Your opinion on age and score?
 

Okay... so tell me what you think this buck scored and guess it's age.

I spotted it's remains while going to look for a buck I shot. (sadly, my buck fell in the river when it died and has not been recovered :cry::cry::cry:)
A hunter on the neighboring property said he shot it so it was returned to him.

id say 5to6 yrs old my guesstimation is 171 gross

Gee... Do I get to guess:hit: HAAAAA:p

You guessed when I did... and we were off. :)

age those teeth and find out for sure...

but in IL I'd say he's at least 4.5yo, he's a stud!

i would say 5 to 6 years and 180

In certain pictures he looks bigger then this but I'll say 165 Inches. Man he's big!! As far as age, haven't a clue from the pics.

as far as the age, toss 10 pennies in the air, count up the ones that land heads up, there is the age...
160-170 i'd say...
dare we start commenting on why the guy never found him.
and if ya could, ask what cal he was using?

Halfbaked, I don't know what he was shooting... other than a shotgun or muzzleloader.

As far as age, some people think they can use the antler mass and size of the antler bases to help age bucks. ;)

Schultzy, pics and angles can be deceiving so that's why I put a several up. :D The one thing that the pics don't seem to show real well is the mass. The buck had some really good mass. I think the photos kind of short his beam length a bit too.

5.5-6.5 and im guessing mid 160's