old onion breath....jawbone

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I shot this deer a couple afternoons ago, in the middle of a cutover thicket. When I went to field dress her, she stank like onions...bad. When I went to pull the jawbone, she had a mouth packed with wild onion shoots.

What's the age? The jawbone wear seems a little atypical, so I checked the other side and it is an exact match.



good amount of fat...more than any other deer I've shot in a few years. I guess the huge acorn crop is paying dividends. Also, some of my clover plots still have edible clover, as opposed to the normal mud slick by this time.
 
Im no expert but lookin at my chart id say 5.5, with the #4 putting it 6.5+. Interesting wear lookin to me anyway. Congrats on a mature deer!
 
Weird wear pattern, at least 5.5 but the first molar looks a lot more worn than it should be compared to other teeth. The premolars have unusually little wear compared to the rest. Either way she has seen a few deer seasons that's for sure.


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5.5 A pic from the top would help. Nice deer regardless! Congrats!

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Ignore the heavily worn 1st molar. Something was wrong with that deer's chewing mechanics. The other teeth in the mouth do not show the same wear pattern. Now the deer is mature (at least 4 1/2), but not the age the 1st molar would suggest (6 1/2+).
 

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