a 2.5yo can be a big deer here.
a 3.5yo is a big buck
anything 4.5 and older is probably huge around here.
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most guys who take a "big deer" around here is probably 2.5yo. which tends to be a decent 8 or 10pt.
most of these bucks around here will never see 4.5yo, of course there are some roaming, but most guys see a 2.5yo/3.5yo around here and it's going down!