Hi guys, i have seen posts before about aging marten using skulls. So far I have skinned my 1st 6 from the new area around my new cabin. So far so good but I had 5 males and one female. Some I could tell they were adults but some it was hard to tell. I have heard you can tell age from the skull growth. Can anyone tell me anything from these skulls?
Left - adult female
Right from top - juvenile male, adult male, juvenile male, adult male, adult male
"The temporal muscles, which lie on both sides of the centre line, grow towards the centre and join there as the animal gets older."
I've never seen the real McCoy before so I had to compare to sketches. Your pictures are a lot better.
You guys might laugh but you really have to watch your ratio of females to males in an area you trap as well as Juvie to adults. There is a ton of good reading on Trapperman. Those guys really know a lot about this kind of stuff and you can learn a lot.
Here is a link to the same post there
Aging marten using the skulls
Linear Mode
