No guesses....aged by jawbone or by other means, professionally.
Reason I bring this up.....here's some of the answers I[m seeing on the Mathews board....and they're pretty remarkable.
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What was the oldest deer that you shot that was actually aged by somebody that knows what they are doing? ( not just a rough guess) The oldest one that i shot was 10 1/2. kind of scrubby looking dark chocolate rack.
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8 1/2 year old doe. Her teeth were worn down to the bone/gumline
I shot a 16 point non-typical 14 yrs ago, he had 2 drop tines, 2 kickers and was gnarly. The Taxi said he was 7.5 yrs old. I don't know for sure though.
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My 8 point was aged at6 1/2 and he wasn't too impressive. Good rack, only 16 1/2" wide.
The one taken this year by 15 y/o Mikey was 18 1/2'' wide, 10 points, over 200lbs and he was aged at 4 1/2.
The oldest I've ever had aged was a grey faced 7 pointer with a crappy rack and they said he was 7 1/2.
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Dan is fully trained and actually did contract work for DEC aging deer kills and road kills for a few years. He aged the rifle kill buck I shot last year at 3.5 years old. I've shot does that I know were MUCH older than him but never had them aged officially.
What's the oldest deer you've taken?
