Help age this deer: North LA

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Yeah, I don’t do the half years.

What parish? I’m on my phone, but that looks like pine trees.

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I’m not worrying with your math problem. It’s a three year old deer. Add the half if you like.

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Y’all are killing be with 3

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3.50

Easily 3.5 possibly 4.5

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Easily 3.5 possibly 4.5

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No shot 4.5 I don’t think. For reference

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Is the first buck a shooter for y’all? It’d be interesting to see what he could become

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Thats the question going forward

We have killed a ton like him, thinking before he was a 3.5 year old deer. But I just think those deer are younger than we think based on how big they actually get

We aren’t trying to trophy hunt, as we don’t have enough time. But we always felt comfortable taking out three year old bucks(knowing how hard it is to kill them once they get any older than that)

I’m just wondering if we have been killing younger deer maybe than we thought

But for the big deer pictured, we are realistic and know we don’t put in the time to kill old men like him without pure luck

If you truly want to know the age, kill one and send the front teeth to any one of several labs that conclusively age the deer based on rings in the teeth, similar to aging a tree. Anything else, including tooth wear, is a guess. The cost is about $50 per test

I was in a club one year where we guessed the age on the hoof, then again by tooth wear then finally by lab test and compared the results. Therefore all of my age estimates are based on what I learned from that. Based on a good photo I will normally be pretty accurate or possibly Miss by one year.

3.25 years old