How old are these bucks?

[Jonathan_S]

Anyone who's better at this than I am, especially with these quality of photos, take a crack.

I'm guessing 3 1/2 for the first and 2 1/2 on the second.   

[deaner]

those pics dont offer anything to go by but antler size... if thats all i have to go by id say the middle buck is 1 1/2, and cant see enough of the left buck.  if that middle buck / second pic buck are 2 1/2 id say they have pretty poor genetics        just my 

[boneaddict]

1.5 to 2.5 on both deer.   

[deaner]

i dunno, middle buck in top pic may be 2 1/2 actually... but hard to really make a good guess. 

[Jonathan_S]

A lot goes into the shape and size of a buck's neck too though.  That's why I posted  On the first pic, the two bucks on the far left and right are not in the equation, they're probably both 1 1/2.  I meant the center buck in the first pic only.   

Are you saying the biggest buck in that first pic is a is a 1 1/2?  Seems unlikely to me.

[buck man]

1.5-2.5 probably 1.5 on the last one and 2.5 on the first.

[deaner]

my guess is the center buck first pic MAY be 1 1/2 but could be 2 1/2... cant really say from that pic.  and id put money on bottom pic being 1 1/2.  im no expert tho just giving my opinion.         hard to really get a good look at body shape and size with that first pic.. and if you have to make a guess going by antlers... imagine him without his ears back.. bone will have quite a bit of shrinkage.  but 2.5 is probably a safe bet for first one

[boneaddict]

Yep and Yep.    Its in that ballpark.  Other than cracking a jaw and gandering at those teeth, thats the best guess.

[Jonathan_S]

my guess is the center buck first pic MAY be 1 1/2 but could be 2 1/2... cant really say from that pic.  and id put money on bottom pic being 1 1/2.  im no expert tho just giving my opinion.

Okay now I'm tracking.  I agree.

[Jonathan_S]

Yep and Yep.    Its in that ballpark.  Other than cracking a jaw and gandering at those teeth, thats the best guess.

  

This is close enough then.




Here's another pic of the smaller guy, looks kind of heavy from this angle

but that could be from all the corn   

[deaner]

mind if i jack your post to throw up a pic of a buck id like some aging input on?

[deaner]

silence = consent...     so this guy id really like some outside opinions on his age. so ill just post him without my guess.  the reason this one is tough for me to make a call on is his body size and shape makes him look younger than his antlers do.  hopefully i get pics of him next year to compare.  so what would you guys say of this one?

[deaner]

also if you noticed he doesnt seem to have years of nasty staining around glands.  i have my hopes up that this one has a couple years of getting bigger before his antlers start going downhill

[Jonathan_S]

Haha, consent given.  Yeah he does look younger from the ears down.  I doubt I'd give him a few years to find out though   

[deaner]

Haha, consent given.  Yeah he does look younger from the ears down.  I doubt I'd give him a few years to find out though   

              ya i know i couldnt pass him either... but i wont be hunting that spot 2013, i have something else in mind.  luckily hes on private property where only a couple other people hunt.  so if they dont pull the trigger on him hes got a good chance of being around until 2014 season.  at that point hed be pretty impressive so long as im not underestimating his age

[PolarBear]

1.5 to 2.5 on both deer.   

[Alan K]

I'm by no means a WT expert, only having messed with them for the last 5 years (beginning when I started school at UI), but I did pick up a number of sheds over there.  Judging by the 'tiers' of the sizes of sheds I picked up, I'd guess the first one is 2.5 and the second 1.5, like most of the others that have posted.

You're right about that one having a heck of a body! Likely the corn, or hay like you say. Never seen a mountain whitetail that small with a body that big!

[Alan K]

silence = consent...     so this guy id really like some outside opinions on his age. so ill just post him without my guess.  the reason this one is tough for me to make a call on is his body size and shape makes him look younger than his antlers do.  hopefully i get pics of him next year to compare.  so what would you guys say of this one?

I'd guess 4.5 with good feed, which it sounds like he has being on private land.  Otherwise 5.5 if he's a timber/mountain buck.