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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: floatinghat on January 08, 2015, 06:55:14 PM

Title: Blacktail age?
Post by: floatinghat on January 08, 2015, 06:55:14 PM: I am trying to get an age on my 2014 blacktail trying to guess if he was on the way up, at the top, or sliding down hill.
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Post by: lokidog on January 08, 2015, 07:33:33 PM: Those are some pretty worn down teeth.

A Google search for "deer age teeth chart" will bring up lotsw of pictures to look at.
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Post by: Smokepole on January 08, 2015, 08:15:24 PM: INteresting photos!
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Post by: fishnfur on January 08, 2015, 09:53:50 PM: I couldn't begin to guess his age, but as a retired dentist, I'd say he had moderate periodontal disease, needed several crowns and a good cleaning. Please schedule that skull at your earliest convenience.
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Post by: Smokepole on January 09, 2015, 07:41:40 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: floatinghat on January 09, 2015, 08:18:42 PM: Can I video the hygienist and post it here? :yike:
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Post by: tonymiller7 on January 13, 2015, 06:57:17 AM: I would guess at 6+ years. Its been a long time since I've aged teeth, and it's harder without being able to touch them.
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on January 13, 2015, 09:07:42 AM: Do you have the lower jaw?
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Post by: floatinghat on January 14, 2015, 08:03:56 PM: No I don't have it anymore. It's now a Euro mount, if I had to do it over I still would have done the Euro but would have saved the cape.
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on January 15, 2015, 10:40:05 AM: Reason I asked is most aging progressions are done with cheek teeth of the lower jaw. This guy has enough wear that he was definitely a mature deer, especially the one where all of the dentine lakes have been worn into a single surface. The uppers wear more slowly than the lowers, so I am going to say he was near the top - quite a bit of wear, but still a fair amount of enamel remaining. Since blacktails have a longer wild maximum lifespan than mule deer or whitetails, I would guess age is somewhere between 6-9 years.
Title: Re: Blacktail age?
Post by: floatinghat on January 20, 2015, 09:43:26 AM: Quote from: Sundance on January 19, 2015, 01:09:30 PM
Just an update to this thread, I still have the lower jaw from this buck (and mine). WDFW sent me some envelopes so I will be sending the teeth out to be aged. They quoted me about 6 months, so it will be awhile until the official results are back in. Unofficial I will say they were both older.

Cool, I thought those went out in the "bucket".