Another Jaw Bone Age Request **updated**
- Thread starter DoubleRidge
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I'm not very good at it but that deer is old
TN Larry
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5.5
catman529
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5.5 or older
BSK
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6.5+
A buck that age is a truly rare critter.
A buck that age is a truly rare critter.
megalomaniac
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At least 6.5
DoubleRidge
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Thanks guys.... really appreciate the input
Do like me, piggyback on everyone else's opinion
Do like me, piggyback on everyone else's opinion
Just curious. Did he have a big rack?
Just a glimpse tells me 6.5+, likely older. Almost down to his gum line. Thanks for sharing.
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DoubleRidge
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Nice buck (really nice considering age).
Trail cam pic was late November and buck was taken two days after pic. Hills and holler middle TN land....no major Ag crops in close proximity....but this farm does have multiple food plots.
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DoubleRidge
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Another interesting point to make on the buck....he had been battling with other bucks....couple of puncture wounds in back of head...one would in side of head and his jaw was actually fractured....old warrior.
Fine fine buck, congrats to the lucky hunter. Thanks again for sharing with us.
Wow I would have guessed 4.5 max by trail cam pic.
DoubleRidge
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Agree ...I would not have looked at trail cam pic and guessed 5.5 or 6.5+....but looking at his teeth I believe it.
DoubleRidge
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**UPDATE**.....my buddy mentioned in original post sent teeth off to lab in Missoula MT for analysis and they aged the deer at 7.5 years old....old warrior.
^^^^ Very believable. Thanks for the update.
megalomaniac
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7.5 is not a stretch based on those teeth... im actually surprised it didn't age out older than that!
fairchaser
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A wild TN buck that old is one in a million. They have to navigate many chances to die or be killed by a hunter. It's not surprising the only pic was a night picture. That buck had to be almost nocturnal. The hunter was very lucky or very skillful. Probably both to get that buck.
tree_ghost
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Man that's one heck of a feat to kill a buck that has seen almost every trick a hunter can pull out of the bag to kill him and lived to tell about it...congrats again!
