young fallow deer- age?

gess · #1 (**permalink**) 23-10-2008, 06:04 PM

Hi folks

I was wondering whether theres any way to determine age of deer.... I searched but could find nothing other than teeth! whcih doesn't help and thought there's sure to be someone here can help

Here is the young buck I saw this morning.........which started me thinking...

regards

Gess

Deer Stalker · #2 (**permalink**) 23-10-2008, 06:24 PM

Hi Gess,

Your Fallow is a pricket, a yearling buck. These are reletively easy to tell as well as the size, they have simple spikes for antlers.
You can recognise the first few years of a bucks life by his antlers & then it gets much more difficult & then down to guess work. Teeth ware also helps in a known population.

The only sure way is for them to be tagged at birth.

gess · #3 (**permalink**) 23-10-2008, 06:51 PM

Thanks so much, thats really helpful

I will know where to come next time

Thanks again

Gess

dmclean2 · #4 (**permalink**) 24-10-2008, 05:17 PM

Nice photo Gess
Well done to get a shot like that ,
Duncan

gess · #5 (**permalink**) 24-10-2008, 09:40 PM

Thanks for the lovely comment Duncan, but he really was a bold little chap, I had to slow down in my car as he was busy munching, not really taking alot of notice of what was happening around him at all!!

the bonus was I got to take a quick pic and watch him going about his business

some of the youngsters on Cannock Chase are quite used to traffic going by but if you get out they're soon off.....

regards

Gess