Age this Deer...

Can't take a good guess without seeing the whole deer but I'll take a crack at 4.5
That thing looks like it has a double chin, though.

Man, you look about as happy in that pic as you sound on these boards.
I can hear it now..."Just take the picture already!!!"


Ironhed

Actually that's not mine. I'am WAAAYYY better looking than that. Buck killed in 2007 in Pa.

I'd say 3.5 years old.

Whatever age it is, it isn't getting any older.

Where was it killed in PA? I'll wait to age it till I know that, but I am saying much younger than the other guesses.

Not the best of pics, but I would guess 3.5....Looks like it had a infection under it chin....

I'd say, by the narrowness of the face and the good but not great antlers, 2.5 YO.

This wasn't my deer but one the PGC took a tooth from as part of a study to age a number of bucks. They sent them to an outside agency to age. I would have guessed him at 2-1/2 -3-1/2 myself based on the antlers. The buck was actually 10-1/2 years old.--------------anyone want to debate age/feed/genetics? That should take us until snow melt.

It's a mount--don't know what's up with the neck----go to PGC, hit whitetail deer, deer chronicles, oldest deer article.

Cool story.

But...I can guarantee you it is not PA's oldest buck.
A friend of mine shot a buck on the last day of flint season about ten years ago.  He still had both sides of his rack and was in full velvet!
He took it to his taxidermist and it was suggested that the jaw be sent in for age evaluation.  And he did.  Paid big bucks for it, too!
To everyone's surprise, the results revealed that this buck was alive for 13.5 years!

I'll be over there next week, I'll take a pic of it and post. 

It's impossible to age a deer by a mount because all taxidermists are different but it was fun trying.

Ironhed

I thought this deer was 4.5-5.5 years old. But ten nice. probably pretty bitter eating.. There are some old nasty looking does in one area I hunt. Not sure Quite that old. I Friend of mine parents have a 35 acer piece of land in cranberry and the deer bedded in the pine trees right off there shed. His mom would feed these deer table food NO SHEET!!! Just like that video where camper fed deer from a dining table. she had names for them. She claimed old gracing was about that kinda of age. She even watched her drop fawns.That would be something to see. And yes I hunt there and no I don't hunt right near the house.This is where you can see mature deer darn near every day. Dave

Wow.  That's a heavy buck!
The H4 on it's left side looks even heavier.
Did you guys score him?

Ironhed

He should be one helluva deer next year, for sure!
Great find!

Ironhed

that pic is matt vroman i believe and there cut offs of pen deer not big ole mountain deer as he would let you believe kype

You know if you look at the bases they do look like they are sawed off?? NO collar!!! May to mount them??? Huge tho would like to throw a ARROW at that deer