Oldest Deer Harvested

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tuttut2001

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What is the oldest deer you have ever harvested (proven by teeth or estimate)? Do you have any pictures of them?

I love the character (scars, roman noses...) and appearance of these old, wise bucks.

Tuttut2001
 
7 an 1/2 yr old whitetail buck, magnificent animal, perfect 7x7, no broken tines, wide, it seemed like every tine was the exact same length on both sides. He weighed 228lbs field dressed. My dad has the mount back in OH. Caught him trying to sneak past me down on his knees through the brush below. Weirdest thing I ever saw.

"Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints"
 
LAST EDITED ON Jul-20-10 AT 03:17PM (MST)[p](pics added)

9 1/2 year old (taxidermist estimate).

Black, black neck and face. His nose was broken and crooked and he had a split ear. Almost no teeth. No brow tines.

He scored 165". Would've been nice to get him a few years earlier, but still my favorite buck so far. Public land. OTC tag.

Grizzly

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Biologist at the check station figured 11-12 yrs old.Didn't figure he'd make another winter.2x3 about 15" wide with 6" brows and gnarly as all get out around the base.
 
9.5 y.o. whitetail doe.

Missouri farmland with lots of crops for deer to eat. Was 195 pounds dressed. Dwarfed every other doe brought to the harvest check station for the hour was there. F&G took a tooth from the doe then sent me the age a few months later.
 
scpaisley- I saw a whitey doe do that same thing back in Connecticut. I knew I was out of my league once I saw that!
 
9 yr old Muley 4X4 27" Teeth were almost gone. Biggest body on a deer that I've ever seen. With two of us dragging him he felt like a spike elk. Had a big white roman nose and black brow. 18 years ago in western Colorado. I'll try to find a picture.
 
Last years buck was confirmed at 9.5 years old. It had two ear-tags placed by CDOW five years ago when it was caught and tested for CDW on the winter range. It was aged at 4.5 years old at that time. Good width and mass, but short tine length.

I sent in a tooth of a buck I arrowed in the Kaibab in 2000. It was aged at 9 years old as well. Great mass, narrow non-typical, with lots of junk.

I believe both were regressing in antler development.

BOHNTR )))---------->
 
My buddy shot a 12 year old buck in the book cliffs. Wish I could find the picture. He sent a tooth in and it was aged. His antlers looked like somebody had taken a torch to them and they were made of wax. They curled down towards his head. Very unique looking buck.
 
There should be an award for killing a mule deer over 7 years old. Regardless of their head gear, a wise, old mule deer is a trophy of a lifetime.
 
>There should be an award for
>killing a mule deer over
>7 years old. Regardless
>of their head gear, a
>wise, old mule deer is
>a trophy of a lifetime.
>


+1
 
LAST EDITED ON Jul-21-10 AT 10:36AM (MST)[p]Killed a blacktail last year tooth aged at 10.5 years. Regressed and deformed on one side but decent on the other. My friends and myself killed 4 muleys in colorado that gross scored 170, 179, 183, and 192 all within a relatively small area. the 179 had by far the most mass and we all guessed it was the oldest. The 170 was 6, the 179 and 192 were 5, and the 183 was 4. Just shows how important individual genetics are. The 170 buck would have probably never scored over 175-180 but the 4 year old 183 buck would have probably scored over 200 as well as the 192.
 
We've killed quite a few old bucks through the years. I can remember one old mule deer buck in Texas that had only one eye, few teeth and huge feet. And he was a massive 28" 3X2. My wife got a buck in Colorado last year that had over 7" H-1's and was 9.25" around the burrs and right at 31" across the main beams. And he was a 3 point with a 6-7" drop tine. We had him aged and he was 10.5 years old. That's the oldest one we've had lab tested, but there have been several other really old bucks.

And I agree +1 more that any buck over 7 is a real trophy; to heck with score.
 
>>There should be an award for
>>killing a mule deer over
>>7 years old. Regardless
>>of their head gear, a
>>wise, old mule deer is
>>a trophy of a lifetime.
>>
>
>
>+1

+2
 
was aged at 10.5 by a tooth. he had a bad infection in his jaw.
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sheds from 05 and 06. the 05 sheds scored 211
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alive in 06 at 9.5 years old
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I haven't been in on many mule deer kills but my daughter got this old timer on an over the counter tag in 2008 in central ID. Our guide estimated him at 7-8 years and he was chasing a doe pre-rut on Oct 20 when she made a nice shot. He is heavy and narly with some remaining velvet and a few extras. We had a great high country trip!

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First buck I took was a whitetail, it was 1965, on the Red Deer River a mile west of the bridge at Buffalo, Alberta, he's was a clean 5 by 5 that field dressed at 213 pounds and tooth aged at 12.5 years old. The Fish and Game boys that weighted him said they'd weighted one that was heavier.

He was a smart old rascal and I was a dumb-luck kid with a Dad that knew where to set me up. As my father came down a chokecherry infested draw this old boy get down on this his front knees and belly crawling out and over the draw where my Dad couldn't see him, he crawled right out in front of me and my $15.00 Lee Enfield .303. Good thing I hit him with the first shot because the next 9 didn't come close. (Those old war guns held a lot of rounds as I recall.)

As Alberta deer go he was nothing special in weight nor antler size but he has a cagey old buck that had survived 11 hunts and then some kid without a clue got to take him home, kinda funny how things turn out.

My son find a cape for him few years back and mounted him for me so I get to relive the memory every time I walk past him, 45 years after the fact. Even though I can't recall what I ate for lunch today I can still see that old boy crawling away from my Dad, as clear as it was in 1965.

DC
 
Great example of a "gnarly old-timer" IMO...and beautiful keepsake pic to remember the hunt by!A dream buck in my book!
 
>First buck I took was a
>whitetail, it was 1965, on
>the Red Deer River a
>mile west of the bridge
>at Buffalo, Alberta, he's was
>a clean 5 by 5
>that field dressed at 213
>pounds and tooth aged at
>12.5 years old. The
>Fish and Game boys that
>weighted him said they'd weighted
>one that was heavier.
>
>He was a smart old rascal
>and I was a dumb-luck
>kid with a Dad that
>knew where to set me
>up. As my
>father came down a chokecherry
>infested draw this old boy
>get down on this his
>front knees and belly crawling
>out and over the draw
>where my Dad couldn't see
>him, he crawled right out
>in front of me and
>my $15.00 Lee Enfield
>.303. Good thing I
>hit him with the first
>shot because the next 9
>didn't come close. (Those
>old war guns held a
>lot of rounds as I
>recall.)
>
>As Alberta deer go he was
>nothing special in weight nor
>antler size but he has
>a cagey old buck that
>had survived 11 hunts and
>then some kid without a
>clue got to take him
>home, kinda funny how things
>turn out.
>
>My son find a cape for
>him few years back and
>mounted him for me so
>I get to relive the
>memory every time I walk
>past him, 45 years after
>the fact. Even though
>I can't recall what I
>ate for lunch today I
>can still see that old
>boy crawling away from my
>Dad, as clear as it
>was in 1965.
>
>DC
 

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