How old is this old blacktail?

[Mark-R]

Got this guy this week, 4x2 blacktail. Pretty stoked cause I passed on a spiker in the morning and ate tag soup when it came to blacktails last year.
So how old do you think he is? Has he regressed from his best days? Having no brow tines, does it mean anything?
Included are pics of his teeth which are pretty warn down so I figured he is up there in age.
Region 2 hybrid area.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qx14c06e1cnfu2e/20191119_123721%20%28Large%29.jpg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7uh19enlwrgzery/20191119_125136%20%28Large%29.jpg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8zdalrtna1cncut/20191119_125048%20%28Large%29.jpg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/00phsyb1vmoom0g/20191121_143901%20%28Large%29.jpg?raw=1

[dougan]

I don’t know how old he is but congratulations on connecting on an old vet.

[fuzzybiscuit]

Great buck! I love those old character bucks....congrats.

[HarryToolips]

No idea how old he'd be,, but heck of a nice buck congrats..

[gcreek]

A photo of front teeth? That is how aging is done,,

[Gateholio]

Nice buck! Impossible to tell the age without actually aging the teeth, but it has nice thick bases and a Roman nose. Great old warrior! :)

[Islandeer]

Big and old for sure. His luck ran out, good for you!!

[albravo2]

Nice buck! Great character

[CranePete]

Beauty buck! Do they still do the “tooth for the truth” program, or did that get gutted as well?

[RICKADY]

Great mass to those antlers, gotta be up there,
Congrats to a Beauty!!
come on someone throw a # out for Mark.

[ghunter4x4]

5 years old, maybe 6

[RyoTHC]

Ten! He’s An old geezer.

[twoSevenO]

Pic of front teeth? Pic of tail?

I'm no expert but maybe his mulie genes are giving his rack that regressed look.


Great buck regardless. Congrats!!

[caddisguy]

Pretty gnarly looking bases. Mature buck for sure... if I threw out a number I'd just be guessing so pretty much worthless. Congrats! Hoping one day I will connect with a blacktail.

[Huntingtyler123]

That 4x2 is awesome! Love the antlers

[Blacktail]

deer are aged by the wear on their molars.
Not being able to see those but just looking at the grey face and mass on the bases I am guessing 7 or 8

[Mark-R]

Cool thanks for all the responses. I don't have pics of front teeth. A couple were missing when I got home but that could just be me being a bit rough during the guttin' & gillin'. I quartered him up and had a long and heavy pack out off the mountain, well into darkness and with wolves howling up above me. Truly one of my most amazing hunting experiences yet.

His tail was more ropey like a mulie compared to the nice brown flap on blacktails further south.

[guest]

Great share. Congrats on your buck.

Would only be a guess but face looks 5 or more. Who knows.

[Sundown]

Great buck. I shot a 4x4 mulie with the almost same looking rack as the four side of your black tail. Front two curled in front like that too.

[pro 111]

i would guess around 7