Nice Pennsylvania 11-pointer
 

Got a little surprise on the trail cam today. A nice 11 pointer. 5X5 with double brow tine on one side. How old do you think he is? Nice frame. I love the wide spread and long, sweeping beams.

Mate great pic, loving the wide spread

Good looking buck. I would guess 4.5 years old. Reason being he has a slight "pot" belly but his back isn't swayed yet.

I guess he could get bigger in a year or two but he's pretty sweet right now. :D I would love to get a crack at him. He just started showing up last week.

Dang he is a stud!

what a pig! BANG BANG!

Rifle season is after Thanksgiving. I'm hoping there is a TWANG TWANG sooner than that. :D Hopefully on October 3rd.

Sure would look good on your wall (and in your freezer)!

1.5 months to go. :D

That is a good en.

Hard to tell maybe 3.5 years old. Was a rough winter so can't just go off body size.

body size has nothing to do with the winter, they don't shrink, they lose weight.

Kinda yes and kinda no there oldtimr. Remember, older bucks have that "beer gut" and a sway to them. If it was a hard winter, they may or may not have that particular age identifier. They may also have lost some muscle mass in a hard winter making them look a little "sleeker" and younger than what they actually are. Not really having that "bull dog" look to them if you know what I mean.

We did have a couple bad winters back-to-back. But the deer seem pretty healthy now. I have seen a couple of pretty portly bucks already (see pic of the 8-pointer). Over the winter, we put out many bales of alfalfa so they hopefully went into the spring in decent shape.