how old is this deer??

[kujo65]

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[kujo65]

ok obviously i don't know how to add images anyone got some pointers?? i read the directions and they simply confused me

[Chef]

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WAIT--I'm still adding up all these numbers...

[bety0108]

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[kujo65]

[kujo65]

wow that was easy thanks bety0108...basically i just got a photo of this deer when i pulled my sd card this weekend... i am not an expert on guessing ages of deer but he looks alot bigger body than alot of my other bucks on camera and i have a bigger 8 pt in some picures... so was just looking for some expert advice if he is an older deer and just had little growth because it seems he already has a funky looking rack..thanks kujo

[certified jumbo]

2.5 years old.

[bottom-bouncer]

1.5 short nose not very thick in the chest

[Jameson]

I'm no expert. First guess is 3.5, could be 2.5. Lets see some other bucks to try and compare body size, too. Also where in the state are the pics from?

[kujo65]

this is the biggest deer so far i have on camera this year and i am hunting in the southwest part of minnesota

[Archerysniper]

I'm going with 2.5 on both, big body but no sway back,pot belly and their noses still looks fairly long.

[skolfoppa]

2.5! Skol.

[hockeybc69]

2.5

Pretty dang full body, so 3.5 wouldnt surprise me.

Not a chance of it being 1.5.

[sticknstring]

3.5 - Not much headgear but pretty developed for a 2 year old imo. Looks like some battle scars on his face. Cool buck.

[slimngrizzly]

Nice 1.5 or dud 2.5 is my guess. Hes got a nice body on him but I guess I dont think that hes old, just "the fat kid". The 8 looks to be a nice 1.5 or maybe a 2.5 at most as well.

[Bear55]

The first buck looks like he might be a 3.5, however I wouldn't be surprised if he was a 2.5. Age wise he looks different in each photo.

The 2nd buck you posted looks like a 2.5.

[jnorm1984]

I would guess the first onoe is 2.5. Im thinkin the other is also 2.5, but could possibly be 3.5 in SW MN.

[Musky Buck]

2.5 year olds.

[bigbucks]

I think they're both 2.5 year-olds as well. Not impossible they're smaller 3.5 year-olds, but seems unlikely. I agree I don't think there's any way they are yearlings.

[Musky Buck]

A lot changes when they're 2.5. They seem to have ok racks smaller body or they put more into the body and less into the rack. We have taken a few really good sized 2.5 year olds that we thought were 3.5 years back by sending the sample into Madelia, MN and they aged them for us.

[paceman]

I also thing they are both 2.5 year olds.......

[96trigger]

2.5 year olds. hard to say if the bigger one is really just a big deer, or if the other one is just a much smaller deer. How they started out in life might really effect the size of the deer. Did the smaller ones mom get shot when it was a young fawn, and not have the same opportunities as the bigger one, was it a twin or triplet, where the mom had to try and feed more than one fawn, where the other was a single. Hard to say, judging by rack size alone I will stick with 2.5. The body of the big deer also leans towards 2.5.

[WalleyeChamp]

both 2.5. Pretty easy

[kujo65]

thanks for all the responses guys...i think both would work for a first archery buck and would look good in the freezer haha