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10-18-2002, 10:29 PM
ODFW News Release
For Immediate Release
October 4, 2002
Hunters who Participated in 2001 Black-tailed Deer Study Will Soon Know age of Their Harvested Deer
ROSEBURG — Successful black-tailed deer hunters who turned in deer teeth last year to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife should soon know the age of their deer. Hunters were asked last year and again this year to turn in two incisor teeth from harvested black-tailed deer to help create better population models in southwestern Oregon.
"The teeth were sent to a lab in Montana, and it normally takes about a year to get the data back," said Project Coordinator Jeff Orr. "We really appreciate hunters' patience and ask them to turn in teeth again this year when they harvest a black-tailed deer in southwestern Oregon."
Hunters have an added incentive to turn in deer teeth this year. Those who turn in teeth by January 15, 2003 are entered into a drawing to win a Bushnell Sportview spotting scope donated by the Umpqua Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association. OHA will hold the drawing at their February meeting.
ODFW researchers are collecting the teeth at more than 60 sites around southern Oregon to determine the population's age structure and give district biologists better data to manage the population. Hunters can turn in teeth from deer harvested in the following hunting units: Dixon, Melrose, Tioga, Sixes, Powers, Chetco, Applegate, Evans Creek, Rogue, and Indigo (Douglas County portion).
Orr asks that only hunters with a valid license and tag who legally harvest deer turn in the teeth. Teeth from road-killed deer or from another hunter's harvest should not be turned in.
The incisors are the two middle teeth from the front of the lower jaw. They should be removed by cutting down through the gum on both sides of each tooth, then gently loosened and pried forward. The root must be included. Envelopes are available at collection sites, point-of-sale agents and 30 vendors.
For Immediate Release
October 4, 2002
Hunters who Participated in 2001 Black-tailed Deer Study Will Soon Know age of Their Harvested Deer
ROSEBURG — Successful black-tailed deer hunters who turned in deer teeth last year to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife should soon know the age of their deer. Hunters were asked last year and again this year to turn in two incisor teeth from harvested black-tailed deer to help create better population models in southwestern Oregon.
"The teeth were sent to a lab in Montana, and it normally takes about a year to get the data back," said Project Coordinator Jeff Orr. "We really appreciate hunters' patience and ask them to turn in teeth again this year when they harvest a black-tailed deer in southwestern Oregon."
Hunters have an added incentive to turn in deer teeth this year. Those who turn in teeth by January 15, 2003 are entered into a drawing to win a Bushnell Sportview spotting scope donated by the Umpqua Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association. OHA will hold the drawing at their February meeting.
ODFW researchers are collecting the teeth at more than 60 sites around southern Oregon to determine the population's age structure and give district biologists better data to manage the population. Hunters can turn in teeth from deer harvested in the following hunting units: Dixon, Melrose, Tioga, Sixes, Powers, Chetco, Applegate, Evans Creek, Rogue, and Indigo (Douglas County portion).
Orr asks that only hunters with a valid license and tag who legally harvest deer turn in the teeth. Teeth from road-killed deer or from another hunter's harvest should not be turned in.
The incisors are the two middle teeth from the front of the lower jaw. They should be removed by cutting down through the gum on both sides of each tooth, then gently loosened and pried forward. The root must be included. Envelopes are available at collection sites, point-of-sale agents and 30 vendors.