AGING ELK

MulePacker · Jan 23, 2008

HERE IS ONE FOR ALL THE EXPERTS, HOW OLD IS THIS BULL?

WE HAVE A LITTLE HISTORY FROM THE BLUE EAR TAG. THIS BULL WAS TAGGED AS A YEARLING AT HARDWARE RANCH. WHAT YEAR WOULD YOU GUESS?

sjhgraysage · Jan 23, 2008

my guesstimate is 3.5 years old

UTodd · Jan 23, 2008

Looks young in the face....I'll go out on a limb and say you tagged him spring of 06.

proutdoors · Jan 23, 2008

He looks like a young bull, so I guess 2.5 or 3.5 years old, either that or he is the Dic Clark of elk!

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NMHUNTNUTT1 · Jan 23, 2008

slamdunk · Jan 23, 2008

I say he's young too, not a big body, head or mass in the antlers.

4 1/2 tops....unless he's Barney Fife of elk....which he very well could be!! (sorry pro, didn't mean to steal your line!)

Skull Krazy
"No Bones About It"

Blanding_Boy · Jan 23, 2008

LAST EDITED ON Jan-23-08 AT 03:36PM (MST)[p]I'm not an expert but my guess he is a 7 year old bull the same age as this 390+ bull.

Making him a 8 year old bull this spring.

Just my guess though

Sweet picture btw....

Todd Black

huntin100 · Jan 23, 2008

My guess 4 1/2 yrs old. Maybe 3 1/2.

BBB · Jan 23, 2008

5.5-7 years old would be my guess. What do I win?

Blanding_Boy · Jan 23, 2008

You win all those antlers you took from Millville face

--way to go!

Todd Black
BTO

pushin_30 · Jan 23, 2008

My guess is 4 1/2 years old.

swbuckmaster · Jan 23, 2008

3.5

Archery is a year round commitment!!

WARBIRDUM · Jan 23, 2008

He looks to be around 4 to me if its a hardware bull.

legacy · Jan 23, 2008

4 years old, tagged in '03 - '04?
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rock5150 · Jan 23, 2008

4 1/2 + maybe a lot more need more angles to make a better guess. The only way to really tell is to age the teeth.
Rock

txhunter58 · Jan 23, 2008

4-1/2 years

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)

JB48 · Jan 23, 2008

3.5 his belly and chest give it away. JB

ismith · Jan 23, 2008

Ill guess he was tagged in 2000.
ismith

tex270 · Jan 23, 2008

4.5 is my guess.

MulePacker · Jan 24, 2008

According to the local DWR biologist, this bull was tagged March of 2001 as a yearling. Born spring of 2000, he is coming 8 yrs old.
Hardware Ranch located in Northern Utah traps and tags a few elk each winter. It is worth the trip if you have never been there. Anywhere from 400 - 700 elk winter there, I have heard the number is in the 500's this year.
It also provides a unique opportunity t study elk.
If you are interested there is a link on Utah's DWR website for more information.

slamdunk · Jan 24, 2008

WOW, thanks for giving us that info, very interesting.

Kind of shows us that animals are a lot like humans, we don't necessarily get bigger with age, genetics always over rule.

A bull is generally in his prime at age 9....this boy just won't really amount to anything much more than he already is.

Thanks mulepacker!!

Skull Krazy
"No Bones About It"

300cross · Jan 24, 2008

Wow, I was going to guess 4.5 years old as well. Pretty old for that size of antlers.

elkhunter2428 · Jan 27, 2008

4.5 years old

Zigga · Jan 27, 2008

LAST EDITED ON Jan-27-08 AT 10:37PM (MST)[p]Richard Clark it is.

AWHOLELOTTABULL · Jan 27, 2008

"Kind of shows us that animals are a lot like humans, we don't necessarily get bigger with age, genetics always over rule."

Slam buddy, we get bigger, just not in the areas we were planning on (or hope to)!!

It's always an adventure!!!
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