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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Farmer72 on November 22, 2022, 01:51:17 PM

Title: Finally got elk age back.
Post by: Farmer72 on November 22, 2022, 01:51:17 PM: So after only 14 short months (appx) I finally got the age back on my bull from last year. Now that I know what it is just seeing what other peoples guesses are on the age. I figure I will let this go for a day or two to see what others come up with for guesses before I let the number out of the bag.

Here is two pictures to formulate a guess from.

Let the guesses begin.
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Post by: OutHouse on November 22, 2022, 02:02:45 PM: Elk seem to take longer than deer to get big antlers so I will guess that he is 10 years old. Great bull by the way!
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Post by: emac on November 22, 2022, 02:07:19 PM: 9.5

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Post by: High Climber on November 22, 2022, 02:09:09 PM: That’s a stud and I will guess 8.5 :tup:
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Post by: pianoman9701 on November 22, 2022, 02:13:55 PM: 10.5
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Post by: zwickeyman on November 22, 2022, 02:23:41 PM: 8 1/2

Need to see the teeth
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Post by: meathunter on November 22, 2022, 02:45:30 PM: I'm thinking 9 ?
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Post by: Buzz2401 on November 22, 2022, 03:01:59 PM: 7.5
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Post by: Dan-o on November 22, 2022, 03:18:41 PM: 7.5

And a beautiful bull!!!!!
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Post by: idahohuntr on November 22, 2022, 03:59:05 PM: 7.5
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Post by: HighCountryHunter88 on November 22, 2022, 04:08:11 PM: 6.5
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Post by: Lucky Eric on November 22, 2022, 04:38:05 PM: 8 years
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Post by: Fidelk on November 22, 2022, 04:55:53 PM: That buck is thirteen.
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Post by: Dirty Mike on November 22, 2022, 04:58:27 PM: 7
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Post by: Griiz on November 22, 2022, 04:59:03 PM: 8.5+
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on November 22, 2022, 05:01:44 PM: 12.5
Elk get a lot older than deer. That roman nose says 12+ to me...
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Post by: huntnnw on November 22, 2022, 09:48:04 PM: 8.5

Bulls prime years are 7.5 to 9.5
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Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 22, 2022, 09:59:59 PM: Would guess 9+, on the decline.
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Post by: LDennis24 on November 22, 2022, 10:05:54 PM: 9 years
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Post by: Mudman on November 22, 2022, 10:19:46 PM: 11
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Post by: dreamingbig on November 22, 2022, 10:44:23 PM: 7.5

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Post by: powderbounder on November 23, 2022, 05:00:10 AM: 6
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Post by: Caseknife on November 23, 2022, 06:28:34 AM: I'll say 9.5-10.5
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Post by: whacker1 on November 23, 2022, 07:39:33 AM: 6.5
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Post by: JakeLand on November 23, 2022, 08:12:10 AM: 10.5
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Post by: Tbar on November 23, 2022, 08:34:56 AM: Quote from: huntnnw on November 22, 2022, 09:48:04 PM
8.5

Bulls prime years are 7.5 to 9.5
:yeah:
That bull is beautiful. 8.5 would be my guess as well.
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Post by: TD3939 on November 23, 2022, 12:53:41 PM: 9.5+
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Post by: Magnum_Willys on November 23, 2022, 12:58:13 PM: 8 1/2
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Post by: phildobaggins on November 23, 2022, 02:17:55 PM: 11.5!
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Post by: Farmer72 on November 23, 2022, 04:44:03 PM: Ok well I have complied everyones guesses and it looks like this:

13yr -- 1 person
12.5yr -- 1 person
11.5yr -- 1 person
11yr ---- 1 person
10.5yr -- 2 people
10yr ---- 2 people
9.5yr --- 2 people
9yr ----- 3 people
8.5yr --- 6 people
8yr ----- 1 person
7.5yr --- 3 people
7yr ----- 1 person
6.5yr -- 2 people
6yr ---- 1 person

I was thinking 8yrs myself before I got the age back. Sufficed to say we are all wrong per the game department (or at least whatever lab they send it too). The answer is 🥁🥁🥁🥁!!!
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Post by: Taco280AI on November 23, 2022, 04:45:04 PM: I say 5.5
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Post by: Farmer72 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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Post by: zwickeyman on November 23, 2022, 04:50:57 PM: Great genetics in there for sure. i guessed 8 1/2
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Post by: snake on November 23, 2022, 05:24:01 PM: 1 dollar Bob
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Post by: C-Money on November 23, 2022, 05:32:08 PM: That is a great bull. I would have guessed he was a year or two older...
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Post by: Tbar on November 23, 2022, 07:07:56 PM: Quote from: Farmer72 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.
Very cool, thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on November 28, 2022, 10:34:26 AM: Wow. Hard to believe that bull is only 5
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Post by: dilleytech 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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Post by: TheHunt 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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Post by: Rainier10 on November 28, 2022, 12:49:04 PM: I just got mine back from my bull shot just before yours.
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Post by: Rainier10 on November 28, 2022, 12:49:57 PM: .
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Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on November 28, 2022, 01:02:53 PM: Milo Hansen's world record Whitetail was only 4 1/2 years old. It happens.
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Post by: Farmer72 on November 28, 2022, 02:53:33 PM: Quote from: Rainier10 on November 28, 2022, 12:49:04 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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Post by: Rainier10 on November 28, 2022, 03:22:15 PM: Quote from: Farmer72 on November 28, 2022, 02:53:33 PM
Quote from: Rainier10 on November 28, 2022, 12:49:04 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.
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Post by: time2hunt on November 28, 2022, 03:36:50 PM: Compare Rainiers10 bulls head to farmers you can see the age difference

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Post by: LDennis24 on November 28, 2022, 03:55:49 PM: I knew it...
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Post by: Rainier10 on November 28, 2022, 05:30:13 PM: I know one thing for sure……

Neither one of these bulls is getting any older.
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Post by: bearpaw on November 28, 2022, 06:33:06 PM: Both nice bulls, congrats to both of you.
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Post by: beav1980 on November 28, 2022, 09:52:17 PM: 8

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Post by: nwwanderer on November 29, 2022, 05:29:51 AM: Congrats, both left around long enough to pass a bunch of that along. Great share!!
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Post by: scoutdog346 on December 02, 2022, 08:29:29 PM: It's a special permit so y do some people not tell what gmu it was. It's not like it matters.
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Post by: scoutdog346 on December 02, 2022, 08:33:17 PM: I think it would be crazy for a bull elk to live 10 years because they spend lot more time by themselves or just a few others. Less eyes noesis to help them survive
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Post by: nwwanderer on December 04, 2022, 12:57:03 PM: And then they spend a month or two losing weight just before food quality and quantity dives, eight is old
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 06, 2022, 06:55:19 AM: Quote from: scoutdog346 on December 02, 2022, 08:29:29 PM
It's a special permit so y do some people not tell what gmu it was. It's not like it matters.

It matters because then everyone on the internet suddenly puts in for that tag and impossible to draw tags become impossible x 2 until the next guy spills the name of his honey hole and everyone starts putting in for that tag...
Posting unit numbers on an internet forum is never a good idea...
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Post by: Ghost Hunter on December 06, 2022, 09:54:00 AM: Quote from: Pathfinder101 on December 06, 2022, 06:55:19 AM
Quote from: scoutdog346 on December 02, 2022, 08:29:29 PM
It's a special permit so y do some people not tell what gmu it was. It's not like it matters.

It matters because then everyone on the internet suddenly puts in for that tag and impossible to draw tags become impossible x 2 until the next guy spills the name of his honey hole and everyone starts putting in for that tag...
Posting unit numbers on an internet forum is never a good idea...

Anyone can spend an hour or two studying the harvest reports on where the highest number and size of bulls are killed. ;) Unless you don't give accurate information there. :dunno: