Does anyone know if there is anyone near Northumberland that can measure Chinese water deer heads?
It’s not that easy now, all the cwd I’ve had measured have had the skull as well as the teeth.You will be able to post the tusks to the nearest person in cic. They are easy to measure yourself, so you can get a decent idea....
Hi, I am under the assumption that for CWD, in both cic and basc, is purely based on length of tusk, plus circumference of tooth at widest point, added together and subtract the differences in between tusks. I also believe that Basc simply use the length measurement as they are basing all the circumfrences as 30mm, which is not accurate IMO. But i will stand corrected. You do not need the skull, as it served no purpose in the scoring criteria.It’s not that easy now, all the cwd I’ve had measured have had the skull as well as the teeth.
Cic is both tooth length and circumference. I get several per year measured.Maybe that’s BASC? CIC is just tooth length
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If it is an adult male without damage then it will be a gold. They are all golds. Now, getting a silver, that's much harder! lol.Thanks for the replies, the cwd (my first) is a cape taxidermy, that someone mentioned might be worth getting checked
If they’re hollow/open at the root it’s young, when adult they seal over the end of the tusks.....Wish I had this one caped that I took last season.
Not sure about ageing them, but recon he was an old boy as his teeth/tusks are hollow at the tips and burry at the root.
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If they’re hollow/open at the root it’s young, when adult they seal over the end of the tusks.....
The measurements aren't taken from the gum line....looking at that I'd say it was almost certainly a gold... there'll be at least 25mm in the gun...Going on the advice earlier they are only 5 cm from gum line so not good enough