"BIG BUCKS" The Benoit Way, suggest reading the whole book but for this post, chapter 4 "Reading, Identifying, and Understanding Tracks". This family of Northern Vermont hunter are noted at being the best deer trackers around. They've taken 200lb up to 300lb VT, ME and NH bucks by tracking them down in bare and snow covered ground. Their sucess at tracking deer by reading their foot prints tells me there is a way to tell the difference. They've got two videos out and you can actually watch them do their thing!!

Where at in NH are you JimmyS? Morse Spoting Goods has a Benoit seminar each year around Feb/March and he also sell their books/videos and collectables.

[link]http://www.morsesportinggoods.com[/link]