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Old 10-12-2005 | 09:32 PM
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Default How old are these deer?

What is your guess as to age of these bucks? Remember this is Mississippi. So bodysize is much less than up North.



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Old 10-12-2005 | 09:40 PM
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I'd say 3 or 3 1/2 on top and 2 maybe 3 on bottom.
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Old 10-12-2005 | 10:31 PM
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i would have to say 3
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Old 10-12-2005 | 10:39 PM
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Those are pretty hefty deer. Considering your in the south, I'd also say 3.5 yrs on top. Bottom is probably younger. Nice healthy looking deer though.
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Old 10-12-2005 | 10:58 PM
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Judging by the antlers alone I'd say the top is 2 1/2 years old.

I don't know about the deer down south , but in the north they have a pretty good toupee on the top of their heads by 3 1/2 years old.
I don't know what you reallycall it but I always called it a toupee. That dark patch of thicker curly hair on the top of their heads.
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Old 10-12-2005 | 11:32 PM
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Because you're from MS I would say 3.5 yrs. The bottom pic might be 2.5 but only b/c of the thinner rack.....my judgement says 3.5 though.
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Old 10-13-2005 | 05:24 AM
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3.5 maybe even 4 for the top, the bottom I can't really see all that well, but I would say 3??
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Old 10-13-2005 | 12:33 PM
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Just from the swagger of their belly lines and the girth they're developing in the chest
.... I'm going to say 3 1/2.


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Old 10-13-2005 | 12:39 PM
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DC,

I would say from the Roman nose and the girth in the belly and the fact that the neck is beginning to meet the chest that these deer are either 3.5 or 4.5 years old. Hopefully, you will kill one of them and let us know for sure
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Old 10-13-2005 | 12:41 PM
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i would concur with most everone. but either they are from the same gene pool or somthing. given that the racks and body shapes are so similar. 3 to 3 1/2
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