Jawbone aging/tooth wear "experts"....a ?

[GMMAT]

My taxi that's doing the euro mount for me uses a micrometer to measure tooth wear.....and references his measurements against a "std" chart (realizing that it's not an 'absolute' science).

Is this std. operating procedure? Kinda more scientific than I thought it might be....in watching him do the measurements.

Thanks.

[125py]

hmm never heard of that[&:]

[wahoohunter]

If you want the best way to get the exact age of your deer, cut one of the teeth in half and look at the cross section under a microscope

[okcaveman]

just this last wkend i pulled and aged jaws at a check station. yes its standard for 4.5 and older bucks. .5 yr old, 1.5, and 2.5 are all reallly obvious. a .5 will only have 4 or 5 teeth. (mature deer have 6), a 1.5 will have all 6 and they are labeled 2,3,4 premolars. no1 due to it supposedly being dropped sometime in their evolution. and 1,2,3 molars. the number 4 premolar will be a tricuspid in a 1.5. at 2.5 it is a bicuspid, and all the teeth are really sharp. after that the wear depends on location and food sources but you can use a millimeter and match it up to a chart and get a general idea of age

[GMMAT]

but you can use a millimeter

Do you mean to say a micrometer?

[jmbuckhunter]

Never heard of that one, but I do have a set of cast resin teeth to use as a reference. I won it at a QDMA Banquet I went to last year.