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Offline Taco280AI

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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #30 on: November 23, 2022, 04:45:04 PM »
I say 5.5

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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #31 on: November 23, 2022, 04:47:52 PM »
Never thought a 372-7/8 Gross bull with 63-4/8 mass would be this young but I guess it happens or they aged the wrong tooth.

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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #32 on: November 23, 2022, 04:50:57 PM »
Great genetics in there for sure. i guessed 8 1/2
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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #33 on: November 23, 2022, 05:24:01 PM »
1 dollar Bob

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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #34 on: November 23, 2022, 05:32:08 PM »
That is a great bull. I would have guessed he was a year or two older...
I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #35 on: November 23, 2022, 07:07:56 PM »
Never thought a 372-7/8 Gross bull with 63-4/8 mass would be this young but I guess it happens or they aged the wrong tooth.
Very cool,  thanks for sharing.

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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #36 on: November 28, 2022, 10:34:26 AM »
Wow.  Hard to believe that bull is only 5
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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #37 on: November 28, 2022, 11:26:57 AM »
I wouldn’t trust the tooth aging much but my guess would have been 6.5-7.5. At that point they just don’t really grow much. That’s still a pretty old bull as I would guess the average lifespan is more like 3.5.

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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #38 on: November 28, 2022, 12:23:39 PM »
One would only wonder if he was survived until 8 - 10 years how big his rack would be.
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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #39 on: November 28, 2022, 12:49:04 PM »
I just got mine back from my bull shot just before yours.
Pain is temporary, achieving the goal is worth it.

I didn't say it would be easy, I said it would be worth it.

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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #40 on: November 28, 2022, 12:49:57 PM »
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Pain is temporary, achieving the goal is worth it.

I didn't say it would be easy, I said it would be worth it.

Every father should remember that one day his children will follow his example instead of his advice.


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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #41 on: November 28, 2022, 01:02:53 PM »
Milo Hansen's world record Whitetail was only 4 1/2 years old. It happens.
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. ~ Michel de Montaigne

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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #42 on: November 28, 2022, 02:53:33 PM »
I just got mine back from my bull shot just before yours.

Dang yours was older than mine. I really thought it was going to be the other way around.

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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #43 on: November 28, 2022, 03:22:15 PM »
I just got mine back from my bull shot just before yours.

Dang yours was older than mine. I really thought it was going to be the other way around.
I was shocked the bear I shot just before the bull was 8. The deer from 2014 was an old warrior, 8 made sense for him.
Pain is temporary, achieving the goal is worth it.

I didn't say it would be easy, I said it would be worth it.

Every father should remember that one day his children will follow his example instead of his advice.


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Re: Finally got elk age back.
« Reply #44 on: November 28, 2022, 03:36:50 PM »
Compare Rainiers10 bulls head to farmers you can see the age difference


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