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Offline walkabout

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Age your deer here..
« on: November 07, 2015, 01:18:09 PM »
Thought we would start this thread again this season.. HVS member DHenry our local biologist can age your deer here if you post clear and close up photos of your lower jaw.. 

Ill post the first one now..

Buck..

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Re: Age your deer here..
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2015, 02:14:32 PM »
That's an easy one, Ron.

3 1/2 years old.

Your picture is perfect. All I need to age the deer is a close-up of the grinding surfaces of the teeth on the lower jaw. The picture should be taken from the cheek side, not the tongue side. 

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Re: Age your deer here..
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2015, 02:28:22 PM »
Thank you Dick..
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Re: Age your deer here..
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2015, 04:16:54 PM »
Can you age this one I have pic of other side as well...his front teeth some were missing other were rotten

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Re: Age your deer here..
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2015, 09:01:29 PM »
This deer is also a 3 1/2 year old. 

The molars, or grinding teeth are made up of two substances....enamel which is the white part,  and dentine which  is brown and resembles tooth decay, but is actually just a softer substance than the enamel. 

Molars are critical for grinding browse and other vegetation before passing the pre-chewed food on through the four chambers of the digestive tract.

Typically molars on the lower jaw are worn down to the gum line by the time they are approaching 10 years old.   

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Re: Age your deer here..
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2015, 12:32:55 PM »
Thank you dick

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Re: Age your deer here..
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2015, 08:01:56 PM »
Just wondering your thoughts of age on this one. Thanks!

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Re: Age your deer here..
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2015, 08:07:35 PM »
2 1/2..... am I close Dick?

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« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2015, 09:08:07 PM »
Here is a different picture of the same deer.

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Re: Age your deer here..
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2015, 09:25:04 PM »
2 1/2..... am I close Dick?

You're close; it's another 3 1/2 year old.   

Remind me after the season is over; I'll be glad to run a couple deer aging classes for you guys. I can handle up to 16 people per class.

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Re: Age your deer here..
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2015, 10:23:46 PM »
Thanks so much!

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Re: Age your deer here..
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2015, 10:40:01 AM »
How about this one?

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« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2015, 10:41:26 AM »
Another angle

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« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2015, 11:41:55 AM »
This deer is slightly older than the previous submissions. It's a pretty solid  4 1/2 year old.

Congrats......!

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« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2015, 05:52:07 PM »
Here's one

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