Halfbaked, I don't know what he was shooting... other than a shotgun or muzzleloader.
As far as age, some people think they can use the antler mass and size of the antler bases to help age bucks.
Schultzy, pics and angles can be deceiving so that's why I put a several up.

The one thing that the pics don't seem to show real well is the mass. The buck had some really good mass. I think the photos kind of short his beam length a bit too.