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Deer years to human years

deer years to human years

Do you want to convert deer years to human years? Depending on species, the lifespan of a deer can be anywhere between 10 and 26 years. And while deer mature faster than humans, rough estimations show that 1 year of an adult deer equals 5 human years.

You can calculate deer age in human years using these estimations:

  • 1-year-old deer is 12 in human years
  • 3-year-old deer is 23 in human years
  • 7-year-old deer is 43 in human years
  • 10-year-old deer is 58 in human years
  • 15-year-old deer is 83 in human years
  • 20-year-old deer is 108 in human years

Deer years to human years calculator

Convert deer years to human years using our online deer age converter:



deer age chart

Deer Age Human Age
6 months5 years
1 year12 years
2 years18 years
3 years23 years
4 years28 years
5 years33 years
6 years38 years
7 years43 years
8 years48 years
9 years53 years
10 years58 years
11 years63 years
12 years68 years
13 years73 years
14 years78 years
15 years83 years
16 years88 years
17 years93 years
18 years98 years
19 years103 years
20 years108 years
21 years113 years
22 years118 years
23 years123 years
24 years128 years
25 years133 years

How do deers age?

Deer have 4 main life stages:

  1. From birth to 1 year – baby deer (fawn)
  2. From 1 to 2 years – teenage deer (young fawn)
  3. From 3 years to 7-10 years – adult deer. Females are called "doe", male deer - "buck" or "stag"
  4. From 7 years (depending on species) and older – deer are concidered of old and very old age

The oldest deer

The oldest deer recorded by the Guinness World Records was Bambi the red deer who lived for 31 years and 226 days (Bambi would be almost 166 in human years!)