I'd say 5.5
I vote for a fatish 2 year old. His neck is not big at all. By 4 it should blend seamlessly into the shoulders, at 3 not seamless but close. It this case there is an obvious difference between the shoulders and the neck.
I'm still going with 5.5. Especially after seeing that last pic. 4.5 at the very youngest. Highly doubtful he is 3 and no way is he a fat 2 year old.Based on experience in the area I say with a good amount of confidence that this buck was older than 2.5 last year. Here is recent photo of him. He was in this foodplot during the afternoon of 11/5 but we were hunting our other parcel a mile away that day :mad:.
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