** Ok HNI "Armchair Wildlife Biologists"...How old is THIS deer? **
10-20-2008, 12:44 PM
#41
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Cogan Station, PA
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RE: ** Ok HNI "Armchair Wildlife Biologists"...How old is THIS deer? **
ORIGINAL: Matt / PA
Says who? 
ORIGINAL: MGH_PA
Wow, for once I guessed right.
Wow, for once I guessed right.
10-20-2008, 12:54 PM
#42
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: West Ky.
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RE: ** Ok HNI "Armchair Wildlife Biologists"...How old is THIS deer? **
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Would it not matter where this deer was harvested from? What he's been eating?
Would it not matter where this deer was harvested from? What he's been eating?
10-20-2008, 12:59 PM
#43
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: West Ky.
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RE: ** Ok HNI "Armchair Wildlife Biologists"...How old is THIS deer? **
ORIGINAL: Jawshooter
wont matter much.......As long as she wasnt on a liquid diet and from the moon 
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Would it not matter where this deer was harvested from? What he's been eating?
Would it not matter where this deer was harvested from? What he's been eating?
10-20-2008, 01:05 PM
#45
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Virginia / West Virginia
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RE: ** Ok HNI "Armchair Wildlife Biologists"...How old is THIS deer? **
I don't know if you posted the answer yet or not...didn't read all the posts.
I'm gonna say 3.5 based on the ones I've had aged by the DNR Biologists. I just went to my pile of jawbones and the 4.5's have more wear than that one appears to have. BUT, based on how big you said she was, it wouldn't suprise me if she was 4.5 - tooth wear can vary for sure. Body size can fool you sometimes though....I have one from a 80lb doe, aged at 8.5, she barely had teeth....but to see her on foot, you'd have never known.
I'm gonna say 3.5 based on the ones I've had aged by the DNR Biologists. I just went to my pile of jawbones and the 4.5's have more wear than that one appears to have. BUT, based on how big you said she was, it wouldn't suprise me if she was 4.5 - tooth wear can vary for sure. Body size can fool you sometimes though....I have one from a 80lb doe, aged at 8.5, she barely had teeth....but to see her on foot, you'd have never known.
10-20-2008, 01:14 PM
#47
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: ny
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RE: ** Ok HNI "Armchair Wildlife Biologists"...How old is THIS deer? **
In the first pic you can see that the dentine equals or is less than the enamel on both the 3rd premolar and the 1stmolar
In the second pic you can see relative lack of wear and sharp edges of the 3rd premolar and the 1st molar
These two things lead me to believe that matts deer is only 2.5. I have to say that there is alil bit more wear on the 3rd premolar but the sharp lingual and bilingual edges of the 1st molar really push it towards being only 2.5. Could the deer be 3.5??? Sure it's possible especially with her size...but I'll let matt get into that as we have disscussed a few posibilities as to her large size and relativly young age.
In the second pic you can see relative lack of wear and sharp edges of the 3rd premolar and the 1st molar
These two things lead me to believe that matts deer is only 2.5. I have to say that there is alil bit more wear on the 3rd premolar but the sharp lingual and bilingual edges of the 1st molar really push it towards being only 2.5. Could the deer be 3.5??? Sure it's possible especially with her size...but I'll let matt get into that as we have disscussed a few posibilities as to her large size and relativly young age.
10-20-2008, 01:16 PM
#48
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,608
RE: ** Ok HNI "Armchair Wildlife Biologists"...How old is THIS deer? **
I'm gonna guess 3.5, only based on the teeth. If I were to base it on her size, I'd say 4.5-5.5. I'm not real sure what's considered a big deer in your area.
