On this age this buck we have conflicting ages from our experts! ages range by almost two years, and all have good ideas on why their age is the correct one.
This buck had been hit in the neck in 2020 and causing his antler growth to change for the next two years.
He was then found in the spring in 2023 after he had been hit by a car.
Take a look for yourself and let us know what you think the age of this north central IL buck could be.
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Expert Opinions
Bob Zaiglin
This buck comes close to emanating a rare horse configuration with both a flat back and no sway in the belly. Although the neck is swollen, little to no build-up of skin and hair appears at the sternum. Its ears are pointed and its nose is well defined, thus I call him 4.5 years.
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Mark Kenyon
I struggled with this one a bit as a few of the photos show a neck that connects high up on the chest with a tight belly and then other photos make it look like a deep chest and a rectangular belly! My guess is 3 or 4, but I'll be conservative and guess he's a bigger bodied 3.5.
Graham Cronin
This buck has a solid, big mature body, and appears to be 5.5 years old
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