4.5 or 5.5 year old?

South Texas before the rut. Pretty buck, gonna be a good one.

either way great buck my guess would be 5.5 though

Head, neck and shoulder development makes me think he's a 5 year old.

Great looking buck. I would call him a 4 yr old.

I'm going to say 5.5+; very deep brisket, great mass in the shoulders and neck for pre-rut. Got any pics from the rut? Would like to see what his tarsals did.

Great buck. Love the forked G2. Nice double throat patch too.

Tough call but going with 4, stud of a buck.

Same here....4-4.5, that is a bruiser.

Great looking buck

I agree, looks very similar body wise to the buck I shot this year, a fat 4 year old.

Great buck. IMO no one alive can reliably age a 4.5 vs. a 5.5 year old deer on the hoof. (Unless they know the specific deer.)

I agree with Nogalus

Nice

nice

Good looking buck, I'm going with 4.5

4.5 has my vote

4.5

Chooter either way for me!

Guessing 4.5 because back still way straight, face still narrow, hips lean. Just does not look like its got that fully mature look yet

im going with 4.5, lines look too straight especially in that 3rd pic (and im assuming thats prior to the rut based on the date too). left eye looks kind of funny in the last pic?

4.5

nice!