Kurt
Active Member
Have always been curious about what age deer we were shooting. Instead of guessing in 2024 I pulled the front teeth per directions off two bucks and sent them in. Cost was $75 total but I could have done 4 sets of teeth for that price. Wish I had pulled the teeth off my son's elk. The results were interesting to me.
Son's buck was a mature looking 6 point that we felt needed to be culled. That one was 4.5 years old. Daughter's buck was what I felt was low end to shoot and had 11 points. Good mass though on bases. That one was 3.5 years old.
Going to start doing this each year to see how we are doing field judging and wanting to get to 4.5 year minimum age harvest if possible. It was Matson's that I used for last year. Anyway, if you have 4 sets of teeth, its not too bad per set.
Son's buck was a mature looking 6 point that we felt needed to be culled. That one was 4.5 years old. Daughter's buck was what I felt was low end to shoot and had 11 points. Good mass though on bases. That one was 3.5 years old.
Going to start doing this each year to see how we are doing field judging and wanting to get to 4.5 year minimum age harvest if possible. It was Matson's that I used for last year. Anyway, if you have 4 sets of teeth, its not too bad per set.
