ageing deer by teeth

[BRYANT]

Can anyone on here tell me how old this deer was by looking at the teeth?

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[milkmaid]

Assuming they're like a cow, we need the only thing not in the pictures.... the incisors.

 

[skyhightree1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQx3GXbuBk

 

[skyhightree1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQx3GXbuBk

I found that video pretty interesting

 

[B&M Farms]

4 1/2

Edit

4 1/2 by the method I was taught. Teeth aging is all relative and the deer could possibly be a little older or younger. I'm no expert. It's about the same with cows once they get to a certain age.

 

[Bigfoot]

A CO friend of mine said it's a crap shoot. Different forages wear them different. To me, that looks like a mature set of teeth. About all I can tell you.

 

[M.Magis]

A CO friend of mine said it's a crap shoot. Different forages wear them different. To me, that looks like a mature set of teeth. About all I can tell you.

I would agree. It’s just a guess, but those teeth clearly aren’t from a young deer. People talk about “aging” a deer by looking at its molars as if it’s scientific, but it’s far from accurate. I believe there will be a day that the idea of accurately aging a deer based on teeth will be laughable, but right it’s been sold hard by people in the deer hunting business. Even taking a cross section of the tooth isn’t guaranteed, but it’s more accurate than looking at the molars.

 

[ram]

Judging by the teeth is only a guess from 2 1/2 years and older. And my guess is that deer is
3 1/2.

 

[BRYANT]

Assuming they're like a cow, we need the only thing not in the pictures.... the incisors.

Not the same

I don't know how old he was, had never seen him before and did not have any pictures of bucks that I thought was him. My guess is that he is fairly old, his teeth are wore pretty bad (sharp points wore down), body looked rough, rack was dark with fair amount of mass, and he skinned hard, I know none of these things are sure ways to tell the age but putting everything together I would say he had been around awhile. but will never know for sure.

 

[Sd1030]

I would say hes atleast 3.5 from just looking at pics. Qdma has a interesting video series on youtube that goes over how to age deer by teeth. From what i learned from those videos id say at least 3.5 but its a chsnce he ll go 4.5

 

[ram]

See how the pre-molar is starting to become flat? And the first molar still has some sharp points and the other two molars have very little wear, that's what I look at. As a deer ages it wears it's molars flat-smooth, as in no points. I always guess one year for each flat-smooth molar, starting at 4 1/2. Aging deer by its jaw bone is easy, but it's only a guess.