Opinions on age?

[gunther89]

I'm having trouble with the age of this buck. His rack is all non-typical on his left side and to me, he appears to be a 3 year old. My goal on our farm is to harvest 3 year olds. If he was a 2 year old, he would get the pass. What is everyone's opinion? Should I pass him up anyway and hope he can blow into a giant non-typical?

 

[dipper]

Not good pictures to tell.

 

[wiscwhip]

Top photo he looks maybe 3.5, bottom photo maybe not so much, more like 2.5 yo. IMHO, green light if the shooter is willing to pay for a head mount for a unique smaller non-typical rack, if not let him walk to see if he is worthy of a head mount next season. No saying that is from genetics at all, could be from an old injury, so he really wouldn't be passing bad genes if that was the case. If no improvement, take him out next season.