Great looking youngster.

[Bucksnbears]

This little fella showed up a couple weeks ago.
Seems to really like it here as a see him almost daily right around the yard.
Sure hope he sticks around for 3 more years.

 

[Mike311]

Has anyone ever photo chronicled a buck from this age or younger through maturity? Seems like you see the last 2-3 years of their life shared but not much more than that, maybe that’s a tough thing to track. I always wonder what that spike/forky or basket rack we see so often could turn into someday.

 

[8bitnes]

Has anyone ever photo chronicled a buck from this age or younger through maturity? Seems like you see the last 2-3 years of their life shared but not much more than that, maybe that’s a tough thing to track. I always wonder what that spike/forky or basket rack we see so often could turn into someday.

Here is an article from 2013 that contains pics every year from a deer age 1.5 thru 12.5 years. Started as a spike with 3" tines and turned out pretty impressive at age 4.5

Photo Gallery: From Buttons to Booner

Once a spike, always a spike? Not hardly. This one turned into a record-class deer.

realtree.com

 

[Slick]

 

[Buckscrape]

Little did I know that the name of my cam in the first picture, (your average looking 2.5 yr old), would come true for this buck 5 yrs later.

 

[Buckscrape]

This little fella showed up a couple weeks ago.
Seems to really like it here as a see him almost daily right around the yard.
Sure hope he sticks around for 3 more years.
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Looks like there's definitely a ton of potential there!

 

[Daver]

We have tracked many bucks from when they were 3 on up to 8 being the oldest that I can think of right now. I am sure that we have tracked at least one buck from 2.5 years old and then shot him when he was 5.

 

[Bucksnbears]

It incredible seeing some of these pics! Love em.
What I enjoy the most is..., even with AGE, some (most here) just don't ever get bigger as they age.