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Tank gets a ride in the truck!! Update: TWRA aged at 3.5

rem270 said:
The "biologists" always seem to screw up the age. At least for KY anyways. They aged my dads 142'' 8 pt at 2.5 a couple years ago. I had 3 years worth of pics so the math didn't math. It was either 4.5 or 5.5. Every single deer they aged when I was at the CWD check station this year was 2.5. They'd stick a finger in and yell out 2.5. I probably watched them do that to 10 bucks just while I was there.
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That is interesting. I wonder why they would be so quick to label them young.
 
rem270 said:
The "biologists" always seem to screw up the age. At least for KY anyways. They aged my dads 142'' 8 pt at 2.5 a couple years ago. I had 3 years worth of pics so the math didn't math. It was either 4.5 or 5.5. Every single deer they aged when I was at the CWD check station this year was 2.5. They'd stick a finger in and yell out 2.5. I probably watched them do that to 10 bucks just while I was there.
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By just sticking a finger in the mouth, I wonder if they're trying to age the deer based on how sharp the tips of the cusps are? That would not be an accurate measure. I need to look straight down on top the teeth. Yes, cusp edges do tend to wear down with age, but not always.
 
BSK said:
By just sticking a finger in the mouth, I wonder if they're trying to age the deer based on how sharp the tips of the cusps are? That would not be an accurate measure. I need to look straight down on top the teeth. Yes, cusp edges do tend to wear down with age, but not always.
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No telling. These folks were nice but I feel I can age a deer pretty good. They got about half of the ones right they were calling 2.5. They were also misplacing a lot of the samples they took to check for cwd. So that didn't give me a good feeling either. But hey, they're "biologists".
 
BSK said:
By just sticking a finger in the mouth, I wonder if they're trying to age the deer based on how sharp the tips of the cusps are? That would not be an accurate measure. I need to look straight down on top the teeth. Yes, cusp edges do tend to wear down with age, but not always.
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That's what they stated on my deer. " How sharp the back teeth were
 
Snake said:
I've been told by some that ought to know what they are talking about....that deer in agricultural areas teeth won't wear like those eating mostly acorns , browse and food in wooded areas . Makes sense .....
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I totally agree that the type of main food source would have an impact.
 

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