Northalabama, that deer is not 2.5. The 3rd premolar has WAY too much wear for that to even be a possibility. In a 2 year old that tooth has just recently been replaced. That tooth on this deer has a minimum of 1 year of wear. It’s understood that a deer is a certain age until he turns the next age. Calling a deer 3 or 4 etc is the same as calling him 3.5 or 4.5. No difference.

And I typically use the totality of information to determine age. Nowhere in AL would that deer be 2 based off that jawbone. He’s likely 3 and could easily be 4 on a LOT of properties with late breeding dates.