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Looks like a 3.5 to me...

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2 1/2 legs in back are higher than front. He's a big body SOB though.

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I would guess 3.5

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looks too big to be 2.5, my guess would be 3.5... nice deer.

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3.5

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2 1/2 for sure, nice bait pile by the way!!

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If that deer lived here I would say 100% certainty that he wasa 2 year old.

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2 1/2 year old

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Judging by body characteristics it looks to be a 3.5 year old.

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2.5

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2 1/2...

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For Illinois that would be a definite 2.5 year old.

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3 1/4 year old...;)

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There is no way I see that deer being 3 1/2 years old unless the feed and/or genetics in your area are real poor. He has a sleek body and his rack is pretty thin. I'd peg him at a year and a half if you are in a good feed area, otherwise I'm saying 2 1/2.

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Hes definately older than 1 1/2. I vote 2 1/2.

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Looks like a 2 to 3 year old deer from the looks but I'm in Ohio, so thats how I am comparing him to some of mine.

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Not so definate for me. I've seen my shareof 1.5 year olds taken down that had similar racks and body size asthat buck. It all depends on the food availability and genetics IMHO.

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he looks to be 2maybe 2 1/2 years old

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But how do you know that they are 1.5 year olds that are being taken?

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Educated guess with an actual deer down on the ground, where body size, rack size and the teeth can be examined using 32 years of hunting experience. Even then it's still a guess, although it is much more certain than by looking at a picture. It really is the only way I've found to have any level of certainty, since pictures are pretty much worthless, thus my original guess of 1.5 or 2.5 years old. That's my two cents on it.

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Big bodied 2.5

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Ok i was seeing if you were pulling jaws or not. We pull the jaws on all of our deer now so we know exactlu how old the deer are we are harversting.

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Cool. So based on the picture alone you made an educated guess too.;)