ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Cougs...
To get to that type mass, here (and "that type" is relative to "here")....yes. Little sway in his back, too....
"I" would age this deer @ 3.5 or older in MY woods.
That's what I would age him at too.
Would you let this deer walk this year? If you said he had junk sides last year, and it is genetic, is that something you want breeding? Of course this is all speculation that this deer is the same one you saw last year.