Yep turtleshell... that's why I answered the way I did...

QC.. great post. I was talking to my taxidermist earlier this season and he told me about a study he participated in last year for the Department of Conservation by aging every single deer that came in to his shop... Believe it or not -- even when considering these were all deer that were going to be mounted (well over 150 of them) -- and the average age was two. Wow.