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Buck on Cam from Last Winter...how old?

Unread postby Newff » Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:48 pm

Any idea how old this buck looks?

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Re: Buck on Cam from Last Winter...how old?

Unread postby Swamp Stache » Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:57 pm

Disclaimer.. total guess as I'm no aging pro but I would say 4 hard to see any belly sag in the grass but his rear end looks wide.
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Re: Buck on Cam from Last Winter...how old?

Unread postby MentatArcher » Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:04 am

I'd say 3.5. Though depending on the area you're in it looks just a bit small for 3.5 (the spread is even with or just inside the ears) so in a high nutrition area I think it could be 2.5. I don't think it's over 3.5 unless it got wounded the previous year or had a bad year.
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Re: Buck on Cam from Last Winter...how old?

Unread postby headgear » Sat Oct 10, 2020 2:21 am

MentatArcher wrote:I'd say 3.5. Though depending on the area you're in it looks just a bit small for 3.5 (the spread is even with or just inside the ears) so in a high nutrition area I think it could be 2.5. I don't think it's over 3.5 unless it got wounded the previous year or had a bad year.


That could be a big 3.5 where I live but I have shot some darn small 3 and 4 year olds way up north, at least darn small racks. I do think the region you live can make a big difference. We do have some nice two years olds up here but they seem to be more rare than the big 3's.
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Re: Buck on Cam from Last Winter...how old?

Unread postby Newff » Sat Oct 10, 2020 3:38 am

Im in Northern Alberta, Canada
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Re: Buck on Cam from Last Winter...how old?

Unread postby MentatArcher » Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:12 am

Pretty big place.. is there any agriculture around there? Is there a lot of pine forests?

This might help understand the regional/nutritional factor:
https://www.qdma.com/antler-growth-bell-curve/

This too:
https://www.msudeer.msstate.edu/growth-cycle.php
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Re: Buck on Cam from Last Winter...how old?

Unread postby Newff » Sat Oct 10, 2020 7:27 am

No agriculture here up North...a lot Central and South. Not much Pine, mostly Poplar and Spruce. This is on public.

Thanks for the links. I'll check them out


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