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I'll admit that is a little petty, but when a picture is posted about age and comments are made it's 90% of the time xxx 1/2 years old. No matter what time of the year. For example, Here in Alabama fawns, for the most part have just dropped or only a few weeks old. So a buck pic of a 4 year old deer taken Sept 10 cannot be 4.5 years old. And that that same buck cannot be 4.5 years old in Feb. Right?
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Correct, I always get a chuckle when people call velvet pics in 1/2 year age classes. I believe it is a fad that hunting shows started, and it has just stuck in peoples heads.
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The half comes in because the deer gestation period is approximately 6 months. Most deer IMO drop their fawns from July to September so you are correct when a guess is made on a deer age this time of year but if its the first of the year it'd be safe to apply the half.
Last edited by deadeye48; 09/10/17 01:03 AM.
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Fawns drop down here in early May is the .5 would apply here. At the camp in Monroe co they drop in August so I think it would not apply.
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you genious's need to study up. As long a breeding/fawning season as we have the damn deer COULD easily be at the .5 mark any month of the year. So don't say it couldn't/would not/ain't/wrongasallhellageguess.!!!  How old would the fawn I saw born in Dec be in August ??? for the majority ya'll are right but don't state it as iron clad rule......
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I agree, it bugs me to hear the "1/2" age no matter what time. We don't talk about humans or any other thing in that way, so why deer? They're just a whole age to me. "That's a 4 year old", for example. But usually it's "Oh crap, that one's big!" 
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Guess I should have said in my opinion most of the fawns we see appear to have been born in August because of out massive 2 day rut we have in Monroe co. And most fawns appear to be born in May here at home. Is that better counselor. 
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I'll admit that is a little petty, but when a picture is posted about age and comments are made it's 90% of the time xxx 1/2 years old. No matter what time of the year. For example, Here in Alabama fawns, for the most part have just dropped or only a few weeks old. So a buck pic of a 4 year old deer taken Sept 10 cannot be 4.5 years old. And that that same buck cannot be 4.5 years old in Feb. Right? Buck I killed last year was 4 years 5 months 21 days 3 hours old. I could tell by checking the rings on his umbilical cord.
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A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
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Easiest way to avoid this is by not allowing it to bother you. You know what they mean, it's just a habit. Just like calling a magazine a clip. We ALL KNOW it's not a clip, it's just a magazine.
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I'll admit that is a little petty, but when a picture is posted about age and comments are made it's 90% of the time xxx 1/2 years old. No matter what time of the year. For example, Here in Alabama fawns, for the most part have just dropped or only a few weeks old. So a buck pic of a 4 year old deer taken Sept 10 cannot be 4.5 years old. And that that same buck cannot be 4.5 years old in Feb. Right? Buck I killed last year was 4 years 5 months 21 days 3 hours old. I could tell by checking the rings on his umbilical cord. That would be about 4.484 or 4 31/64 YO.
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you genious's need to study up. As long a breeding/fawning season as we have the damn deer COULD easily be at the .5 mark any month of the year. So don't say it couldn't/would not/ain't/wrongasallhellageguess.!!! How old would the fawn I saw born in Dec be in August ??? for the majority ya'll are right but don't state it as iron clad rule...... Take it easy Fred, relax and have another cup of coffee. Nobody is claiming to be a scholar on deer mating rituals but we all appreciate you calling us a genius. I've ben called much worse but accepted it as a compliment considering who it came from
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I don't do coffee, caffine makes me crazy....  just sayin, nothing is ABSOLUTE in aging deer....
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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Now I can agree with that. You are a Gentleman and a Scholar sir
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just sayin, nothing is ABSOLUTE in aging deer....
Truth.
"Why do you ask"?
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I use whole number ages. That half year crap is ridiculous. You don't tell the Dr your half year ages or the license department or anyone else do you?
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I use whole number ages. That half year crap is ridiculous. You don't tell the Dr your half year ages or the license department or anyone else do you? I did when I was 5
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I don't do coffee, caffine makes me crazy.... just sayin, nothing is ABSOLUTE in aging deer.... Since you have ruled out coffee as the culprit, what is the explanation?
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Just think your confusion is exactly the same for everyone else in the country when we tell them the rut is in February... Alabama is in a world of its own...
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Just think your confusion is exactly the same for everyone else in the country when we tell them the rut is in February... Alabama is in a world of its own... Tell them the rut can be anywhere from Thanksgiving till mid-February depending on location.
"Why do you ask"?
Too many people spend money they don't have , on things they don't need, to impress people they don't know.
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