The best of Summer...so far

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Esox_Hunter
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RE: The best of Summer...so far 2011/08/12 21:35:12 (permalink)
I am really surprised to hear that Kip believes that he is a 4.5YO.  I was leaning toward 3.5YO, but felt he quite possibly could have been 2.5YO.

The buck I killed last year was aged by my taxi (I know it is not official) and he believed that it was a 4.5YO.  That buck also weighed over 160# dressed and had a smidgen over 5" of mass on his bases.  Rest assured, the buck pictured in this thread is no where close to either of those stats. 
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RE: The best of Summer...so far 2011/08/13 22:11:46 (permalink)
If you would have removed the antlers, I'da guessed 2.  Antlers only, 3.   Only deer I feel comfortable aging is the deer I hunt and that comes from seeing them dead and looking at teeth.  2 or 3 are still a crap shoot at best and seem to be the most debateable.  4 is easier while a yearling is a definite.   Older than 4 is a guess.  It just becomes "old" at that point.
 
I have a pic of a deer that I'll post in a few days just antlers and then body. 
 
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RE: The best of Summer...so far 2011/08/14 05:52:11 (permalink)
+1- too many variables in genetics, feed , etc. I feel the same way about antler scoring. Unless they are lying dead and you have a tape measure and score sheet in front of you it is nothing more than a guess.
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RE: The best of Summer...so far 2011/08/30 13:28:27 (permalink)
nice deer....the pics that show 2006 for the date are current (and wrong date programmed into camera) or are they old?

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RE: The best of Summer...so far 2011/08/30 17:19:57 (permalink)
If you read the original post you would see where I stated:

"Don't mind the date on the original Cudde as I have been experiencing some technical difficulties with setting the time/date on it"

That camera has turned into a big POS basically.  It freezes constantly and it will not allow me to set the time/date anymore.  Besides I don't think you will see many bucks in January that are still in velvet, or bucks with that kind of antler development in May
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