they went with a punch , why stop aging them ? I guess Dec gets call in the AM . Moog ,missed your text ,got cooler . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Nomad said: Interesting about the hole punch , last year it had three holes which seemed correct for age of deer . If it’s punched so they know it’s checked why three last year ? Also they always aged them and put age on the tags , I figured with the new style ,smaller tags they went with a punch , why stop aging them ? I guess Dec gets call in the AM . Moog ,missed your text ,got cooler . if a couple are working together to speed up the process a biologist or tech the can age and punches the holes. a grunt then rights down the info. in recent years they had a white slip of paper that was size of a restaurant order ticket. that's where they record age and other info. i'm sure i've still got a copy somewhere. not in my deer folder right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 1 minute ago, dbHunterNY said: if a couple are working together to speed up the process a biologist or tech the can age and punches the holes. a grunt then rights down the info. in recent years they had a white slip of paper that was size of a restaurant order ticket. that's where they record age and other info. i'm sure i've still got a copy somewhere. not in my deer folder right now. So are number of holes equal to age ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter007 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Maybe just a mistake on there part ? Seems older . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Just now, Nomad said: So are number of holes equal to age ? i'm saying they could be but not always. you also have to know if the DEC individual that shows up has changed. i think in this case it was just a punch to know it was recorded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 They should go back to the stickers . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 7 minutes ago, Nomad said: They should go back to the stickers . it was probably just another expense and therefore got axed. probably more work than it's worth to contact them to find out what they thought. especially right now. they're all out in the field often and only go back to the office to do paperwork. it's 2.5 or 3.5 for age. i'm saying 2.5 yrs old but that's just a guess without the jawbone. cam picture looks like he's got the shape of a 3.5 but he's at an angle which can sometimes be deceiving. a giant can look like a dink quartering away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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