Age these teeth...

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catman529

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I found this jawbone while scouting around a property I can hunt.... I sure wish I could have killed this old nanner. Haven't found the rest of the bones yet but assuming its a doe. Only found vertebrae and lower jaw.

I'd guess 8.5 but they say it's almost impossible to tell once they get this worn down.

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I hope it's not the deer I had on camera I called "horsey"... I will have to look thru all my recent pics and see if she is still there or not.
 
redblood said:
didn't i read on here that the oldest deer twra ever aged was 7.5
I remember someone posting that but they can live to be much older as im sure you know. I read 8-12 in the wild with some deer in captivity living much longer. One doe was 19.5

Cool find catman.
 
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There are actually 2 confirmed cases of deer living 20+ in the wild. Both were Al deer killed in the 90's I believe. They both had ear tags identifying them as having been tagged over 20 years before they were killed by hunters. Unfortunately, deer aren't tagged near as much now as they were during the restocking efforts. I remember seeing a herd of 20+ deer all with ear tags on the parkway. They had just been released after tagging and were a little stunned. The tooth ware and replacement method of aging gives a minimum age, and generally when all molars are dished out, the age is 8+. But all of those deer are quite a bit older in reality.
 

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