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02-04-2010, 07:35 PM

#31

tim03b

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2.5 years old easy.

02-04-2010, 08:31 PM

#32

125py

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i am guessing 3.5.......how long are the main beams?

02-05-2010, 10:28 AM

#33

glew22

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I would say 3.5...only one way to find out....pull his jawbone

02-07-2010, 09:43 AM

#34

b0whunter

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You really need to check the teeth. Very difficult to judge from the rack and certainly when you can't see the chest etc. as you could if he was standing. Still a nice animal in any case. Good job!

02-07-2010, 03:48 PM

#35

BOWHUNTINGisLIFE

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nice buck i would 3.5...

02-07-2010, 04:40 PM

#36

OHbowhntr

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AR Bowhunter

I would say 2.5, thinking that a typical 2.5 in my area ways around 155. A typical 3.5 in my area would weigh close to 200.

I would think that a 3.5 year old would weigh more than 205 in Ohio, or is that about right.

That 205 was supposed the the DRESSED weight......

Quote:

Originally Posted by teedub31

Once you threw in the 205 dressed weight, there is little doubt that this is a 3.5 year old deer. I hunt near Fort Wayne Indiana and if the OPs info is right and I assume he killed it near where he is from (toledo OH) then we are hunting very similar deer on similar terrain. My experience from years of hunting this region says this is a 3.5 year old deer with a possibility that it might be a 4.5 year old. 200+ lbs deer are not unheard of in this area, but they are not all that common either (kinda like shooting a 4.5 yr old buck)

Our local "Big Deer Contest" is usually won by a sub-200# deer, and this is in one of OHIO's better counties. I don't see that being a 205# dressed deer unless the OP is 350#.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schultzy

Tough call but I'm going with at least 3.5 years old. If that scale Is on and accurate that's big for a 3.5 year old weight wise. I'll go with a big bodied 3.5 year old as long as that scale Is on.

I can't imagine it is accurate.....I killed a big full rut 4.5yr old up in NW Ohio a few years ago that had a live wt. guestimation of 240#, and he looked a LOT bigger than that deer.

It's a nice deer, and I believe he may be a 3.5yr old as well, but I don't see 205# dressed wt. on that deer.

02-07-2010, 05:08 PM

#37

Hunting Kuk

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4.5 + i think

02-07-2010, 06:25 PM

#38

podunk kennels

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Im goin with 3.5 hes got too much mass for a 2 year old and his nose is thick, cant see well but it also appears his neck carries into his chest well also. Definitely a shooter, congratulations