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Re: “The Ghost” 2024 Buck Extended Story
« Reply #45 on: March 17, 2025, 08:05:05 AM »
Deer aging continues to fascinate me.  The more we lab age teeth the more we realize how full of crap we all are at our guesses :chuckle:

Yet many will tell you with absolute certainty :chuckle:

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Re: “The Ghost” 2024 Buck Extended Story
« Reply #46 on: March 17, 2025, 08:58:44 AM »
Deer aging continues to fascinate me.  The more we lab age teeth the more we realize how full of crap we all are at our guesses :chuckle:

Yet many will tell you with absolute certainty :chuckle:
to be clear, not throwing shade at anyone.  I'm as guilty as anyone. Especially after this last round of teeth. You'd have to put a gun to my head to make me guess a deers age  :chuckle:
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Re: “The Ghost” 2024 Buck Extended Story
« Reply #47 on: March 17, 2025, 09:04:49 AM »
You can age a deer to 4.5 .. from that age forward it’s impossible to age a buck unless you have years of history with the buck

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Re: “The Ghost” 2024 Buck Extended Story
« Reply #48 on: March 17, 2025, 09:07:30 AM »
You can age a deer to 4.5 .. from that age forward it’s impossible to age a buck unless you have years of history with the buck
agreed for the most part but theres always anomalies too.  Travis Hobbs 226" buck that was 3.5 comes to mind.  I've got a CO buck that went 183" that was only 3.5 as well. There's some freaks out there for sure
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Re: “The Ghost” 2024 Buck Extended Story
« Reply #49 on: March 29, 2025, 06:08:36 PM »
Yep, my dad killed one in 1967, we “guessed” him at around 7-8, after a truck load of bios and Game fellas basically did an autopsy on him, 13 1/2.

They said it was his last migration, either way.👍


To the OP, great story and pictures.👍👍

 


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