Cementum aged critters - Let’s see them..

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[rogerthat]

6 years old Colorado

 

[DFS]

I don’t think they “plateau” but they get to about 90% in that time.

The antelope that I have shoulder mounted I watched for a lot of years. They don’t plateau at 2 or 3 but they do change from year to year.

 

[Nick87]

6 years old Colorado
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It's ok you can tell us the truth, 2025 Montana...

 

[rogerthat]

It's ok you can tell us the truth, 2025 Montana...

Nope. That one’s about 20” bigger and the other species and I’m actually being honest. I’m on a heater but no age on that one yet

 

[Nick87]

Nope. That one’s about 20” bigger and the other species and I’m actually being honest. I’m on a heater but no age on that one yet

Discontinuing the scent killer must've worked out ?

 

[DFS]

6 years old

 

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The deer or the hunter?

 

[DFS]

The deer or the hunter?

It was an equal battle

 

[rogerthat]

The deer or the hunter?

That does bring up something I have been quite curious about. Hey @Big Sky Guy when they find a random human skull does csi send there teeth to you ie does it work on humans and is that how they come up with age?

 

[HappyCamper]

Aged 8.5 by Matsons

 

[HappyCamper]

Ages 3.5 by Matsons. Green scored a hair under 80”

 

[Big Sky Guy]

That does bring up something I have been quite curious about. Hey @Big Sky Guy when they find a random human skull does csi send there teeth to you ie does it work on humans and is that how they come up with age?

My understanding is there really isn’t a need for it with humans, especially with DNA taking such a monumental role in solving that stuff, once you know the vic/perp you’re going to know the age since we all have birth certificates.

We do not process human teeth or tissue, but the process would be the same and likely work. Gary processed a tooth from a dentist friend decades ago and got within a couple years on a 40 something year old female IIRC.

We have received human teeth unexpectedly but that’s a story to tell in person and not on an internet forum.

 

[Letthemgrow]

How would to you know what age their permanent teeth came in?

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

For those of you getting <4 year old pronghorn aged via cementum annuli, you do realize you can accurately age them (up to 4) just by looking at incisor replacement?

 

[rogerthat]

For those of you getting <4 year old pronghorn aged via cementum annuli, you do realize you can accurately age them (up to 4) just by looking at incisor replacement?

I did not. Please explain

 

[shrapnel]

5 1/2 years old…

 

[thusby]

5 years

 

[It’s Bucky]

5.5, A reliability, believe it or not

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

I did not. Please explain

At age 1.5 the front two (I1s) permanent incisors are in, and noticeably bigger than the others. At age 2.5 the I2s (next to the I1s) are permanent and larger. At age 3.5 the I3s (next to I2s) are permanent and large. At age 4.5 the last set of incisors, technically canines I think, are now permanent. After age 4.5 it becomes guesswork.

Here's a pic of the incisors from a pronghorn that is 3.5. The I4s/canines (circled) are noticeably smaller than the others.