A hunter on a former 272,000-acre West Texas cattle ranch stumbled upon a fossilized mammoth tusk. The ranch manager was ...

A hunter in West Texas was searching for some deer. Instead, he uncovered a rare fossil from a prehistoric species.

A hunter was recently searching for deer on O2 Ranch in West Texas when he stumbled across something strange in a creek bed. He took a photo and showed it to Will Juett, the manager of the ranch, who ...

After the identification, the team faced the delicate task of preserving the ancient mammoth tusk for further examination. The fossil was enveloped in layers of plaster-soaked bur ...

Researchers wrapped the tusk in plaster-covered burlap, which formed a protective cast around the fossil. Photo by Devin Pettigrew / courtesy Center for Big Bend Studies A hunter was looking for deer ...

Discovered in the drainage area of a creek bed, the tusk was initially thought to be ... for Big Bend Studies A hunter was out looking for deer at a private ranch in West Texas when he spotted ...

"I was skeptical when a deer hunter showed me a picture of what ... Researchers confirmed it was a mammoth tusk, "a very rare find in West Texas." "The tusk was located in the drainage area ...

A deer hunter's discovery of a mammoth tusk at a West Texas ranch has prompted several questions, such as "Can I own one?" and "Were mammoths common in the state?" Dr. Aaron Pan, the executive ...

After Juett reported the find to CBBS, a team of anthropology professors and archaeological researchers came to the ranch and swiftly confirmed the fossil was a mammoth tusk. "When they confirmed ...

A hunter searching for deer in West Texas stumbled upon what was ... they confirmed that what had been found was not just a fossil, but a mammoth tusk. “It paid off big time,” Juett said.

“I was skeptical when a deer hunter showed me a picture of what ... The team spent two days carefully wrapping the tusk in a plaster jacket, making it safe to transport to Sul Ross State ...