FIELD GUIDE TO AGING AND SCORING WHITE-TAILED DEER

 Contains 8 pages with 22 color photographs featuring key characteristics used to age and score white-tailed deer before harvesting.

 Identify characteristics used to field score a buck “while on the hoof” utilizing the Boone and Crockett (B&C) scoring system.

 Calculate the B&C score of your deer by following the enclosed step-by-step instructions (blank score sheet is provided for easily calculating B&C score).

 Determine proper shot placement by identifying the internal organs of a white-tailed deer.

 All photographs were made by respected author and premier white-tailed deer photographer, Mike Biggs.

 A valuable management and educational tool, the new Field Guide to Aging and Scoring White-tailed Deer is a must for all hunters and landowners.

 Printed on laminated card stock for field utility.

In recent years, there has been tremendous interest in trophy management for white-tailed deer. Three things are needed to grow trophy deer: genetics, nutrition and AGE. Many are finally realizing the importance of allowing a buck to reach maturity.

This new field guide, from G&R Products, highlights key characteristics used to identify four age classes of deer: Young (1½ -2½ years of age); Middle-Aged (3 ½-4 ½ years of age); Mature (5 ½-6 ½ years of age); and, Old (7 ½+ year of age).

Four pictures of each age class are represented on a “split page” format. This “split page” format allows you to easily compare characteristics between the different age classes (without turning pages).

The guide also contains information used to field score a buck while “on the hoof” utilizing the Boone and Crockett (B&C) scoring system. In addition, a photograph outlining the internal anatomy of a white-tailed deer is included in the guide. This photograph identifies the location of internal organs for proper shot placement.