Cementum aged critters - Let’s see them..

[Big Sky Guy]

Look towards the top and it shows a table for females and males

Thanks, I didn't scroll down far enough on the pic to see that .

 

[OpenCountry]

8 yo boar . Chocolate bear skull from previous post on left and black on right.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

Re-read the OP again and @Frequently Banned Troll didn't say have to be harvests. I'm still at work so will share one more from my time here. Also this is the story behind the photo for my avatar?/profile pic.

Alaskan brown bear captured in 2001. Tooth was pulled and sent to Matson's. Aged as 24A. In 2017 same brown bear was re-captured with a fat yearling. I am not sure why, but they did not pull another tooth. Good chance there wasn't any to pull or by pulling them could have negatively impacted bears ability to forage/survive). In place of the tooth ADFG sent us the original slide from 16 years prior to confirm age. Age was confirmed. Making this bear 40 years old with a 1 year old cub. Never got a photo of the bear. The record for oldest brown bear was and still is 39 years old. We did not update our record since we technically didn't process a tooth. This is also most likely the oldest recorded reproductively active bear.

 

[DFS]

Interesting stuff thank you @Big Sky Guy

 

[MTTW]

4 years

 

[PoleX]

8.5, Tooth pulled by @Big Sky Guy.

Not sure on the certainty code.

Only one I’ve had aged so far.

 

[MTTW]

6 years

 

[Big Sky Guy]

8.5, Tooth pulled by @Big Sky Guy.

Not sure on the certainty code.

Only one I’ve had aged so far.
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Did he freeze solid? Just curious how/why he is inside the wall tent?

 

[Letthemgrow]

Yeah . . . all you guys bitchin' on other threads about mule deer in Montana should probably stop posting all these great bucks if you want to remain believable.

Joking aside, there are some beautiful bucks on this thread!

 

[MTTW]

6 years

 

[MTTW]

4 years. I saved this tooth for at least 10 years because I had heard that they could be aged. When I heard of Matson's Lab, I sent several in.

 

[PoleX]

Did he freeze solid? Just curious how/why he is inside the wall tent?

Just wanted to enjoy the comforts of a wall tent and drink a couple beers while I took care of him.

 

[MTTW]

Bear, 15 years.

 

[Nick87]

This is an awesome thread.Maybe this will inspire me to have a few animals aged that i've been putting off.

 

[BrentD]

Does anybody have contact details and costs for a lab that just anybody can send something in to be analyzed?

I have a couple old whitetails and a bison that would be interesting..

 

[MTTW]

8 years, FWP pulled the tooth and sent me the results. 2005

 

[MTTW]

Does anybody have contact details and costs for a lab that just anybody can send something in to be analyzed?

I have a couple old whitetails and a bison that would be interesting..

matsonslab.com

 

[Letthemgrow]

4 years. I saved this tooth for at least 10 years because I had heard that they could be aged. When I heard of Matson's Lab, I sent several in.
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Hard not wonder what that buck would have been at 6 or 7 years of age.

And I say that knowing 99% of people don't pass on a buck like that.
Congrats and thanks for sharing.

 

[Sask hunter]

5.5

 

[Sask hunter]

6.5