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jawbone/ buck age and observation about jawbones
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<blockquote data-quote="pass-thru" data-source="post: 5518739" data-attributes="member: 2382"><p>Here are a couple pics of a buck I shot yesterday...the jawbone and trailcam pics. He was on the target list because from the body he appears to be at least 3 years old, and that is my threshold. The jawbone has very little wear. For over twenty years I have boiled out every jawbone from the deer that I have killed that was at least two years old...with maybe a couple of late season long yearling does as well. </p><p></p><p>One thing that I have noticed is that on most classic 2 year olds the last cusp of the back molar has a high gum line. On this buck it does not have a high gum line, which to me indicates that he older than 2. Is this legit clue for purposes of jawbone aging? I will post a pic of the jaw from a done I shot last month next to the buck jawbone as an example. Also, some older deer do have a higher gumline, but not as high as the example, and are easy to distinguish. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]161876[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]161877[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]161878[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]161879[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]161880[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]161881[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pass-thru, post: 5518739, member: 2382"] Here are a couple pics of a buck I shot yesterday...the jawbone and trailcam pics. He was on the target list because from the body he appears to be at least 3 years old, and that is my threshold. The jawbone has very little wear. For over twenty years I have boiled out every jawbone from the deer that I have killed that was at least two years old...with maybe a couple of late season long yearling does as well. One thing that I have noticed is that on most classic 2 year olds the last cusp of the back molar has a high gum line. On this buck it does not have a high gum line, which to me indicates that he older than 2. Is this legit clue for purposes of jawbone aging? I will post a pic of the jaw from a done I shot last month next to the buck jawbone as an example. Also, some older deer do have a higher gumline, but not as high as the example, and are easy to distinguish. [ATTACH type="full"]161876[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]161877[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]161878[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]161879[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]161880[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]161881[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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