• The SH Membership has gone live. Only SH Members have access to post in the classifieds. All members can view the classifieds. Starting in 2020 only SH Members will be admitted to the annual hunting contest. Current members will need to follow these steps to upgrade: 1. Click on your username 2. Click on Account upgrades 3. Choose SH Member and purchase.
  • We've been working hard the past few weeks to come up with some big changes to our vendor policies to meet the changing needs of our community. Please see the new vendor rules here: Vendor Access Area Rules

Traditional Kills

Allegheny Tom said:
Congrats.
I never heard of a year and a half old button buck.
Click to expand...

Me either.
Who is good at aging jaw bones. His body size and head shape represented a 1.5 year old for the area.

73fc36fc98c337fbf06a3ff55570affe.jpg
 
Allegheny Tom said:
Those look like fawn teeth to me, but I need to look it up to be certain. Gotta go right now. I will look later.
Click to expand...
I know nothing about aging deer from teeth but those teeth do look sharp like baby teeth to me but I have no authority in the matter. Either way good job on the trad kill. It is not an easy thing to do I missed one yesterday evening at 10 yards. I’m wondering if I know what the heck I’m doing after missing.
 
swampsnyper said:
Me either.
Who is good at aging jaw bones. His body size and head shape represented a 1.5 year old for the area.

73fc36fc98c337fbf06a3ff55570affe.jpg
Click to expand...

Fawns should have 5 teeth if they are born on time and shot in the fall. I see the 6th tooth (back molar) is there, but hasn’t fully emerged yet into the 3 cusps. His third tooth is still tricuspid but is worn down substantially, typical of a 1.5 y/o. I’d say he was a fawn born a couple months earlier than average. Also, depending on where you harvested this deer, the breeding/fawning
seasons can vary from the norm up here where I am in VA.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
swampsnyper said:
Looks like fawn to me. He didn’t replace his p3 tooth yet. Damn. With his body size, he had a head start from the rest of the fawns. What’s done is done. I still enjoyed the whole experience.
Click to expand...

They don't replace the P3 tooth until 2.5 years old. The description is above the corresponding picture. At 1.5 they still have a three-part P3 tooth but have six full teeth erupted.
 
HappyChappy said:
Fawns should have 5 teeth if they are born on time and shot in the fall. I see the 6th tooth (back molar) is there, but hasn’t fully emerged yet into the 3 cusps. His third tooth is still tricuspid but is worn down substantially, typical of a 1.5 y/o. I’d say he was a fawn born a couple months earlier than average. Also, depending on where you harvested this deer, the breeding/fawning
seasons can vary from the norm up here where I am in VA.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

That makes more sense. Our rut is after Christmas.
 
GCTerpfan said:
They don't replace the P3 tooth until 2.5 years old. The description is above the corresponding picture. At 1.5 they still have a three-part P3 tooth but have six full teeth erupted.
Click to expand...
This is correct.
But it's still a little puzzling why it only had buttons, but that's my perspective on Northern deer. Maybe birthing dates are less less defined in AL??
Also, If that buck had some sort of glandular condition or injury to testicles, it could retard growth of antlers.
Maybe he had his stones crushed and could not develop normal antler growth.
 
GCTerpfan said:
They don't replace the P3 tooth until 2.5 years old. The description is above the corresponding picture. At 1.5 they still have a three-part P3 tooth but have six full teeth erupted.
Click to expand...

They replace the third premolar at around 1 year and 6-7 months.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top