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Interesting tidbit on aging white tails
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5215706" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>The Severinghaus errors are known to accumulate with age. In essence, toothwear aging almost never <u>over-estimates</u> age, but does under-estimate age, and the error increases with age. A great study done by Mick Hellickson at the King Ranch, with known age deer (ear-tagged as fawns) found that toothwear aging of yearlings was accurate, about 25% of 2 1/2 year-old wear-aging was a year too young, 50% of 3 1/2 aging was a year too young, 75% of 4 1/2 aging was too young (with about 25% of the incorrect ages being 2 years too young) and 100% of 5 1/2 aging was too young (with about 50% of those being two years older than toothwear indicated).</p><p></p><p>Personally, I use a combination of toothwear and body conformation to produce an age (for bucks). Does, I stick with toothwear, knowing the older does are being under-aged.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5215706, member: 17"] The Severinghaus errors are known to accumulate with age. In essence, toothwear aging almost never [U]over-estimates[/U] age, but does under-estimate age, and the error increases with age. A great study done by Mick Hellickson at the King Ranch, with known age deer (ear-tagged as fawns) found that toothwear aging of yearlings was accurate, about 25% of 2 1/2 year-old wear-aging was a year too young, 50% of 3 1/2 aging was a year too young, 75% of 4 1/2 aging was too young (with about 25% of the incorrect ages being 2 years too young) and 100% of 5 1/2 aging was too young (with about 50% of those being two years older than toothwear indicated). Personally, I use a combination of toothwear and body conformation to produce an age (for bucks). Does, I stick with toothwear, knowing the older does are being under-aged. [/QUOTE]
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