06/02/2026
I've been a sort of a skull guy most of my life. I have been a hunter more than 50 years of my life. In 2008 I killed a doe with my bow that I had hunted the previous year without success. I had seen her and even had her close enough to take with my arrow but with thick cover I chose to let her walk. Later I could have shot her with my muzzle loader but decided to wait and hunt her again with my bow. That next year I got her at about 18 yards. This doe was obviously very old which is what had caused me to hunt her. I sent two teeth off to deerage.com and they aged her at 12.5 years old.....the oldest deer that I have ever taken as far as I know. Look at the excessive tooth wear and the missing teeth. She was getting to the place where processing food would be a big challenge. For me she was a special "get" and still stands out in my memory as one of my favorite hunts.