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Old 01-22-2002 | 02:36 PM
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Jason N
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Default RE: Determining deer age????

ABSOLUTELY FALSE! A DEERS AGE IS OFTEN DETERMINED BY THE WEARING OF THE TEETH. MOST DEER ARE BORN IN LATE SPRING TO EARLY SUMMER. THUS, WHEN YOU HARVEST A DEER IN THE FALL IT IS ROUGHTLY X.5 YEARS OLD.

EX.

BORN IN MAY 1998 AND SHOT IN FALL 2001 = 3.5

THE NUMBER OF POINTS ON A DEER'S HEAD HAS ABSOLUTEYLY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE NUMBER OF YEARS IT'S BEEN ALIVE.
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