Photoshopped Age Progression of a Buck

[sweldo73]

I was playing around with theoretical age progression of a young prospect we caught on a trailcam. We think he is currently 2.5 (maybe 3.5). In photoshop, I used a combination of techniques to make him grow a few years. I left him as an 8, but increased his overall rack size by 20% and added a little tine length and mass. I've attempted to alter his body to that of an older deer, as well. I wasn't sure about the briscuit area, as I don't think you see much from this angle with the leg forward. If you didn't have access to multiple pics of the same buck year after year, I thought this could be a way to provide a little incentive for lease members to 'let em go and let em grow'.

Ya'll think it's accurate?

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[Hoosky1143]

I dont know if its accurate,but its cool. Nice job.

[Mailman]

I also don't know how accurate that is. Too many variables...

But the work itself is very cool!!! Nice Job!!!

[trailboss]

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Trailboss

[cosmiccowboy]

My picture of him at 3.5...

[mesquitecountry]

that's good stuff there TB. let em rip sweldo he needs to be taken down pronto.

[DRow]

Nice Tb!!

[sweldo73]

Mesquite, I know for some he would be an immediate cull, but he's actually one of the better looking deer we've seen in our area (we're in Tyler County - East Texas). We've got pics of quite a few 8's, and for his age, he's one of our best. We're working with what we've got.

[q2xlman]

I have been hunting East Texas far a pretty good while, and have lived here all my life. If you can let that deer get to be 4.5-5.5, you probably have a pretty good picture of what the largest percentage of East Texas bucks grow into. There are exception to everything, but 125"-135" is pretty typical for our bucks at 5.5 years old.