2017-2018 East Texas Hunting Thread

[GarGuy]

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Just for grins, take a guess how old this deer is.

He was taken last year on our lease. Ive got a pretty good idea how old he is.

One pic..i can make most deer look however i want by picking out one pic.. that said,, he is likely post mature from what i see. DISCLAIMER! I realize i suck at this. most folks do, they just dont admit it..

[lovemylegacy]

One pic..i can make most deer look however i want by picking out one pic.. that said,, he is likely post mature from what i see. DISCLAIMER! I realize i suck at this. most folks do, they just dont admit it..

You would be right. The first pics I got of him was in 2013, I figured he was at least 3, so that puts him at least at 7, that being said, his teeth were worn down almost to the jaw line. He was probably well over 7.

[lovemylegacy]

Same deer in 2013

[lovemylegacy]

The blessed man that was able to slip an arrow in him

[GarGuy]

You would be right. The first pics I got of him was in 2013, I figured he was at least 3, so that puts him at least at 7, that being said, his teeth were worn down almost to the jaw line. He was probably well over 7.

He may have been twelve. I took a known 6 year old to the taxi two years ago. 150inch deer. The taxi who is supposedly an aging guru looked at his teeth and proclaimed him a definate three year old. I hant even looked at his teeth. I took a look and would honestly have called him four by his teeth. I bit my tongue...

[GarGuy]

He was post mature in 13!!!!!!!!!! Heck of a trophy!

[lovemylegacy]

If ya notice, his antlers never really changed.

The feller that took him is an awesome young man I had the priviledge to meet. Heck of a hunter too.

[GarGuy]

If ya notice, his antlers never really changed

Wonder what he looked like six years ago.

[lovemylegacy]

He was post mature in 13!!!!!!!!!! Heck of a trophy!

He had a fairly small home range. Or to me it was fairly small, probably roughly 400acs

[SaltwaterSlick]

Thank you Steve for raising the bar once again AND offering up some real experience and teaching! I get most of my aging impressions from frontal and side view of the head (less the antlers)... Some of the bodies can fool us, but that neck and head on a mature/post mature deer is just different..

[NewBallCoach]

Those are some nice deer

[lovemylegacy]

GG got it going on

[SaltwaterSlick]

Got three of my set ups going today. Also checked camera cards... thousand pics on three cameras in a week... All hogs... not one deer pic...

[NewBallCoach]

Gotta thank my BIL for helping me out today getting one of my setups cleared out quite a bit. It's getting close!

[SaltwaterSlick]

Harvey and the Trinity River Authority sure messed up a nicely developing season for us!