just curious as to what ya'll think the age of this buck is?
Thanks for any input!

oh and the bottom one is a video, tried to get the best looks available

4. Where do you hunt?

4.5+

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old enough

It would have been nice if he'd raise his head and given a good look at his brisket. Judging by his neck and shoulders I'm going to say 5.5+. I'm betting that his body is a bit down from the drought. Either way, he's mature-post mature and I'd blast away.

Does the neck look funny to anyone else or is it just me?

His neck looks huge to me. I was wondering if he's really old or has a gland issue of some sort.

I like to see them in tge alert position.

When feeding you can't get a good look at tge back in a natural position

I say 5.5

This was just outside Throckmorton... 4.5ish was what I thought as well

txshntr, his neck does look funny. I don't know that I've ever seen one swelled up like that

I think the weird bulged area on his neck is limbs from the tree behind him.

If you look at the video, it looks like it is part of the deer.



That is what I was thinking. Never seen one swell like that and figured it was a gland issue or an injury.

agree with txshntr, something is different. maybe extreme fat kinda looks like he enjoys eating

Definetly 5.5 maybe older. Look at his huge, saggy gut. Big muscled shoulders and huge neck. It's a bad angle but I would actually put money on 6.5 from what I see there.

Shows you how me and technology get along... I didn't even realize it was a video till you said that. I think he looks 3.5-4.5 years old and im betting his neck is swelling due to an injury of some kind from fighting, poked with a horn etc..

matt

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snake bite?

Dang you have a very steady hand. What scope is that? I've thought about doing the same, but never have. Great idea.