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.

While the statement doesn’t name a specific mammoth species, the tusk might have belonged to a Columbian mammoth, a distant ...

According to Live Science, the hunter was exploring the O2 Ranch in Brewster and Presidio counties near Big Bend National Park when he spotted a mammoth tusk lying in the drainage area of a creek bed.

“I was skeptical when a deer hunter showed me a picture of what ... It didn’t take long for experts to solve the mystery. “The tusk was located in the drainage area of a creek bed ...

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 ...

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Researchers worked over two days to create a protective cast around the tusk for transport. After covering the fossil in plaster-soaked burlap strips, Schroeder’s group then constructed a frame around ...

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 at the O2 Ranch,a privately owned ranch in Brewster and Presidio counties, in search of deer came across a rare yet puzzling find.“I was skeptical when ...

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