Jaw bones

[Sika]

Any guesses? Not a trick question. Not trying to settle any debates. Just curious how old TBH thinks these deer are based on their tooth wear.

Buck 1




Buck 2






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[Russ81]

Buck 1: 4 but possibly 5

Buck 2: 4


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[DeerGeek]

Buck 1: abnormal tooth wear, 4.5+

Buck 2: 5.5+ (Mature)

[buck_wild]

#1 5
#2 6

[donpablo]

Buck 1's not that old. He just doesn't brush well. Lol. Sorry, I'm no help.

[DeerGeek]

Curious if you have watched these deer for a while? What are their ages? In for the answer.

[Sika]

Jaw bones

Curious if you have watched these deer for a while? What are their ages? In for the answer.

No, never seen either one of them.
The broken teeth are interesting. Curious how that happened and how it effects tooth wear.

Here are pictures of the bucks on the hoof. I was thinking 4.5 and 6.5 or 5.5 and 6.5 but both could be 5.5. Just wondering what others thought.






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[GarGuy]

I think the pics tell us more than those teeth. Both are 5 plus and great deer to take. I'm sure you are keeping history on your deer now. After you do that for a few years those teeth will disappoint you.

One last thing.... I know you can save corn by filling feeders with pea gravel but that first deer at too much of it!

[Chance Love]

I think the pics tell us more than those teeth. Both are 5 plus and great deer to take. I'm sure you are keeping history on your deer now. After you do that for a few years those teeth will disappoint you.

One last thing.... I know you can save corn by filling feeders with pea gravel but that first deer at too much of it!

I'll agree with this.

[Top Of Texas]

Buck #1: A wildlife veterinarian told me that excessive and premature wear/decay on a single tooth was caused by an illness and high fever the deer aquired when that tooth was developing. But typically we see it on tooth #4, the first molar, when the deer had illness when a young fawn. Since that's on tooth #3 then I would postulate that the illness occurred sometime around 1.5 - 2 yrs because it typically erupts at year 2. I'm aware of no research relating to impacts on other teeth. Age 5 yrs although dentine width on back tooth could be debatable to indicate 4 yrs.

Buck #2: 4 yrs. Tooth #4 shows enough wear to meet 5 yr criteria but dentine on tooth #6 much too thin.

With regards to "opinions". The method was designed to remove as much subjectivity as possible, therefore everyone should arrive at the same conclusion provided everyone has a clear understanding of the criteria for each age. However there are judgement calls regarding width of dentine relative to enamel that could be solved with a micrometer, but that'd be stupid. There also are times when left side meets criteria for a 4 yr old and right side meets 5 yr old criteria, or like buck #2 have conflicting teeth on the same side. Other than those anomalies being open to interpretation, everyone should arrive at the same age. There's no reason, based on tooth wear, for either of those bucks to be called anything other than 4 or 5.

[cominahead]

buck #2 is 4.5 let him walk this year........

[RMW]

Both 6.5

[Double L]

buck #2 is 4.5 let him walk this year........

Guessing somebody didn't read the entire thread?

[Big pig]

Guessing somebody didn't read the entire thread?

Or made a real funny!

[PondPopper]

LMAO!!! Epic.