Originally posted by Top Of Texas
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Originally posted by Top Of Texas
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Originally posted by Top Of Texas
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To be fair, on most of our bucks if I did not have history with them, I would just make the typical field observations looking at typical body characteristics. A lot of the bucks that are 8+, look like 5 or 6 year olds. And more often than not, their teeth will show 5 or 6, further complicating things with teeth guys. But when I watch a buck for 6 years, assuming he was 3 when I started watching (so a 9 year old), kill him and his teeth show 5...well you get the point.
I believe this is where the charts lost all credibility with me. I have no doubt the guys that worked up the data were killing bucks that in the field looked 5, or 6, 7, whatever. Then they go to look at teeth and record the data. Low and behold the teeth show a correlation to what they thought the age was in the field, and with what the chart shows for age. When in the real world they simply don't have the history they need to make an actual, educated guess. I was TOTALLY on board with that method...until I was able to start having serious history with bucks.
Originally posted by Top Of Texas
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