Looking for someone to age a deer in Henderson County
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Your best bet is to pull and clean lower jaw bone and attach the pics. There are some guys on here really good with that. As far as just looking at a dead deer, it's just guess work.
Great deer, congrats to both of you
Great deer, congrats to both of you
DoubleRidge
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Don't know anyone in the area that can age a deer? But congratulations! Nice buck!
Nice deer
What part of Henderson Co? @DeerCamp
TN Larry
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^^^^^^This
Congrats to your son on a great buck by the way!
If you want an accurate age, you need to order a kit off deerage.com. Too many variables in aging by tooth wear
JoeVaquero
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Very northern part of the county. He's getting the jaw removed and cleaned up. I'll try to post some pics of it in a few days.
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Just remember, it's always a minimum age. You'll be able to get a group consensus here at least.
Sounds like it's not too far from my area. I'm southern Carroll myself
Very nice btw
Definitely should still be good to eat with the cold temps tho! Several capable of aging jaw bone teeth on here if you can post some pics.
fairchaser
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Looking at the deer, 99% chance he will be 3.5, 4.5 or 5.5. After looking at the lower jaw bone, that can be narrowed down. If you want scientific proof, send the lower incisors off for cementum annuli analysis. Let us know what you find. Great deer and congratulations.
TN Larry
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Very nice deer by the way and look forward to seeing the jawbones. It's nearly impossible to age a dead deer but looks to be an older deer. It has quite a bit of mass as well which is also an indicator of an older deer.
Cockleburrs if I had to guess…close to the river I would bet. Maybe on an island.
BSK
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Cementum annuli will NOT give you a more accurate age than toothwear. The accuracy rate is no better (and a little worse) than toothwear.
When i got intereted in tracking the age of bucks i did a ton of research. I found pros and cons of every method. I watched countless videos. While, many did not like the hassle, wxpense and wait associated with the cementum annuli method, every reaource i found credited with being the most accurate method.
Here is a resource we use in our wildlife management classes
deerlab.com
Here is a resource we use in our wildlife management classes
How to Age a Deer and Why It's Important
Aging whitetail deer is an extremely important skill for land managers. Learn why and how to age deer by hoof, teeth, skull, and the cementum annuli method.
deerlab.com
aging deer by tooth wear has too many variables. I think its a good resource, but often a subjective guess that does not consider different diets and malocclusion
