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Originally posted by Chance Love View PostThat is what they do. In my experience this method is no more effective than our guesses. If you are asking if I have ever personally cut a tooth, then no.
It is widely known to be inaccurate. And in my opinion it’s a waste of $$.
This is what I have experienced. It simply is no more accurate than our guesses.
It will not work for your southern climate deer.
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Originally posted by wytex View PostActually for the right areas it works very accurately. The layers are only formed in climates with extremes in seasons, say warm springs and summers with extreme cold in winter. The WG&F lab has done studies with known deer ages and compared their results to the lab in Montana, on their known age deer. Our lab was much more accurate with their results.
It will not work for your southern climate deer.
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As explained to me by the gal that does the aging for WG&F, any area with extreme season changes can have accurate aging on teeth by the cementum. Mainly not in the South as she explained it. Our animals have very different diets over winter as compared to the growing season.
Since they use this method, contact the Lab that wrote the book so to speak: https://matsonslab.com/
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Originally posted by aggie2000tx View PostWhat does it matter? It is a dead deer so not getting any younger or older
I saw a 175 inch 9 point a few years ago. I knew he was only 5 years old. Hard to let him walk but I did. The next year he added 21 inches of horn at age 6 - scored 201 inches and made the Boone and Crockett book.
A dead deer has never grown another single inch of horn
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Originally posted by Huntingfool View PostIf you are trying to manage a ranch to grow top end LF deer it is huge - shooting bucks before their prime (6-8 years old) is critical to the long term quality of deer you will grow -
I saw a 175 inch 9 point a few years ago. I knew he was only 5 years old. Hard to let him walk but I did. The next year he added 21 inches of horn at age 6 - scored 201 inches and made the Boone and Crockett book.
A dead deer has never grown another single inch of horn
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Originally posted by sweldo73 View PostActual scientific studies have been conducted that demonstrate the inaccuracy of the tooth replacement wear (TRW) and cementum annuli (CA) methods. As others have said, the TRW method is highly inaccurate the older they are. The CA method is more accurate, but only averages around 60% when attempting to determine exact year age.
Results of one study:
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Originally posted by aggie2000tx View PostHunting sure has changed for a lot of people the last 20 yearsLast edited by Huntingfool; 11-19-2019, 07:23 PM.
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Originally posted by sotx View PostAccording to this study a biologist can’t tell with any accuracy after 3 years old
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Part of what has changed is protein - it does not wear teeth down anywhere near how natural browse wears them down.
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Originally posted by Huntingfool View PostPart of what has changed is protein - it does not wear teeth down anywhere near how natural browse wears them down.
This is the reason I use CA. Every year I send in the teeth and I always get the same answer that I come up with from my field judging and notes and photos from previous years.
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