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Offline Michelle_Nelson

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Re: Last Fall's Bear Skull
« Reply #30 on: August 09, 2010, 02:36:59 PM »
Rufus what designation did they give you.  Sometimes they will put a + or - so many years.  I am not quite sure how it works.  PM Billythekidrock if you have questions about the scale they have for age.

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Re: Last Fall's Bear Skull
« Reply #31 on: August 09, 2010, 04:06:51 PM »
He just said it was 17. I had no idea they sometimes give a +/-. I thought they counted rings and that was that.

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Re: Last Fall's Bear Skull
« Reply #32 on: August 09, 2010, 08:28:53 PM »
But if the teeth are beat up I would imagine that some of the rings may not be intact or that they are able to count them.

I would call back and ask just to see what they tell you about the + or -.

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Re: Last Fall's Bear Skull
« Reply #33 on: August 13, 2010, 01:00:27 PM »
They sent me a form that gave the bears age as 17 in one area and 17 to 18 in another area.

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Re: Last Fall's Bear Skull
« Reply #34 on: August 13, 2010, 05:53:47 PM »
Rufus what designation did they give you.  Sometimes they will put a + or - so many years.  I am not quite sure how it works.  PM Billythekidrock if you have questions about the scale they have for age.
He just said it was 17. I had no idea they sometimes give a +/-. I thought they counted rings and that was that.

Counting the rings is not always as accurate as they would like so they leave a little wiggle room.

Donny M. and I were discussing an old bear that I killed and he explained that they give a +/- designation to reflect the amount of years that an age could vary by. I think one of my ten year old bears had an "A" designator which indicated +/- 1-2 years. He remembered my 23.5 year old boar and told me he thought it had a "C" indicating +/- 5 years or something like that.




 


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