Help with jawbone age please

[GOODWIN]

Only pic I got

 

[BSK]

4 1/2

 

[TheLBLman]

4 1/2 or older

 

[GOODWIN]

Thanks. Got word taxi said same. Biggun killed last week at our camp. Rough 163"

 

[BSK]

That's a stud right there!

 

[megalomaniac]

Huge!!!!

 

[TN Larry]

Giant, congrats to the hunter!

I agree with 4.5 by jaw bone.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Beutiful buck!

 

[backyardtndeer]

4.5 or older. Congratulations to whoever killed him.

 

[GOODWIN]

Thanks. A members guest was the lucky hunter. What jawbone reference is the best to use to educate oneself?

 

[Bull_TN]

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[redblood]

Really nice deer

 

[fairchaser]

Look at the dentyne lines in the molars. The dark part. See how the last one (two humps) has the thinnest line because more and more dentyne shows as the tooth wears down. The last molar is the youngest molar. That's the 5.5 year old molar. The next one is the 4.5 year old molar then the 3.5 year old molar. Meaning when the dark line is 50% of the tooth it's that age. In this deer, the 4.5 year old molar is open as well as the 3,5 year old but not the last molar which is the 5.5 year old molar. Thus he's 4.5. There are other markers but that's the main ones to know.

 

[GOODWIN]

Look at the dentyne lines in the molars. The dark part. See how the last one (two humps) has the thinnest line because more and more dentyne shows as the tooth wears down. The last molar is the youngest molar. That's the 5.5 year old molar. The next one is the 4.5 year old molar then the 3.5 year old molar. Meaning when the dark line is 50% of the tooth it's that age. In this deer, the 4.5 year old molar is open as well as the 3,5 year old but not the last molar which is the 5.5 year old molar. Thus he's 4.5. There are other markers but that's the main ones to know.

Thanks that's easy to remember. I'll look more into it. Got another one I killed I'll post here soon.

 

[Andy S.]

4.5+ (at least 4.5, could be older). Here is a good website to reference as you start to age deer by tooth replacement and wear method. This method suggests "minimum age", so they can always possibly be a year or more older, especially when the teeth suggest 3.5 or more.

https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wil.../animals/white-tailed-deer/how-to-age-a-deer/