Cementum aged critters - Let’s see them..

[Frequently Banned Troll]

Yeah but I’m no tooth age expert. I do know that I thought it was a clearly old looking bull, by tooth wear and overall size, missing a waddle, and just other signs of having been an adult for more that a year or two.

 

[rogerthat]

Yeah but I’m no tooth age expert. I do know that I thought it was a clearly old looking bull, by tooth wear and overall size, missing a waddle, and just other signs of having been an adult for more that a year or two.

I’m just extrapolating what I know from deer and elk but 3 year old teeth on this are very sharp. Little to no wear. You would have noticed that

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

I’m just extrapolating what I know from deer and elk but 3 year old teeth on this are very sharp. Little to no wear. You would have noticed that

I’m pretty sure this was a case of misplaced teeth.

 

[Brad]

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Crazy that hoss is only 3...

 

[rogerthat]

I’m pretty sure this was a case of misplaced teeth.

That happens. I sent some whitetail teeth in this year that I got from a retired wildlife biologist. When Matsons got them they called me and said we received these pronghorn teeth but you labeled them whitetail. called the bio and couldn’t sort it out. we will never know exactly what we aged lol.

 

[TheTone]

I don’t have any elk that I would consider big until there 5 and I have sent in quite a collection of elk. WR archery was 6.

I wonder if that bull lived a year or two more if he would have added some non typical stuff and thus not been the WR. Basically did he get shot as his maximum typical potential?

 

[Big Sky Guy]

4 year old Shiras moose I was referring to above. Even if you account for error being off by 1 year, at most this was a 5 y/o bull. Tooth cane directly to me, not processed with any other moose teeth so all potential error sources for mix ups eliminated. Seemed crazy to me.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

I’m pretty sure this was a case of misplaced teeth.

Good example of why we recommend pulling two teeth or saving the jaw. I always tell folks to give one tooth to the agency and keep one or the jaw, just in case. If sending directly to us can send both in one envelope or hold onto one. Best way to resolve these potential discrepancies is to just process the second backup tooth.