Sampson,
I didn’t mean to take a shot at your friend, my guess was based partly anticipating that your answer was going to be a surprise. 5 1/2 doesn’t surprise me at all.
Snow, An 8 1/2 year old buck is very rare but on public land is not that surprising. I had a buddy shoot one on Cherokee GMA that was at least 7 1/2 and had the rack of a 2 1/2 year ok buck. It is darn hard to age jawbones after 6 1/2 but I’m a believer in aging jawbones.
I didn’t mean to take a shot at your friend, my guess was based partly anticipating that your answer was going to be a surprise. 5 1/2 doesn’t surprise me at all.
Snow, An 8 1/2 year old buck is very rare but on public land is not that surprising. I had a buddy shoot one on Cherokee GMA that was at least 7 1/2 and had the rack of a 2 1/2 year ok buck. It is darn hard to age jawbones after 6 1/2 but I’m a believer in aging jawbones.