Tooth age

[tree_ghost]

Went shed hunting and found a bunch of dead deer bedded in a thicket. 8 in total. 7 does and 1 buck. They were all older deer (jaw bones confirmed) and had been there for what I'm guessing was 3 years. Strange for certain...how old do you think this old gal was?

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[Andy S.]

Re: Tooth age

OLD! Very interesting wear pattern to still have the height on the teeth (distance above gum line). I would expect that wear to be flush with gum line.

 

[tree_ghost]

Re: Tooth age

OLD! Very interesting wear pattern to still have the height on the teeth (distance above gum line). I would expect that wear to be flush with gum line.

I thought it looked a little off myself...


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[megalomaniac]

Re: Tooth age

Agreed, atypical wear pattern with excessive wear on premolars compared to molars.

Typical Severinghaus method would be 5.5 to 6.5, but with that much wear on premolars, I think shes actually 8.5+

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[catman529]

Re: Tooth age

Very old, no accurate guess on that one unless the front teeth were sent in for CA aging.

This one came back from the lab at 14.5

Also that's not been there for 3 years, looks like a fresh one that died some time last year.


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[tree_ghost]

Re: Tooth age

Well the reason I say that I think they have been there for 3 years is that the antlers on the buck were starting to crack around the burls. I have found sheds that were a year old and they have never been cracked. The only thing I can figure is that they got sick from something and all of them piled in the bedding area for safety and died laying in their beds. I'm not real familiar with deer behavior after they contract EHD but it seems like they more or less go crazy once they become that sick. Does this behavior line up with something along this lines or would y'all think it's something else?


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[catman529]

Re: Tooth age

Well the reason I say that I think they have been there for 3 years is that the antlers on the buck were starting to crack around the burls. I have found sheds that were a year old and they have never been cracked. The only thing I can figure is that they got sick from something and all of them piled in the bedding area for safety and died laying in their beds. I'm not real familiar with deer behavior after they contract EHD but it seems like they more or less go crazy once they become that sick. Does this behavior line up with something along this lines or would y'all think it's something else?


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I have no idea about the weird behavior, but the color on that jawbone as well as the piece of dried flesh stuck to it tells me it has been there less than a year.


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[Ski]

Re: Tooth age

No idea on an age guess, but that situation sounds eerily similar to what happens to a herd of cattle when lightning hits. They huddle together to weather the storm, then one bolt of lightning kills them all instantly.

 

[tree_ghost]

Re: Tooth age

No idea on an age guess, but that situation sounds eerily similar to what happens to a herd of cattle when lightning hits. They huddle together to weather the storm, then one bolt of lightning kills them all instantly.

I guess that may explain the cracked antlers....?


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[Hillbilly Hunter]

Re: Tooth age

Cracked antlers could be from weathering but that many dead in one spot supports a lightening strike.