Jaw bone

Where can you get a jaw bone aged asap? I have seen management areas say a deers age. Would they tell you the age if you showed up with a jaw bone?

Post up a pic.....

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Get one of these and you can do it.

We got that but some say it’s one thing some say it’s another so I was shooting for an outside parties opinion

Post it up. I’ll look at it.

Ill probably get fussed at about this but I have my doubts about jawbone aging. That is unless you have a record of the area it came from. I killed a deer last year that was guessed to be 2-3yo by the jawbone, I had pictures of him for four years previous when he was a 6pt, im pretty sure was his second rack. I know for a fact he was atleast 5yo. I do believe if you have a good record for your area you can get a pretty good estimate but there are factors that can cause a deers teeth to wear a little faster or slower. But hey, im a tree climber so what do I know. If the guys who have studied it for years says its right, theyre way more qualified than I am. But atleast consider what ive said.

Jwalker, you’re exactly right. Most deer will fall in what I call the typical toothwear category, and fit the age you think they are based on history and trailcams. There are others that simply don’t. Although I age hundreds of them each year I still don’t claim it to be a 100% accurate method. Heck I’d think it’s probably about 60-70% accurate on anything past 3 years old. There are way too many variables at play once they start reaching maturity, including genetics, diet, soil characteristics and chewing patterns.

Some excellent videos on aging deer by tooth wear. Short and to the point.

1. https://youtu.be/c2QXoPemYSE

2. https://youtu.be/35Xc9hzpaFE

3. https://youtu.be/oYy4GkHeOz0

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I guess 3yo but I have not been trained at all, just looked at a few. Wanted to go first to see if I was wrong when some of the experts say.

4.5 WAG

Deer is 5

I would have said 3.5 based on the videos 40bucks posted. They are pretty informative

Y’all would go three on the deer Mascot posted pics of?

I was just guessing. I didnt watch the video. I was just looking at the wear on the outside and the dentine. Like I said, I dont know what im doing

He is correct

I concur with 5.5