Slugger Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 ive been researching and learning to age by whitetails by thier teeth for a few years now and a co worker brought me one side of a jawbone from a buck he killed this year the problem is everything looks like a 4.5-5.5 up to the second molar(5th tooth back. it is half as tall and almost completely flat with hardly any enamel lines and all dentine. and the 6th tooth (3rd molar) is missing. i dont know what to think about this. the deer was killed in southern IN. and was 200lbs. and scored between 160-170 gross. any help is appreciated as i said b4 i am puzzled by the 2nd and 3rd molar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Usually a 160-170 inch buck isn't young, but it is hard to say without a picture. One trick we do is to take the extra effort and completely remove the jaw from the head and boil it out just like you would a skull for a "European Mount". Having the whole jaw helps when teeth are missing or they have a problem on one side of their mouth. Cleaning up the jaws makes it easy to see all the teeth and allows you to collect them for an aging display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slugger Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 yeah it stinks that i dont have both sides. his taxidermist as already disgarded the rest of the head. so im stuck with what i have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Have you been here http://tndeer.com/aging.shtml. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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