Hunter discovers rare mammoth tusk in West Texas
A rare mammoth tusk was unearthed on the O2 Ranch in West Texas. The find was reported in a statement released by Sul Ross ...
Texas hunter’s ‘old stump’ find was actually a rare mammoth tusk
Researchers worked over two days to create a protective cast around the tusk for transport. After covering the fossil in ...
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A Hunter Was Out Looking for Deer in West Texas. He Found a Rare Mammoth Tusk Instead
A hunter was out looking for deer at a private ranch in West Texas when he spotted something unusual sticking out of the ...
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Deer Hunter Stumbles Upon A ‘Very Rare’ Mammoth Tusk On A Ranch In West Texas
A hunter was recently searching for deer on O2 Ranch in West Texas when he stumbled across something strange in a creek bed.
‘Old Stump’ in Texas Turns Out to Be Incredibly Rare Mammoth Tusk
While the statement doesn’t name a specific mammoth species, the tusk might have belonged to a Columbian mammoth, a distant cousin of the more familiar woolly mammoth. The shaggy elephantine animal ...
A Man Went Deer Hunting and Accidentally Stumbled Upon the Tusk of a Mammoth
A hunter on a former 272,000-acre West Texas cattle ranch stumbled upon a fossilized mammoth tusk. The ranch manager was skeptical of the claim at first, thinking it was a stump, but brought the ...
West Texas deer hunter uncovers rare mammoth fossil
Turns out, the hunter was right. After Juett reported the find to CBBS, a team of anthropology professors and archaeological ...
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‘Old stump’ spotted by deer hunter is actually a mammoth tusk, Texas researchers say
Researchers plan to carbon date the tusk to get an idea of how old it is, Schroeder said. The last time a mammoth tusk was ...
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Today on Texas Standard: West Texas hunter stumbles upon rare mammoth tusk fossil
A routine hunting trip took a prehistoric turn when a West Texas man discovered a mammoth tusk in a dry creek bed.
'I figured it was likely just an old stump' | Hunter finds rare mammoth tusk at West Texas ranch
I was skeptical when a deer hunter showed me a picture of what he thought was a fossil,” the ranch manager said. “I figured ...
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Hunter discovers rare mammoth tusk on West Texas ranch
Thinking it might be a fossil, photos of his find made their way to researchers at Sul Ross State University. Weeks later, it ...
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Rare Mammoth tusk found at West Texas Ranch
A deer hunter at a West Texas ranch discovered a rare Mammoth tusk, according to a press release from the Center for Big Bend ...