I’ve got a pretty solid “guess” based on pictures over the last couple years. Here is the jaw bone. 507CC10A-FC44-42A9-BAE6-03957E84DC2F.jpg
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I’ve got a pretty solid “guess” based on pictures over the last couple years. Here is the jaw bone. 507CC10A-FC44-42A9-BAE6-03957E84DC2F.jpg
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Here he is in September 2022
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4.5?
I would call that a textbook 3yo jawbone
The body doesn't look to be that of a 3yo
The experts will be along shortly to solidify an answer
\"I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A small bird will drop dead frozen from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.\" <br />D.H. LAWRENCE
Looks like a 3yo that ate out of a corn pile for 2.5years .
Looking at the teeth says 3-4. Looking at his body says he’s older. Since you have his teeth, I’d say he’s as old as he’s gonna get and good killing.
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I typically don't age deer solely on tooth wear anymore.
My opinion is often based on other physical characteristics as well as tooth wear but I've been doing it for 3+ decades and have developed aging trends over that time.
They don't always wear the same but usually a 4yo will have a pronounced angle/slant on the back cusp of the last tooth.
\"I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A small bird will drop dead frozen from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.\" <br />D.H. LAWRENCE
I do not study this stuff but I think it's no more than 3½ probably just 2½.
Ephesians 2 : 8-9
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The biggest problem we have here is the teeth do have the same wear patterns on deer that eat soybeans/cotton/corn/peanuts and wheat their whole life as deer that browse in the woods. This deer was easy to identify and was at least a 4.5 if the first pick I have of him is as an exceptional 2.5yr old. Honestly think he’s 5.5 as I haven’t seen many 200lb 2.5 year olds and it only makes sense he was 3.5 when we first started paying attention to him. He’s dead now though, had he been anywhere else he’d have probably been dead 2 years ago.
Let’s see the rack.
\"I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A small bird will drop dead frozen from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.\" <br />D.H. LAWRENCE
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