Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

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Re: Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

Unread postby Deerkins » Sat Sep 25, 2021 1:07 pm

For my area, 4.5 would be my guess.


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Re: Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

Unread postby Lockdown » Sat Sep 25, 2021 3:05 pm

3.5
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Re: Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

Unread postby Stingray713 » Sat Sep 25, 2021 3:35 pm

3.5, the velvet pics from last year look like 2 yr old buck
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Re: Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

Unread postby crankn101 » Sat Sep 25, 2021 3:45 pm

I feel like I messed this up and people are answering to different ages and seasons.
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Re: Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

Unread postby Maverick1 » Sat Sep 25, 2021 4:41 pm

crankn101 wrote:I feel like I messed this up and people are answering to different ages and seasons.


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Re: Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

Unread postby Deerkins » Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:25 pm

The velvet pics are from this year, the hard horned last year.
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Re: Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

Unread postby jmaas07 » Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:03 am

I think that was a 3yo deer last yr
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Re: Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

Unread postby crankn101 » Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:57 am

Deerkins wrote:The velvet pics are from this year, the hard horned last year.



All those pics are last year and I believe he was 3.5yo last year.
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Re: Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

Unread postby crankn101 » Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:58 am

jmaas07 wrote:I think that was a 3yo deer last yr


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Re: Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

Unread postby MichiganMike » Sun Sep 26, 2021 1:16 am

A lot of factors can play into it as far as diet/vegetation, area, and genetics etc. Im in W Michigan and with that tall and mass would be at least a 3-1/2 year old in swamp/march terrain, but more likely a 4-1/2 year old. Farm country could be a different story and possibly a 2 1/2. Based on his body and snout though to me he looks like a 3- 1/2.
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Re: Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

Unread postby Kelly49 » Sun Sep 26, 2021 2:09 am

crankn101 wrote:
Kelly49 wrote:Depends on where/what State he lives in?


Missouri, Ozark hill country


I’d say at least 3.5 then. Even in last years picture he has sort of a belly.
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Re: Is this deer 2.5 or 3.5yo?

Unread postby Deerkins » Sun Sep 26, 2021 2:13 am

crankn101 wrote:
Deerkins wrote:The velvet pics are from this year, the hard horned last year.



All those pics are last year and I believe he was 3.5yo last year.


Stand corrected, agree with 3.5 last year


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