RE: deer tracks
Not necessarily, although the tracks you found were probably a buck, it isn' t a full proof method. Big mature does can and do have larger tracks than smaller immature bucks so just because it' s a big track doesn' t mean it' s a buck.
There are only two full proof methods to tell buck tracks from doe tracks. The first, is to see the animal making the tracks.
The other is this. When a deer walks, it places it' s back foot(hoove) in the print of the front foot. If the second track falls inside the first track, it' s a buck. A bucks hips are narrower than it' s chest.
Just the opposite for a doe. IF the second or rear track falls outside the front or first track, it' s a doe. A doe' s hips(hind quarter) is wider than it' s chest.
Both buck and doe have dew claws, both buck and doe become heavy animals depending on maturity.