For you deer dentist guys...

[wooly]

I don't study these jawbones the way some of you do, but I think I know an OLD set of teeth when I see them.

I found these in the swamp the other day but haven't found a skull to match them up with yet. It's gotta be in there somewhere, as there are many other bones around.

 

The pearly whites are from a 2.5 yr old I killed last fall. I just added them for comparison purposes.

The flat set appears to me like it would be barely above the gum line they are worn so much.

 

Any of you guys got an age guesstimation on a set of chompers like this?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 10, 2015 by wooly

[NYBuckHunter27]

No clue on age, but the comparison is cool to see!

[WNYBuckHunter]

Anything over 4.5 is tough to judge. Id agree that it had to be a pretty old deer, or it was eating rocks.

[Lawdwaz]

Cool find!

Oldest deer I've shot or handled was 5.5 and he had way more going on than that deer! I bet a biologist at the DEC would love to see that but I wouldn't give it to them without a promise of letting you know their findings.

Keep us posted if you do that.

[Terry]

That's one of the more wore down sets I have seen. Awesome!

[wooly]

Now curiosity has got the best of me. I'm gonna email them some pics later on and see if there's somewhere they'd recommend me sending it to for a more accurate analysis.

I'll let you know if I hear anything back from them.