My friend, who ain't no dope, just saw our water-saturated ground with a set of 4" (NO-SLIP) prints on it. Like I said he can tell when a hoof print looks long because of a slip... he said it was just a good 4 inches long.

What can you determine based on this? I know nothing about antlers but what about body size? What would you guys think if you found this on your land? Good shooter, I'd give it (based on the print) a year or two to grow?

You can tell a deer has been there. Incidently... you may want to check this link out. It states a whitetail track will be between 2.8 and 3.6 inches long.

http://www.fishbc.com/adventure/wild...imals/deer.htm

We found some dinky little fawn prints along side some full size prints on our archery range one day. So, we knew momma and her baby had been by. You can tell if the deer was feeding, running or just out for a casual stroll by looking at the pattern of the tracks. You can see the direction the deer was going. You can get an idea of the body size by the depth of the tracks, especially if there is another set of tracks to compare them with. A good tracker can tell how old the tracks are. (Like 3 years ago when I was heading back to the truck and found a deer track inside one of my footprints on that dusty road. I knew it had come by sometime in the past 3 hours. Dang it![&:])

You can find out all you want to know about the deer from it's tracks. Just follow them till you get to the deer.

When I look at tracks I'm looking at how the animal walked. How long was his stride. How wide is his body.
If his front set are outside his back set and deeper then I know its a mature buck that is very broad in the shoulders. Does generally have front tracks inside the back and the equal in depth or shallower.
I can get a good feel for what deer are in the area and how long since they've been through. There are more to read in tracks then just how big they (the tracks) are.

couldnt have said it any better