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blackhawk_archery 09-17-2010 09:19 PM

Well sorry you guys are unable to tell the difference,spend a little more time in the woods and pay attention to the tracks one day you will learn the difference.

HardwoodHunter 09-17-2010 09:19 PM


Originally Posted by Gladius87 (Post 3684567)
I think I'm about to take the same approach.

I find it being the best.

blackhawk_archery 09-17-2010 09:55 PM

Those are just pics from google not my pics.
I dont go by the dew claws I go by the size and the spread and have hunted a lot of hot trails and it has worked for me I have seen more bucks then does because of this.

blackhawk_archery 09-17-2010 10:00 PM

I shot this 13 point buck in a heavy hunted area I found his tracks and waited in the rain for 3 hours and sure enough here he comes shot him at 5 yards.

Night Crawler 09-18-2010 04:56 AM

I am going to have to agree, very easy to tell the diff, jst look at the pics. all does have pointed curvy hooves, all bucks have more a rounded,squared hoove. The dew claw just means a heavier deer, but not always. I see alot of buck track with no dew claw prints.

chammons 09-18-2010 06:18 AM

Don't know about the tracks, but that sure is a nice buck on the wall.

Mr. Deer Hunter 09-18-2010 06:54 AM

I think somebody here is full of prune juice.

You can't tell if a deer is a buck or a doe by just the tracks.

Where I live in Pennsylvania, most bucks never gets past two years of age, because every rifle season, 90% of all the mature deer were shot.
When antler restrictions came along and when some people actually started to follow the rules of antler restrictions - the deer grew to a older age.

The deer in the picture was not a mature buck, he should have left it go another year and then it would have been more mature. I would guess the age of that deer to be around 2 1/2 years old MAX.

One thing my dad passed on to me when I was younger was in deep snow, often times a buck will drag his toes when he runs / walks.
If you see the sprag marks in the snow - there is a 50/50 chance that it was made by a buck. But there is no guarantee's that even if you find the track that the deer is going to have a trophy rack on it.

syrupman 09-18-2010 07:24 AM

There is a diffrence does have the hoovs pointed tword eachother and bucks have split tracks

Gladius87 09-18-2010 08:37 AM

I'm gonna actually point people to what I would consider to be a knowledgeable source on the issue. I would say D&DH is credible. http://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/ar...nlock_Secrets/

HardwoodHunter 09-18-2010 09:06 AM


Originally Posted by syrupman (Post 3684686)
There is a diffrence does have the hoovs pointed tword eachother and bucks have split tracks

not always.


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