230 on the nose

[Karl Blanchard]

   Thats insane!!!!!!  What in gods name would he look like at 7 or 8!!!!!!!

[zackmioli]

congrats on a true monster!

[elkoholic1]

    CONGRATS!!!!

[Watimberghost]

If I'm correct, I think they said the tripod buck was around the same age. That blows my mind. Amazing genetics and great feed?

[TommyH]

Wow! Ya I would have thought they were both older deer!

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Your buck and the TRIPOD buck if let to grow would have confused people that they may be elk!

[Hornseeker]

I cant imagine either of those bucks 2 years older! Daaayuuuuuum!

What a fantastic buck Link!!!!

[Old Man Yager]

you get that monster in the Desert unit?

[Dan-o]

I believe the 4.5 years.

But there's no way that's a pure bred mule deer. 

That thing is part mule deer, part  toad.     

[link]

you get that monster in the Desert unit?

Thats the rumor.

[carpsniperg2]

That is crazy I would have guessed him to be atleast 6+ He does not look really old but a 4 year old

He is a amazing animal for sure.

[huntnphool]

That is crazy I would have guessed him to be atleast 6+ He does not look really old but a 4 year old

He is a amazing animal for sure.

I sometimes question the 100% accuracy of their system. They said my daughters 4x3 whitetail was 1 year old.

[winshooter88]

A few years ago in the same area as the tripod fire we saw two buck the day before archery opened that we thought were elk at first, there are some really good genetics out there. We looked for a week but never saw those two bucks again.

[carpsniperg2]

Indeed it makes me wonder. I really can't see a buck like that only being 4.5. I am not a expert by any means on aging a deer. That being said I have hand my hands on more then a few deer and my gut and the looks of that deer with the face and build and mass really tell me that he should be older then that.

It's hard to tell link but how many points did he have?

[link]

I think their way of aging them from the incisors is pretty accurate from what I've heard. Don't they slice one and count rings or something like that?
He had 10 on one side and 12 on the other. He actually had a drop tine broken off. There was a picture of the buck taken a couple weeks before I shot him that showed him with a 6-8" dropper off that gob of junk on his right side.