Originally Posted By: Tamid
Stan,
Why would you say an older buck? By the look of his antlers and very small G4 and G5 I would say he was 3 years and very symmetrical. Leaving him for another year may have seen a significant improvement on his tines.


By his overall look, Tamid, including his head shape and coloration, the flatness of the main beams of his antlers, and his emaciated condition. It's been my experience that antlers that have a more flatter main beam appearance are usually older deer here. More upright main beams are usually younger deer.

John, I'd say the rut here is 80 to 90% done.

SRH

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