Cementum aged critters - Let’s see them..

[MTTW]

Hard not wonder what that buck would have been at 6 or 7 years of age.

And I say that knowing 99% of people don't pass on a buck like that.
Congrats and thanks for sharing.

That is something that I have wondered about. Here is a buck that my brother shot out of the same draw on the same trip. It was aged at 3 and it dwarfed mine body wise. Hard telling.

 

[belshawelk]

Rattle vs 45

 

[texwest44]

Dang, if we had started this thread a few days ago I could have gotten some microscope pictures of some lake trout otoliths I aged earlier this week. MT FWP has them now, maybe I can get them to send me some pictures.

There are very few old lake trout left in Flathead Lake, btw. Average age was about 3 years old out of all of our sample fish.

 

[nontyp]

Old girl!

Waiting on results from my wife's bull from this year.
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that’s crazy. i bet he’s closer to 20 than 10.

 

[nontyp]

Aged at 6 by Matson’sAged at 7 by Matson’s
Aged at 6 by Matson’s

 

[DFS]

Yeah . . . all you guys bitchin' on other threads about mule deer in Montana should probably stop posting all these great bucks if you want to remain believable.

Joking aside, there are some beautiful bucks on this thread!

I will have to get the photo album out for more whitetail bucks. My mule deer bucks are from Colorado, except the youngest I shared he was a private land Cheetos eater from Montana and lucky to survive as long as he did.

 

[Letthemgrow]

This is my favorite thread in a long time. Educational, fun, and not devolving into a poop throwing contest. Yet.

 

[bigsky2]

11.5

 

[wytex]

7.5 by WG&F