What's the oldest buck you have killed or seen?
05-29-2007, 09:00 PM
#11
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: SW Montana
Posts: 64
RE: What's the oldest buck you have killed or seen?
My sister killed a buck last November that was estimated to be about 9 years old. It's one of the coolest looking bucks I've ever seen. He only had a couple of teeth left. The cool thing about him was that he still had a thick, dark rack, but was only a 3x3. I've got a picture of him around here somewhere.
05-30-2007, 08:18 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
Posts: 4,271
RE: What's the oldest buck you have killed or seen?
Come one guys, let see some pix of these jurasic whitetails ?!?
Here a 7 1/2 year old droptine buck that I was into the 4th season of trying to drop an arrow in!
Here a 7 1/2 year old droptine buck that I was into the 4th season of trying to drop an arrow in!
05-30-2007, 11:43 AM
#14
RE: What's the oldest buck you have killed or seen?
IL- Thats a GREAT buck my friend ... Ill show mine again at the risk of someone saying "Ive seen it before" ..... best guess 8.5 to 9years old ..... was on his way down ...cant help but wonder what he looked like in his prime !
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05-31-2007, 09:54 AM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 7,208
RE: What's the oldest buck you have killed or seen?
Depends on what you consider mature. Biologically speaking I believe a buck at 5.5 is mature. However, in many parts of the country where hunting pressure shortens the lifespans considerably, most people go with 3.5-4.5 as "mature".
05-31-2007, 12:17 PM
#19
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location:
Posts: 36
RE: What's the oldest buck you have killed or seen?
8 1/2 year old 9 pt aged by the taxidermist.real weird looking deer...dark thick antlersbut the tines were thick and blunt shaped too. the meat wasn't the best either. sorry don't have any pics at work.
05-31-2007, 02:04 PM
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 267
RE: What's the oldest buck you have killed or seen?
We headed to New Brunswick last fall and shot some nice deer. The camp we were at has had some old deer shot there. The oldest taken at the camp was 9.5 and I believe the oldest taken in the province was 15.5. I think it says that at the dnr website for the province. I trust these numbers based on the checkin stations measurments and data collected from the harvested animals. Kinda wish New York would do something like that.
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