[fredmon38]

The Union County Federation just got the results back from the teeth that were collected from the last season. I would have taken more pictures of the animals if I had know they were this old.
There were 3 deer running together and all were harvested.

This one was determined to be 12.5 years old. [eek]

The one in the foreground was aged to 7.5 and the one in the background 1.5.

 

[smoking gun]

nice [up][up]

 

[tuny]

Shot a doe in Bass River State Forest , she aged out at 11 1/2. The oldest deer killed in NJ was tagged as a fawn and killed 18 years later.

 

[Broadhead]

wow that's crazy.

 

[hunterdan199]

meat must have tasted like leather........

 

[fish_hunter]

Nice maher jacket!

 

[bigxbuckxhunter]

wow!

 

[fredmon38]

meat must have tasted like leather........

Tasted just fine, like any other deer.

 

[wanabuck]

anti's would have a field day with this pic...
nice job[up][up]

 

[allmann1]

Why is the leash not long enough? J/k

 

[ACarbone624]

Nice! [up][up] Thats pretty old.

 

[fredmon38]

Why is the leash not long enough?

[rofl]

It's the easiest way to get them out when your in the woods 1/2 a mile to a mile. No trails, lots of swamp and sticker bushes and fallen trees. It's a hell of a drag.

 

[RayORSA]

Fred,
We were amazed that these deer were that old[eek]
The division has a pretty great program for deer aging. Extract a tooth, put it into a supplied envelope, get it to a biologist...and the results are posted within a couple of months.
Out of the 25 teeth the Union County Federation submitted, the Barnegat girls were the oldest!
Nice shooting!
Ray

 

[Stevo]

Are those guys related?

They look like triplets [hihi]

Pretty neat gettin them aged. I would have never guessed that age.

 

[peteyk]

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[rdfhunter]

YO BUCK

 

[Mattmc70]

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[NJPAhunter2413]

thanks for sharing [up][up] pretty interesting

 

[DakotaBear]

you can approximate age l by the head

 

[fredmon38]

The division has a pretty great program for deer aging.

I think the boys will pull the teeth without me next year. They loved the information.

you can approximate age l by the head

Using the teeth gives you a definite age, the tooth is cross sectioned in a lab. No wondering or guessing. Besides I never would have guessed 12.5.