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plinker22,

That jaw will appear to most as being a 2 1/2 year-old, because the deer has all of its permanent teeth in. But considering how recently those permanent premolars have erupted (clean white teeth with no staining and absolutely zero wear), I strongly suspect that deer is a "long yearling," a yearling deer that has just lost its milk teeth, which usually occurs at 20 months of age.
 
BSK said:
plinker22,

That jaw will appear to most as being a 2 1/2 year-old, because the deer has all of its permanent teeth in. But considering how recently those permanent premolars have erupted (clean white teeth with no staining and absolutely zero wear), I strongly suspect that deer is a "long yearling," a yearling deer that has just lost its milk teeth, which usually occurs at 20 months of age.
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Interesting!
 
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8 POINTS OR BETTER said:
What would it get reported as by a Wildlife Agency 1.5 or 2.5?
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Depends on how knowledge the person aging the deer is. Unfortunately, few will catch a "long yearling," unless they have seen it a few times before.
 
pass-thru said:
1 year 7 months :D
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BSK said:
plinker22,

That jaw will appear to most as being a 2 1/2 year-old, because the deer has all of its permanent teeth in. But considering how recently those permanent premolars have erupted (clean white teeth with no staining and absolutely zero wear), I strongly suspect that deer is a "long yearling," a yearling deer that has just lost its milk teeth, which usually occurs at 20 months of age.
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Thank you BSK and pass-thru. This is the info I was looking for.

For what it is worth, this jaw came from an Ohio 11 pt that I shot with my bow on November 30. It was a "tiny" buck that walked under me right at last shooting light. He was at 8 to 12 yards and I had to pull up my binoculars to even see if it was a buck or doe. All I could see was points, points, points. I had not idea how small that buck or rack would be.

Field dressed, he was 118 lbs.



 

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