Boom. I just hope this doesn't drive up the lease prices around here. If you look closely, you can see what I think are fat rolls down the deer sides.

On my place in Nectar In 8 years I think we have shot 2 bucks one was my first bow kill that I shot for a doe and the other was a jacked up 3 year old my step dad shot for meat. We have pics of 4.5 plus deer but none of them will get 140. One might get 135 but that is pushing it. Most are about 120...

Fur, you do know THAT buck is NOT a four year old deer????

How old is he? I am just going by how he compares in size to younger deer. He dwarfs the 1 and 2 years olds. He's also much bigger than one I had pegged as 3.

Given the face angle, shoulder/neck junction, short looking legs...I'd put that deer at least seven years old. Face angle is a dead give away.....

Fur I've got one to. I'm not sure how old he is but I think he is past 4

agree

That deer is a freaking war horse. Look at the dang chest, legs and head. He's OLD...

I rarely say an age after 5.5 but I assure he is older than 5.5.

I see what you're talking about with the face angle now. His nose looks short. He'll probably never show his face in the day time but I've got a 12 year old son that would fall flat over if he could put a bullet in him.

You think a buck that's past his prime like this one could would change his territory after being beat down by a younger buck? I know antlers can change from year to year but I don't have a picture of a mature buck from last year that I can assign to this one, and this one is around every day.

That was lat year and the only pic i got of him. I have one picture of him again this year. I also had another old buck show up and have never seen him before. Here is what i think is that deer and another that looks to be much over 4 and neither touch 140.

I age like this. One's, two's, three's and 4+. I'm not good after that. I think the one in your picture is 17.

see how the angle increases from butt to head. A four year old will be dang near even front to back, as they get older they get heavier in the front, angle increases. This deer is well over five, I'd say six or seven.

here's a classic five/six year old, heavier to front but legs still look normal length.

That is one beautiful picture of a magnificent animal.

So how old do y'all thing this guy is, and what would he score?

how ya doing Bud??

nice buck, hard to age from that angle. 170-180??

post a pic of that big buck you killed several years ago.....

The picture of me and the buck in my avatar IS this same deer, shot two days after the trail cam picture. He only scored 167 3/8 P&Y and was aged at 4 years old.

I hope Matt comes back. Don’t let folks get to you. This site needs guys like you on here continuing to spread the truth and science of deer management. Just look at the folks that disagree with you as an opportunity that gives you a podium to preach that message. A lot more folks hear you other than just the knucklehead that’s calling you a moron or an idiot. Those other folks are the ones you’re really teaching….not the knucklehead. Keep posting dude and just let that ignorant stuff roll off your shoulders.

I think people need to stop being pansies when someone disagrees with them. And stop being pansies about "protecting" the pansies.

I ain't a pansy. Just got better things to do with my time.

I listen to enough grumbling from people in person.

It's all good.