Have any of you guys ever found or hunted trails that were mostly used by bucks?
I believe that I found one. I knew it was there (the trail), but I found out by accident that it was prefered mostly by bucks. Snow and ice had caused a lot of trees and sapplings to bend over and block a trail that I was monitoring with my trail cam. I just slid the cam slightly around the same tree just a bit and this is what I found. Incidentally, this trail is the one the the buck I shot this year, came down last year to within 15 yards of my stand and didn't offer me a shot! [

]Oh well, I let him grow another year! [8D]
First some observations. I believe that I can tell a shed buck from a doe. I look at a lot of things like body, size, demeanor but mostly the ears. It seems that a shed buck, especially a recently shed buck, still holds his ears like he still has antlers. Check out these pics.
First a couple of does.
See how the ears are kind of upright as they walk?
Now a couple of bucks.
The first buck is obvious but look at everything I mentioned at the 2nd buck. Here's another reason I believe that the 2nd one is a buck also.
Look at the caution that doe is giving that other deer, it has to be a buck.
Now check this out. After I moved my camera slightly around the tree, I got these pics.
Camera in same spot, doe up close, buck on secondary trail that parellels the doe's trail. Look at his ears. Here's another set.
He's kind of hard to see because the camera catches them when they're behind the tree. Next time out I'll move the cam slightly.
Well what do you guys think??