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Is there any information out there for Ageing coyotes after the kill?

That is a good question......I would like to know that one myself.

The old rule of thumb is their teeth. Rich Higgins had it all figured out and posted some stuff a while back with images etc.
I'm not sure if it was here or what, I'll have to do some checking.

Using teeth makes sense.  That's the way deer are aged. 

 I always go by there teeth. I have seen coyotes that looked young or old but there teeth usually tell the tale. I did have a bunch of pictures of coyotes teeth but have lost them in the computer swapping it over.

I do believe Higgins would be good at explaining how to age a coyote. We killed one several years ago and I aged it at 7 years old and sent the pics to Higgins and he aged it at 7 years old. I have killed some coyotes that appeared to be 1 year or less old but after looking at there teeth determined they were 2 years or better. I have also seen coyotes that looked old but were really only a year old.

Missing teeth are not a good indicator a coyote is old there are alot of gum diseases that can cause this. Once they lose some of there teeth it causes the remainder ones to wear much faster. Also a bout with the mange will wear the teeth down very badly.   

I will try and start taking pics of the teeth and age some here. It kinda like when we age cattle to buy you get a knack for what you are looking for.

Higgins had charts and all kinds of actual pictures that explained how to age them. Plus.....Higgins is a dentist. :eyebrow: This sh-t was good stuff. :eyebrownod:

Found this in my photobucket album don't remember where I got it.


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/Plumbrich/coyoteteethaging.jpg)

Thats cool, I guess I need to kill one before i can age it, huh?

Quote from: CCP on December 27, 2008, 12:02:51 PM

Found this in my photobucket album don't remember where I got it.


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/Plumbrich/coyoteteethaging.jpg)

This is good. Do you mind if I save a copy?

I wish Higgins would respond to this, he had some top notch info and diagrams. Very well layed out stuff.

Some how I missed this topic?


CCP, I don't know where you got it either  :laf:
I think it was posted on the old Shade Tree site  :shrug:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/coyotehunter_1/CoyotetoothagingJPG.jpg)

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There it is!