Need a little help aging this buck. Been out of hunting for many years and have just recently gotten back in now that my boys are old enough and have developed an interest. Help is greatly appreciated.

Others with more experience than me will chime in, but I am thinking 3 years old.

3 maybe 4. Where in the Hill Country are you at?

3...looks at as heck from the temp reading on the cam...

I think he is closer to 2 1/2. Not muscled up enough to be a 3+ and neck still shows connection at body.

I'm going to step out on a limb here. Judging by the picture, he's got the roman nose, dropped shoulders and his face looks more mature. The facial "triangle" looks pretty short. BUT, and thats a capital but, it COULD BE JUST THE PIC.

I'd smack his butt, if you have plenty of 8 pointers.

a 3 yr old standing in front of a 1 yr old spike.

Under 5, anyway, because his back doesn't sag.

3ish is my bet.

I have a really hard time telling this time of year.

3

id call him 3 does have the roman nose look but nothing else about him shows age i think the shoulder drop look is the way he is standing but definately a young deer let him see a few more years

Im going with atleast 4. To much muscle definition in front shoulder and nose might be older. Not all older bucks have the pot belly. After you shoot him let us know.

Not that old, looks like he has some width going for him and brow length, but a little weak on the G2's and 3's, so I'd give him one more year, that is if your neighbor doesn't shoot him!

I'll go with 3 1/2 he does have a roman nose, but long neck gives him away.

if you feed lots of protein 3 if you don't 4-5.

Summer is hard to age bucks. waist is thick and not tight..

He's every bit of 4 or more.

The deer behind him blends in making his back look arched. He actually has a slight sway in his back behind the shoulders.

This time of year is tough in terms of the neck telling you anything, but he has a seam along the edge of his windpipe of loose skin that you don't see on a young buck or a doe.

I think this buck is no older than 5.5 years old. He will make some good sacks of hamburger, but I've allways shot my bucks before the rut. During the rut the meat changes flavor and is not as good as before the ru. We feed indian corn to our deer and they have a great flavor.

Young

Hard to judge this time of year but I'd say 3. Get some pics of him in October and then it will be a little bit more fool proof.

Thanks to everyone for your help. I'll try to get some better pictures of my cam next time. As a side note, there is no protein feeding going on in the general area of this feeder; only corn.

probably 3 years old. regardless of his actual age you should probably let him live for another couple years and he will turn into a real nice buck