Need help, age this..

[BighousePT]

Have a debate going on with hunting buddies about the estimated age of this buck. What are your thoughts?

[Boogieman1]

3.5

[Ghost Hunter]

Hardly no sag in back area. Little belly sag. I'm going with 3.5 or 4.5. Don't know what area you are in.

[brancher147]

I have a similar looking buck on cam for 4 years now. No way to tell without looking at teeth or past years trail cam pics

[Kcbuckeye22]

Honestly I'm not sure but thinking 3.5 to 4.5. I've found that unless the deer is extremely old or young its hard to tell. I've had deer I knew was 4.5 from cam pictures, yet others tell me 2.5/3.5. I've taken deer I figured was 3.5/4.5, just to have the teeth aged at 5.5. Unless your sure he can grow older, have multiple bigger older deer, or in a good area for mature deer then you have to weigh your odds.

I would take this deer in my neck of the woods of the Missouri Ozark hills. 140'' is hard to come by, not uncommon. I have 15 cams up and spread out over 30 miles, and only once or twice do I have something over 140". My farm in Ohio is a totally different story.

[hambone]

Mature. 4.5 or older.

[csoult]

Shooter age

[bowfreak8]

I'm saying 4.5 but impossible to know for sure. Definitely mature and I'd shoot him for sure.

[Grizzlyadam]

Nearly impossible to tell from trail cam pics unless you have a history of following a particular deer. I posted a thread on age guessing a little while back to illustrate how body size, rack size, body features and characteristics, even jaw bones mean very little with respect to accurately aging a deer. Without sending the teeth to a lab a guess is just a guess. That said if that buck we're in my neighborhood I would be fairly comfortable saying he's at least 4.5 years old. A very neat buck with some character, I would shoot him in a heartbeat if given the opportunity. Best of luck, hope you get a crack at him.

[AfootTrack56]

Shoot him! He’s a freak! Funky deer to the front of the line.

[blackwidow]

At least 4.5.

[fireforeffect]

4.5

[Jdw]

Mature

[HudsonBay]

4.5

[HunterBob]

I'm no expert on this, but I would guess 3.5. Nice looking buck, I would go after him in a heartbeat!