QDMA QUIZ - Age this jawbone!

[Mayfly]

QDM skills test! Let’s go for another jawbone quiz (answer to be posted later today). This deer is...

A) Fawn
B) Yearling (1.5 years)
C) Middle-Aged Adult (2.5 or 3.5)
D) Mature Adult (4.5 or Older)

[MN RACK ATTACK]

Total guess of "C". Looks like some wear on them.

[markn]

Put me down for "D".

[beeker]

I'm gonna go with B..

reasoning because I can't see the side angle. but it appears all the teeth had emerged from the jaw bone so no it wouldn't be a fawn. the very last tooth doesn't look very pointed or worn and the dentyne still seems balanced. so I wouldn't say it was very old.

[deadeye]

I'd go with D

[ray634]

C
the front teeth look worn more than 1 year

[Mayfly]

Answer from QDMA: http://www.facebook.com/#!/theqdma

If you answered "D" on this morning's quiz, you were right! The tooth replacement and wear patterns on this jawbone suggest this is a mature adult (4.5 years or older). Write "4.5-plus" in your harvest log book, label the jawbone and put it in your collection basket, and throw the backstraps on the grill!