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i now call this buck Lucky. I'll fill in the blanks on the name later. I'm following the lead of Chummer i believe....i think he was the one that posted a pic of a buck with the antlers "blacked" out.
Well that covers 30" of score range.....isn't that like saying he could be anywhere from a fawn to a 3 yr old? And the lower half of your score range would most certainly be in line with the top end of bucks in this area that fall in your age guess.
Well that covers 30" of score range.....isn't that like saying he could be anywhere from a fawn to a 3 yr old? And the lower half of your score range would most certainly be in line with the top end of bucks in this area that fall in your age guess.
Phil it's really only a guess, that buck could be a 3.5 just as well. I shot a 3.5 back in the day that scored 167". I worked on a mid150"s 6.5 today. I've seen 6.5 in the upper teens. Unless you have the teeth, it's a toss up.
Mass is one pretty good indicator of age though. At 4.5 they start getting thicker. Every 5.5 plus I've seen has mass, even those in the teens.
Well he looks like he has a thick winter coat which I think is throwing me off. His face an neck say 2.5 but he is pretty stocky.
I officially go with 2.5
Phil it's really only a guess, that buck could be a 3.5 just as well. I shot a 3.5 back in the day that scored 167". I worked on a mid150"s 6.5 today. I've seen 6.5 in the upper teens. Unless you have the teeth, it's a toss up.
Mass is one pretty good indicator of age though. At 4.5 they start getting thicker. Every 5.5 plus I've seen has mass, even those in the teens.
I agree with the mass observation to an extent. The oldest buck ever known to be killed in the state of PA was 10.5 yr old that had no mass to speak of. If he ever grossed p&y min I would have been shocked. I have a pic of him somewhere.
I have a 5 year old that is a regular visitor at my place that has no mass but his tines are very tall. He has busted his rack up 2 years in a row due to this. I'm not in Ag country. This is a big woods acorn buck