Lets do some Hoof Print Analysis...

[buckmaster]

Buck or Doe? How Big or Old? Bare in mind that the ground was very wet. I had seen a very decent sized buck around this area on jan. 4, and this was from today the 7th. I set my game camera back out around the area so we'll see..., ive seen bigger tracks than this but i like playing with my new camera.

[jmbuckhunter]

I am no tracking expert, but it looks like the ground was pretty soft under a running deer. This can be very deceiving when judgeing tracks. I would definately say buck tho.

[BobCo19-65]

It's a big deer no doubt. How old? Don't know for sure. But I'd say over 2 1/2 or older.

[Splitear_Leland]

2 1/2 year old buck at best.

[JoeRE]

Impossible to tell for sure of course. First of all, the track has had a lot of weathering so it is pretty distorted. I would say probably a buck based on the shape and aparent width (taking into acount the splaying) Now to really confuse everybody:


Refer to the below photo. What kind of deer do you think it was with a front foot measuring a bit under 2" wide? Big bucks in my local often have front feet over 2 1/4" wide.

This deer has 161 2/8" of antler on his head and was probably 4.5 years old. I couldnt believe it when I walked up to him and looked at his feet. Also, my brother harvested with a ML a couple weeks ago one of the biggest footed bucks I have seen. Its front tracks were right around 2 5/8" wide. It had a 119" of antler on its head, although it was a 3.5 year old I believe. To me anymore, big tracks mean big bucks, but I to not extent it to inches of antler!