A hunter looking for deer on a West Texas ranch instead discovered a rare mammoth tusk, researchers say. The tusk was sitting in the drainage area of a creek bed on the O2 Ranch in Brewster and Presidio counties near Big Bend National park,

“Seeing that mammoth tusk just brings the ancient world to life,” Juett said. “Now, I can’t help but imagine that huge animal wandering around the hills on the O2 Ranch. My next thought is always about the people that faced those huge tusks with only a stone tool in their hand!”

A deer hunter found a mammoth tusk on a West Texas ranch, and the discovery is being analyzed by researchers at a local university.

Will Juett had doubts when a hunter told him they'd found something on the 02 Ranch even more rare than a trophy buck. An ancient fossil, the hunter said, a piece of a long-dead beast.

Sul Ross University announced its researchers have confirmed an unusual find: a mammoth tusk on a ranch in the Trans Pecos region of West Texas. A deer hunter at a ranch in Brewster and Presidio counties found and took photos of a large, curved relic, telling the ranch operator he’d come across a fossil.

While looking for deer on a privately owned ranch in West Texas, a hunter stumbled upon a rare mammoth tusk. […]

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