Where to send Deer Teeth for Aging

[mattw097]

Hey guys,

My name is Matt Williams, I am a new member to TBH and am looking for suggestions on where to send some whitetail teeth for aging. I have 3 sets of front teeth I would like to send off to have age tested. Who is your go to when needing teeth aged? Thanks in advance for all the help!

[wytex]

Some of your southern climate deer do not age very well by the annuli method, not enough change between seasons .
You can send to a place in Montana and WG&F lab does tooth aging.
Matson Lab and Deerage.com are also places to send.

[Team Roper]

www.deerage.com has the info you are looking for

[Chance Love]

Save your money.

[Texastaxi]

Save your money.

What he said!

[30-30]

Post some pics here and you should get enough expert* opinions to figure a rough 3-year range...

[Big pig]

Post some pics here and you should get enough expert* opinions to figure a rough 3-year range...

Haha.

Seriously, is there a foolproof test/method for aging a wild deer.

BP

[bossbowman]

www.deerage.com has the info you are looking for

I would send them here but a bunch on here will say they lie to you

[brokeno]

Post them on here and you'll get better results and cheap.

[Chance Love]

Haha.

Seriously, is there a foolproof test/method for aging a wild deer.

BP

No. The best you can hope for is a yearlin with markings that will carry-over each year. We have a buck that was a spike at 18 months old and had snow white ears. He's been an easy one to keep track of. This year he was a 4 year old, really pretty 10 point. Actually one of our better 4 year olds.

[Texastaxi]

I would send them here but a bunch on here will say they lie to you

https://discussions.texasbowhunter.c...&highlight=age

[Miller]

We have had good luck with deerage.com. We have a relative age on deer we sent in... from trail camera pictures, watching them over the years, and just our observations when they are alive and on the ground. They have always hit the age we were guessing to this point.

This has been from the last 2 years. I know they have moved locations before then and things may have changed? Maybe why people had bad results in the past?

I know there are some studies from the past that discount this type of methods results, but I haven't seen anything recent.

I'm sure it isn't perfect, but for us it has been a way better tool for us than the old looking at the jawbone method.

[Puncher51]

We have had good luck with deerage.com. We have a relative age on deer we sent in... from trail camera pictures, watching them over the years, and just our observations when they are alive and on the ground. They have always hit the age we were guessing to this point.

This has been from the last 2 years. I know they have moved locations before then and things may have changed? Maybe why people had bad results in the past?

I know there are some studies from the past that discount this type of methods results, but I haven't seen anything recent.

I'm sure it isn't perfect, but for us it has been a way better tool for us than the old looking at the jawbone method.

X2!

I’ve sent in half a dozen or so teeth to deerage.com, I’ve had great results each time. Each buck was right in line with what we thought from multiple years of TC pictures.

[mattw097]

Thanks for all of the help everyone! We've decided to send all sets of teeth to deerage.com and see what they have to say. Process will take a bit but I'll post an update once finished on how close they age the deer compared to what we believe them to be.

[GarGuy]

Thanks for all of the help everyone! We've decided to send all sets of teeth to deerage.com and see what they have to say. Process will take a bit but I'll post an update once finished on how close they age the deer compared to what we believe them to be.

Welcome.

Please do post the results. Also if you don't mind post the jaw tooth age compared to the sawed front tooth age. I have been gathering data on known age deer in east tx for a while now based on years of photo history. Jaw aging has been seriously under stating my deer.