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    Age of animal query ....

    After some help from the forum ageing this red stag, curious to know and have really no idea to even be in the ballpark Name:  DEE48220-30A8-4FD5-A9C7-FA859FA569A3.jpeg
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    He made the mistake of smashing up farmers freshly planted native trees so had to go, fat as and will be good chewing hopefully

    Cheers for any help
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    looks like he's a-head of his years

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    I'll have a guess and say 3years but am interested in knowing. He only looks like a young animal to me.
    . Also to the experts a head that only has one bey/bez antler like this will it ever grow one on the other side?? @hebe put up your stag on here see if any one can age your head
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    Nice dark timber, @moa_junter might have a guess at age

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    I would think 4 max. Teeth are still in good nick so not much chewing wear and tear.

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    Thanks for the replies ..... cheers for that link 7mmwsm, hmmmm going off those teeth pics you’d think it was a 2 year old??, is it possible for a stags second antler set to have that many points??

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    I would of said 3.5 but as you say based on that link it looks like that back 3rd of molar is just starting to come through which puts it at 30 months.
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    Yeah he's 3 years old with those teeth
    Cheers

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    Thanks everyone, would have loved to have seen him grow into a big old boy, 11 points in three years is pretty amazing.... but as the farmer says he’s farming cattle not deer.
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    @2Quack some spikers can have 12 points for there first head if they have genetics just want have heavy timber or lenght

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    Nothing unusual about a 2 or 3 year old having 10 or 12 points. Hence why so many young stags get shot
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    No more than 2,5 years.

    According to the teeth he would be less than 2 years (only 5 molars on each side, 3 of them being milk teeth). But obviously he's not a spiker so he must be 2,5 years old.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2Quack View Post
    Thanks for the replies ..... cheers for that link 7mmwsm, hmmmm going off those teeth pics you’d think it was a 2 year old??, is it possible for a stags second antler set to have that many points??
    Yes in one area I hunt theres a stags id say was his first antlers based on being with a group of spikers, his size and high headed stance, and his very short length he was a 14 already with 5 tops on each side and no Bezs. If the feeds there and they can express their potential young stags can have plenty. I'd put a guess at 3.

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    @Stocky what is your knowledge like on antlers? if a head is missing a bez/bey tine on one side making it uneven will it ever grow one?
    Also if a two-three year old is missing its bez i was on the understanding it will never have them and some herds its common and in there genetics.

 

 

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