The oldest one I had shot had a pale looking rack that was 7 points. I do not know what the age was on him but, his rack had the main beam split down the middle and three points broken. It is believed that he went through the year without losing that rack. He had dressed out at 202 lbs. and was going on his down hill slide. Here after a deer reaches such an age they tend to lose weight once they start getting more age on them.

A friend of mine shot one that only had a couple of teeth left and was sporting 35 points. It was believed that he probally wouldn't have made it through another winter. It was shot back around the early 80s. He had him mounted and it was given to the Maine museum (sp). It is still there today if anyone ever gets to check it out. The deer weigh only aroung 170lbs. dressed due mainly because of his age that he had lost wieght from his prime time.