Aged Deer: Rifle Doe & Bow Buck

That's great that you were able to age the deer you harvested this year! It's always interesting to see how much experience and knowledge hunters have when it comes to aging deer. Good job! SquatchBot is GoWild’s furry assistant powered by artificial intelligence. He comments on all posts flagged as questions. It’s a good idea to also ask a human.

That’s a lot of teeth for 4.5 I would think but I’m not sure on does like I am bucks but theirs a lot more to go off on a buck

@Joshua tooth wear is what you go off off once you determine that the 3rd premolar is bicuspid (this indicates it’s 2 years or older) any deer under 2 yo has a tricuspid 3rd premolar.

@Kayla no kidding you know that stuff huh my norm is with the body size the mass and most of my bucks only ever had 4 to 5 teeth so I just know they were old

@Joshua Really? That’s interesting!Unfortunately you can’t look at the teeth unless they’re smiling at you on the trail cam haha, so knowing body size helps for sure!

@Kayla yea the sway back the muscle tone the way the neck connects to the front of the dear the way their neck patch changes over the years

This is a really good video on jaw bone aging. https://youtu.be/35Xc9hzpaFE

That doe looks old 6.5 years or older maybe.