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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - can someone age this buck?

Posted: 7/9/2016 8:39:40 PM EDT

This guy showed up on my camera this week. I'm guessing due to the velvet and small forks he's young. I have no experience telling the age of deer though.

Posted: 7/9/2016 8:53:00 PM EDT

[#1]

3 1/2 would be my guess if it was in my AO. No experience with FL deer.

Posted: 7/9/2016 9:09:31 PM EDT

[#2]

I'd say 3 maybe 4.

Posted: 7/9/2016 9:41:00 PM EDT

[#3]

3 for sure, I'd need to see the teeth

Posted: 7/9/2016 10:12:30 PM EDT

[#4]

I was thinking 4..

Posted: 7/9/2016 10:37:09 PM EDT

[#5]

You would be more accurate with guys who are experienced in aging deer in your area. A Maine buck and a Florida buck would likely have some size and weight differences.

In the NE I would look for some bulky body signs which your buck really isn't showing a lot for a 4-5 year old buck for my state. I would guess 3 on my experience but I could be flat wrong due to regional differences.

Posted: 7/9/2016 11:33:05 PM EDT

[#6]

That looks like a young deer, probably about 2 right now which means he would be approximately 2&1/2 during hunting season. IF that deer lived 2 more years he would be pretty nice! See if can find s copy of QDMA aging and scoring bucks on the hoof, maybe try Youtube, pretty decent beginners guide.

Posted: 7/10/2016 11:19:02 AM EDT

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Posted: 7/12/2016 6:24:13 PM EDT

[#8]

I would guesstimate two, but I am not familiar with Florida deer.

Posted: 7/12/2016 6:35:24 PM EDT

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For FL, at least 3-4. I shot one in Blackwater WMA in 2014 just a little smaller than that, and it was 3.

FL deer are tiny (I'm from MO where the deer are corn-fed).

Posted: 7/12/2016 8:31:00 PM EDT

[#10]

thanks everyone, I am still learning to age deer, and Florida's runty ones make it even harder. I hope this guy stays around my lease until September or so. I'd love to pop such an oddball buck.

Posted: 7/13/2016 8:27:36 AM EDT

[#11]

Yeah, I'm going with 3. However that's assuming Florida deer aren't as big as what we have; the guys saying 2 could be correct.

Posted: 7/13/2016 11:45:52 AM EDT

[#12]

Teeth are the only real way to age a deer. Body size and development varies greatly from area to the next.

I'd say 2-3, I wouldn't at all be shocked if he was an early born 1.5 year old deer.

Posted: 7/13/2016 11:55:26 AM EDT

[#13]

under 3. maybe younger

Posted: 7/13/2016 12:31:51 PM EDT

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This. Notice how the abdominal area isn't sagging.

At about 4-5, it hangs down line an old lady's tits.

Posted: 7/16/2016 3:33:55 AM EDT

[#15]

I'm going with no more than 3 1/2.

Posted: 7/22/2016 3:11:10 AM EDT

[#16]

two years or less.

Posted: 7/22/2016 3:33:42 AM EDT

[#17]

These two are three years old I took them both last year. Took the first one on 1-2-2015 and the second on 1-4-2016. They wear brothers, the reason I know how old they wear I watched them from the time momma brought them to the feeder for the first when they wear still in spots. Two cow horn spicks and that is all they would be, now there dad is a nice looking eight point. See hem before and after season but never during.

These two are three years old I took them both last year. Took the first one on 1-2-2015 and the second on 1-4-2016. They wear brothers, the reason I know how old they wear I watched them from the time momma brought them to the feeder for the first when they wear still in spots. Two cow horn spicks and that is all they would be, now there dad is a nice looking eight point. See hem before and after season but never during.

The first one

The second one

Wolf

Posted: 7/26/2016 4:57:44 PM EDT

[#18]

He'll be at least 31/2 this season I would guess. I always look at the belly/back and the head, I'm not great at this but I'm learning. Just like us, fat shows around belly/face as they get older, plus with deer the back is sagging. Young deer have arched backs, thin face. Older deer will have a stubby face; short and fat. But I only see that up north. The weather here is warm nearly all year long so certain things to look for will be different than farther north. Like one guy said, teeth are the best way.

Posted: 8/2/2016 4:09:32 PM EDT

[#19]

I think 2 based on hind quarters and back/belly... but you'd have to show me what the mature bucks end up looking like in that AO. I'm new to hunting in TN, and my brain isn't calibrated to southern deer yet.

Posted: 8/22/2016 7:51:41 AM EDT

[#20]

That's a 2 year old deer.

Let him walk.

Posted: 8/25/2016 7:02:29 AM EDT

[#21]

2.5 come season

Posted: 9/7/2016 3:00:14 PM EDT

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this.

Posted: 9/7/2016 3:25:39 PM EDT

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I was thinking 3 at first, but I think you're right. He's got a little bit of a chest, but his back end is still bigger than his front.

Posted: 9/7/2016 5:49:52 PM EDT

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I was thinking 3 at first, but I think you're right. He's got a little bit of a chest, but his back end is still bigger than his front.

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That's a 2 year old deer.

Let him walk.

I was thinking 3 at first, but I think you're right. He's got a little bit of a chest, but his back end is still bigger than his front.

Yep.

Posted: 9/9/2016 10:17:58 PM EDT

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That's a 2 year old deer.

Let him walk.

I was thinking 3 at first, but I think you're right. He's got a little bit of a chest, but his back end is still bigger than his front.

Yep.

No graying on face at all. Young deer.

Posted: 9/10/2016 11:39:43 AM EDT

[#26]

First thought was 2 years

Posted: 9/14/2016 10:50:49 PM EDT

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Posted: 9/17/2016 11:39:35 AM EDT

[#28]

No older than 2.5.. Look at the front shoulders and neck, small and undeveloped muscle structure..

let him grow a year or two

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