How old was this red stag?

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About your age. He's old. Hope you didn't shoot him with that little single shot pea shooter :)

Have got a pic of his top jaw tusks?

I have no expertise so a guesstimate only. Pedicles look lowish to the skull ( a closer pic could help more ? ) and the teeth show a few years of wear. My pick is 7 to 8 years, maybe to 9 years tops. @Micky Duck are you able to get the jaw aged ? Local NZDA maybe ...?

In his 70s I would say since he's lost his teeth :D

Id say 8 to a tena.

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Mercy Killing

Good work

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Originally Posted by Tahr

About your age. He's old. Hope you didn't shoot him with that little single shot pea shooter :)

Have got a pic of his top jaw tusks?

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plurry oath I did ,will go take photo of tusks if not too dark....hold the line caller

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

plurry oath I did ,will go take photo of tusks if not too dark....hold the line caller

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Even a blind squirrel find a nut sometime.
Good one mate.

Yeah. I rekon up round 8.

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Originally Posted by 30.06king

I have no expertise so a guesstimate only. Pedicles look lowish to the skull ( a closer pic could help more ? ) and the teeth show a few years of wear. My pick is 7 to 8 years, maybe to 9 years tops. @Micky Duck are you able to get the jaw aged ? Local NZDA maybe ...?

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Cut a maller across and count the rings just like a tree.See how close you get to a NZDA ring count.

I'm going to go 10+

Could be anywhere between 6-10.

Judging by teeth wear is only applicable if you have a good sample of commensurate jaws from the area.

Used to work on an island that held good reds but the tooth wear from eating seaweed was very high.