aging and scoring

[admiral04]

just hoping someone can give me a basic idea on how to age and score deer through the trail cam pics. i'm more concerned with the aging but would like to learn both. thnx

[headgear]

just hoping someone can give me a basic idea on how to age and score deer through the trail cam pics. i'm more concerned with the aging but would like to learn both. thnx

There isn't really an easy way to do this, you just need a lot of experience looking at deer, racks, and scores. If you browse this site and just about any hunting site you should find many threads on aging and scoring deer. Study the deer, see what others are saying and try to learn from that. Most of the time a single photo or even a group can't tell you the whole story so we are just giving our best guess. Don't by shy either, post up some photos and we can all try out best to help you age and score them.

[JRM6868]

What he said. Looking at deer age will give you a sagging gut, deep chested ,
Face will thicken into a V shape instead of looking long and narrow, older deer like people get a flatter rear end. It just takes a lot of looking at deer to get to see the tell tale signs.
Score wise in the Midwest on spread you can see the inside of the mainbeams. If the outside of the ears are touching the outside of the mainbeams it's usually a 16" spread and if the inside of the mainbeams are touching the outside of the ears it's an 18" spread. Average mass is usually 30" and the rest will be adding tine length and mainbeams. Average mainbeams are probably in the 21"-22" range on a 3-1/2 year old or better.
Looking on hoof to gauge a deer you can start with 90" which would be 18" spread,30" mass and 21" mainbeams add it all up is 90"s and then add tines in. That an easy rough way to judge quick.
Hope this helps.

just hoping someone can give me a basic idea on how to age and score deer through the trail cam pics. i'm more concerned with the aging but would like to learn both. thnx

There isn't really an easy way to do this, you just need a lot of experience looking at deer, racks, and scores. If you browse this site and just about any hunting site you should find many threads on aging and scoring deer. Study the deer, see what others are saying and try to learn from that. Most of the time a single photo or even a group can't tell you the whole story so we are just giving our best guess. Don't by shy either, post up some photos and we can all try out best to help you age and score them.

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[mike_mc]

http://www.fieldscorewhitetails.com/

Fun game.

[admiral04]

ok thanx for all the info. next wk ill try and post some of the bucks i have on camera this yr. ill guess what they are then see what you, more experienced fellows come with.

[Mountain Man]

If you or your friends or relatives have some mounts or old racks laying around get out the tape measure and start measuring. You don't have to make your measurements perfect but try to get within a couple inches of what the rack would really score. After a while you should get a feel for what a 100", 125", 140", etc. looks like.

[gjs4]

small investments- but buy buckscore (jeremy is a great guy) and the QDMA buck aging poster

[admiral04]

this sounds real dumb guys but how do i get my pictures onto a post reply msg without having to have a ling to image shack it won't let me drag them from "my pictures" to the msg box. any tech wiz help?

[Stanley]

What he said. Looking at deer age will give you a sagging gut, deep chested ,
Face will thicken into a V shape instead of looking long and narrow, older deer like people get a flatter rear end. It just takes a lot of looking at deer to get to see the tell tale signs.
Score wise in the Midwest on spread you can see the inside of the mainbeams. If the outside of the ears are touching the outside of the mainbeams it's usually a 16" spread and if the inside of the mainbeams are touching the outside of the ears it's an 18" spread. Average mass is usually 30" and the rest will be adding tine length and mainbeams. Average mainbeams are probably in the 21"-22" range on a 3-1/2 year old or better.
Looking on hoof to gauge a deer you can start with 90" which would be 18" spread,30" mass and 21" mainbeams add it all up is 90"s and then add tines in. That an easy rough way to judge quick.
Hope this helps.

just hoping someone can give me a basic idea on how to age and score deer through the trail cam pics. i'm more concerned with the aging but would like to learn both. thnx

There isn't really an easy way to do this, you just need a lot of experience looking at deer, racks, and scores. If you browse this site and just about any hunting site you should find many threads on aging and scoring deer. Study the deer, see what others are saying and try to learn from that. Most of the time a single photo or even a group can't tell you the whole story so we are just giving our best guess. Don't by shy either, post up some photos and we can all try out best to help you age and score them.

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Good info. Not much to add .