RE: Judging A deers age
WOW 225lbs. what a dream. I'm in Oklahoma and anything close to 200lbs is a monster. I shot my largest deeer ever this year and he only went 150lbs. A nice 9 point w/23" inside. Should score in the 150 class. First time for me to ever take one to a taxidermist and wasn't prepared for all the choices I was faced with.
I was wondering about the age, for the buck management on the property I am hunting on. We have such a problem of doe to buck rate here that last Sunday while leaving the feild just before sunset on a 1 mile streach I counted 4 small herds of doe's counting 8 to 23 in each herd with only seeing 1 buck standing in the treeline and 2 out grasing on w/ doe's.
For the meat we just shoot a doe.