RE: tracks in the mud?
you gotta see to beleive , i am not saying i can always look at a track and say thats a doe, or thats a buck , but when hunting in maine i have see a few ,, just a few that i would have bet the truck were definitely BUCKS, in Pa, where i live i would say i have not seen a track that i could tell the sex , there are so many and the areas where i go are relatively small that i don't take note of tracks as much in Pa.
but in Maine, tracks of any kind get rarer so when i see them i pay closer attention.
the Big Does seem to be a just a lttlte bigger than PA Does , but the Big Bucks , seem to be a good Deal Bigger than Pa Bucks, I am not talking antler size , and there are exceptions to every rule , but if " I" wanted and big Buck , "I" am heading North , plus it feels like real wilderness or as close as you can get without seeing the ROCKY MOUNTAINS, for me