Originally Posted by
Mr. Deer Hunter
You can't tell the age of a deer by just looking at it's exterior.
Shoot it and then compare the jaw bone to one in a age chart.
Then show it to a deer biologist..
What might be a massive buck for North Carolina might be just a ordinary buck for Wisconsin or Saskatchewan Canada, and has nothing to do with how old it is.
You get a pretty good idea of the age by looking at the the body, especially on a young deer such as the one in question. For a buck from the midwest this is a 2 1/2 year old