Aging Bucks Basics: How to Look at a Buck and Tell How Old He is

August 20th, 2022

Episode 719: Tips on how to age whitetail bucks on the hoof. See the body characteristics that can help hunters make a solid estimate of how old the buck is before the shot.

 
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