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

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 ...

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

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 ...

On March 21, 2025 a Hunter stumbled over a stump in Texas visiting the O2 Ranch. The stump turned out to be a Mammoth tusk buried in a creek bed. In August 2024, Mississippi documented its first ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Researchers carefuly wrapped the tusk in strips of plaster-covered burlap for protection. Devin Pettigrew / Center for Big Bend Studies A hunter was out looking for deer at a private ranch in West ...

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 ...