Originally Posted by
timbercruiser
I think it was Mississippi State or Auburn, one of the schools that has a deer research program, took a number of deer that were tagged, no doubt about their ages, removed their jawbones, and had a number of deer biologist/specialist examine the jawbones to determine the ages. Very few of the deer were aged correctly by examining their jawbones.
I'd have to agree, there are way too many factors that can alter a deers teeth. Most people claim to be experts but unless you are a biologist that specializes in deer I think most are just educated guesses, just look at the range of ages we got off this post.