Tooth age on Quinault bull

[Falcon]

Good morning.

Finally got my aging report back on bull from 2022.   Any guesses?   I will chime in with the answer after a few posts. 

[Boss .300 winmag]

WAG of 8.5 years.

I was going off the antlers, after looking at the pic more I think he’s younger than 8.5, probably around the 5-6 range.

[Hunting Cowboy]

8.5

[Bullkllr]

5

[Timberstalker]

7.5
Beautiful Bull.

[Farmer72]

4.5 years

[Gonehuntin01]

Guessing 6 1/2

[HntnFsh]

5

[Dan-o]

4.5.

Beautiful bull.   

[pd]

5

[mburrows]

8

[trophyhunt]

I’ll go 9.5

[BIGDOG253]

6 years 112 days

[addicted1]

Bloomer? Guessing 6.

[IFunk]

8 years and 4 months.

[PsoasHunter]

5.5

[Fidelk]

3.5

[Falcon]

Hint……

 He’s over 10 years old

[Platensek-po]

21 legally able to drink beer

[pianoman9701]

10.5 

[Fidelk]

Hint……

 He’s over 10 years old

I meant 13.5........

[Dan-o]

Hint……

 He’s over 10 years old

 

[MADMAX]

He’s a dandy, but I bet you had to cut that gravy with a chainsaw

[addicted1]

Bet there wasn’t much for teeth! Now guessing 12?

[JWBINX]

O-Boy

[Hunting Cowboy]

If he’s over 10, I’ll guess 11.5

[brew]

He’s a dandy, but I bet you had to cut that gravy with a chainsaw

  thanks funny MM.  great bull

[MADMAX]

He’s a dandy, but I bet you had to cut that gravy with a chainsaw

  thanks funny MM.  great bull

Back in the day we used to be able to hunt Subbase Bangor antlerless deer archery.
I was hunting the Annex area end of first week in Dec and shot a big antlerless deer I thought was a doe
It turned out to be a buck that had already shed
You were required to contact the base biologist for a tooth extraction and  tissue sampling
Got info back it was 16 years old

[trophyhunt]

Over 10, hmm 10.5?

[cohocrazy]

I would've guessed 5.5 prior to your hint so I guess I would've been way off.
I'll go 11.5. WAG

[Falcon]

Ok, here is the official age from our game dept 

13 years old, and yes MAD MAX, the meat was a tad tough 

[Dan-o]

Ok, here is the official age from our game dept 

13 years old, and yes MAD MAX, the meat was a tad tough 

Wow.....   That's a freaking old bull!

[Boss .300 winmag]

Hint……

 He’s over 10 years old
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That’s why the body size is small.

[MADMAX]

Ok, here is the official age from our game dept 

13 years old, and yes MAD MAX, the meat was a tad tough 

You can always grind
Congrats
Dandy old bull 👍

[addicted1]

Thanks for sharing, what was your guess for age when you killed it? Were the teeth worn down to nothing?

[Falcon]

Thanks for sharing, what was your guess for age when you killed it? Were the teeth worn down to nothing?

8 or 9.   The teeth looked old, but not ground down to nothing. I have a feeling he was a bigger bull back in his prime of 7 to 9.
Having said that, thrilled to have taken him.   No regrets 

[Caseknife]

The ivories on my 10.5 year old bull I killed in Wyoming were pretty flat, otherwise the teeth looked good.

[jeffitz]

Wow- Awesome Bull!

[nwwanderer]

Ancient for a bull!!  With big variations in habitat age does the same, thanks, great fun!!

[nwhuntinman]

Great Rossy, thanks for sharing. I've killed a half dozen bulls in that area. Was raised out there. My dad killed a bull when I was a kid that was same age. Massive bull and yes had to grind most of it. Brings me back to a different day seeing a bull taken from there. Congrats on a great bull.

[nwwanderer]

Great habitat to sustain a 15 year old bull, thanks!!!