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09-17-2010, 09:55 PM
#13
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Fulton county,IL
Posts: 617
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.
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.
09-18-2010, 04:56 AM
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 489
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.
09-18-2010, 06:54 AM
#17
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 220
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.
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.
09-18-2010, 08:37 AM
#19
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Randolph County, IL
Posts: 58
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/