RE: whats the best way to age a deer by looking at it?
It's funny.....THE way I know we don't have too many elder bucks around (at least that show themslelves) is by comparing the bucks to the mature does in the area. When you see a mature doe around here....YOU KNOW IT. She looks as long as a Cadillac.....and she dwarfs the others. I've seen 2 deer, this year (bucks) that were older than 1-1/2.
Jeff