Originally Posted by
rockport
I wonder if he is maybe a year older than we thought. He seems to have really grew between what was thought to be 2 and 3 but that usually happens between 3 and 4.
I agree with rockport. In the picture of him when you said he was 3.5, he looks more like the 4.5 year old buck I shot last year. See how big he looks around the middle? I've always heard one way to tell if a buck is 4.5 or older is if he's potbellied, rather than having his chest taper inward.