Okay, NOW tell me how old you think he is. These were taken yesterday morning at about 80 yards. They're 100% crops from my Nikon D40 @ 200mm. I tried grunting him in, but he wasn't interested so I snapped some photos instead.

It's definitely the same buck - small crooks in his G1's, longer G3's than G2's, 5 on his left, 4 on his right, weak spread (outside just barely to his ears)....

Personally I think he's a really good 2 1/2. He's packed on some pounds in the last 3 months and done some "growing up" but I just don't see him being a 3 1/2, although from these photos it would be easy to see why someone might think he is. Definitely not a 1 1/2 though.