acorns
09-17-2010, 03:32 PM
#1
Typical Buck
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Location: Fulton county,IL
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acorns
Went out today and took a look around the woods I am hunting and was amazed at the amount of acorns on the ground,some places in the dry creek bed I was ankle deep in acorns.I seen a lot of doe tracks and a few small buck tracks.
This is a doe track atleast in my area.
This is a buck track.
09-17-2010, 08:19 PM
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Spike
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Location: Randolph County, IL
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No... I believe in the bottom pic, it just illustrates that the track was made in softer soil. All deer's hooves do that so their weight is evenly distributed. It makes them have better traction in soft footing. You can't really tell sex from a track... You may be able to tell an approximate size of the deer by measuring the track... but not the sex.
09-17-2010, 08:53 PM
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Typical Buck
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I dont know how it is in randolph county but here in fulton and peoria counties its not uncommon to hunt trails that are cut like cattle paths and you can tell a buck from a doe,find you a field with a buck and a few does in it on a muddy day and go over and look at the tracks you will see the difference.
09-17-2010, 09:03 PM
#8
Spike
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I'm sorry, but if you research this at all you will find that both bucks and does can leave splayed tracks with dewclaw markings. Doesn't matter what county it is. Size and direction the deer is moving are about the only things you can determine from tracks. For the love of God I wish someone else would chime in. I'm sure this has been argued over and over again on these forums.
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I will concede that you may be able to tell sex based on where a back hoof falls in relation to a front hoof as the deer was walking. However, splayed tracks mean nothing with regard to sex.
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I will concede that you may be able to tell sex based on where a back hoof falls in relation to a front hoof as the deer was walking. However, splayed tracks mean nothing with regard to sex.
Last edited by Gladius87; 09-17-2010 at 09:10 PM. Reason: *addendum*
09-17-2010, 09:07 PM
#9
Fork Horn
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I'm sorry, but if you research this at all you will find that both bucks and does can leave splayed tracks with dewclaw markings. Doesn't matter what county it is. Size and direction the deer is moving are about the only things you can determine from tracks. For the love of God I wish someone else would chime in. I'm sure this has been argued over and over again on these forums.