Any idea how old this buck looks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crvGcFc_v8g
Buck on Cam from Last Winter...how old?
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Re: Buck on Cam from Last Winter...how old?
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?
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?
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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Im in Northern Alberta, Canada
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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
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?
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
Thanks for the links. I'll check them out
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