for one drive anyway,and showed the younger fellas the proper way to take a stand.Get away from the truck and sit still.They were huffing and puffing by the time they got this one out.haha
Very nice! Thanks for sharing with us. Get a weight on him?
quote:181 How old you reckon he is?Had plenty of teeth but I didn’t get a chance to study on them because the boys wanted to get him cleaned and make another drive. I used to not worry about it but I think I will research aging one.
Originally posted by Fred67Very nice! Thanks for sharing with us. Get a weight on him?
Sman, from that pic aging would be a little hard. I’d speculate 3-4, at that weight I wouldn’t guess much older. Take the jaw to DNR for something actuate. We had a doe die this fall that was 19.5. Never would have thought they would live that long. Have another that just turned 18 and one that is 11. The one that just died was still active and not poor when we found her belly up. I’ve heard stories of a buck making it to 12 in the wild and seen one that came off the SRS aged at 9.
181 is an impressive weight.
Check out this link for aging by jaw bone. There are three parts. Take a look at Magatron in the second video only 3 years old.