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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.
Mercy Killing
Good work
plurry oath I did ,will go take photo of tusks if not too dark....hold the line callerQuote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
Even a blind squirrel find a nut sometime.Quote:
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Good one mate.
Yeah. I rekon up round 8.
Cut a maller across and count the rings just like a tree.See how close you get to a NZDA ring count.Quote:
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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.
7-10 y I think
Im no expert MD but looking at the picture of him lying on the ground he definitely looks "cervus superannuant" and like a lot of us .would find it a chore to get enough tucker let alone a leg over.his headgear seems stunted too so youve probably shown him mercy by ending his torment.
He was still in reasonable nick for post rut...neither of us could drag him on our own,was effort with two of us..I made comment that back in the day folks wouldve been carting him out whole to sell..look on mates face was priceless.
I have given this old boy the royal treatment
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