Late exposure to the first language has effects on linguistic and cognitive skills. In this study, we investigate the comprehension of zero-anaphora in native and late Deaf adult Turkish Sign Language signers to understand their reference-tracking strategies in the absence of morphological cues and see if there are differences between these groups. The results of the task conducted with 32 participants (16 native adult signers – 16 late-learner adult signers) emphasize the impact of acquisition age on zero-anaphora comprehension in TİD, revealing distinctive strategies employed by native and late-signers (p<0.05 (0.01310)). The position of the intransitive clause has a significant effect on responses (p<0.01 (0.00807)), while the thematic role did not show significance. As a follow-up, we focused on the response times of the native signers, which indicates that native signers demonstrate a strategy based on linear proximity to zero-anaphora, suggesting the influence of memory effects on retrieval. This study highlights the impact of delayed first language acquisition in the syntax/semantics/pragmatics interface.