I noticed in Duke's thread he mentioned how "grey" the old doe's coat was that he took over the weekend. I saw an old doe last year that had a really "ashen" colored grey coat. I know the 4.5 yr old buck I took earlier this month had a noticeably more grey coat than his younger counterparts.

I also came into the forum and told about a really grey looking deer that appeared to me to be older.......but didn't have a big rack (at all). At that time....most here told me that different color phases in deer meant nothing....and that he probably wasn't an older deer.

Which is it?