Buck or Doe? Updated the answer (page 3)

What say ye experts?
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one hunting fool
An old doe I say. one big deer for sure but still looks like a doe in the face to me.
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dahlmer
Buck, he needs to face away a little more to be sure.
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a_bow_nut
I would also say that iy is a buck.
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firefighterbraun
Would say a buck. I saw one just like this during the hunt and even checked to see what was "downstairs" and he was packing. Looked it up and there have been quite a few antlerless bucks in the central region. Which sucks.
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sawsman
Sure looks like a buck, but after staring at it for awhile it looks more and more like an older doe to me. Difficult to tell sometimes..
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one hunting fool
Still say its a doe. its in her eyes she has those come get me eyes LOL
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ARCHER11
I say buck. The dark brown spots on the top of his head and the straight angle you can see in front of the ears make it look like there were antlers there a week or two ago. Thats a tough one though. Could be a cone head doe
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Looks like it should have antlers on its head. I say a buck.
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Buck! Only a buck would have white face like that.
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gizmo1
buck. no doubt
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Hiker
"muzzlehunter" wrote:Buck! Only a buck would have white face like that.
 +1 at least what I have seen.
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one hunting fool
found lots of does with white faces.
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I think buck because of the way the forehead is shaped
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Muleys 24/7
"MuleyFreak" wrote:I think buck because of the way the forehead is shaped
 That's what I'm thinking too???
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dahlmer
Still calling it a buck. It appears to me that the antlers have recently dropped and you can see the flat slant of the pedicle in front of the ears.
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a_bow_nut
Also it looks like it is holding its ears like there used to be antlers there. But still just a guess.
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Muleys 24/7
So when do we find out what it really is?
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MuleyMadness
Post answer with some pics later today.
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waynedevore
I can't see anything about shed antlers? However all indications otherwise is buck and not at young one.
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MuleyMadness
Alright, yes this deer is a BUCK and here is the proof. :)

Most of you guessed it right, I'm a lot better now at judging and figuring out whether it's a buck or doe now than I used to be after watching several bucks alongside does that have just shed.

This buck has a bigger body, whited faced head, ears lay a bit different to me for the horns, etc. He just has the buck "look" to me like
you guys mentioned. I don't know how big, but don't think it is a really young buck either or it would be harder to distinguish.

Here are the pics when he turned his head I was snapping away as fast as I could.
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oakbrush
Brett,
Looks like a shed horn is laying in that bush in front of the buck. Sure looks like a tine to me. Did you notice that? Go take a look when you took the pic perhaps?

oakbrush
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MuleyMadness
oakbrush,

I never noticed that, it does look like a tine I agree. I'd be shocked if it actually is, but dad gum it kinda looks like it could be.

The buck didn't drop it during the picture, because he was bald when he walked in front of me. I'm going to have to hike back into that area and see now. lol
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MuleyMadness
Oakbrush,

I looked and analyzed my original photo forever, it drove me nuts because it does looks like it could be a shed. lol

Bugged me so much, I drove back to the area tonight to try and see if I could find a shed. Could not find my exact location where I took the pic, but I knew I was close and very close. Hiked around for a while checking all green bushes in the area to no avail. :)

So it's either not a shed, or someone beat me to is what I determined. I sure was hoping to get lucky, would have been cool.
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