I have thought about the terrain having something to do with hoof size. I know that animals like goats will get lots longer hoofs on softer ground than they will on rocky ground.

Where I live and hunt, there are lots of gravel pits around. I saw these tracks just outside of one. No swamps that I know of in the area--not even a slough.

Chad

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Chad..Are you sure one of your goats isnt jumping the fence at night and running around making tracks...hehehe

Dianna

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The largest deer tracks I've ever seen were on some local conservation-type property. You could lay a cigarette inside the hoof prints on each side.

JRW

I have spent alot of time tracking big bucks in the northeast.The best way to tell if it is a big one is to look at the distance between the left side hooves and the right side hooves.The grater the distance the wider the deer is and the heavier it is.

Good luck,
Bob