Deerhunter89

My buddy and me were talkin to another guy he said that bucks go and drag their hooves a little is that true or not.
P.S. Whats brown and has a big brow tine goes down

Pete

lunchbucket

Seen many a doe drag their hooves...

Romans 10:9 Psalms 42

timbercruiser

I have noticed numerous bucks that, while doing extensive scraping, their front hooves will be blunted by their pawing the dirt.

farm hunter

Bucks dragging their hooves is iffy at best. I say this from experience of trailing deer that were known to be bucks from seeing them, and following their trails.

Older bucks do tend to drag their hooves more than does, fawns and younger bucks, but not signicantly. If the snow is less than 1" deep, and the tracks indicate hoof dragging, its likley a buck, and probably and older buck. You could probably surmise this just as easily from the size of the track. If the snow is 2-4" or more and you observe hoof dragging, it could just be a heavier deer (doe or buck). All deer tend to drag their hooves at a normal gait if the snow is more than 4".

Just as often, however, you will follow a know buck track, and see no hoof dragging. I think that Track size is still the best indicator of whether it is a buck or doe. While Does can have a large track, realistically, bucks tend to have larger hooves than does, especially older bucks.

lawnfarmer

Funny you should ask this question. I just read an article ( Sept. Field and Stream) in the doctors office. If you can read the article its very interesting. What I remember is that its extremely hard to tell, even for an expert tracker, the sex of a deer. I have a real nice 10 point on my property, I would know his track anywhere. He's only got 3 legs. If you have snow and see where the deer has taken a whiz, a doe usually squats some. A buck pees like a guy. AAAhhhh---read the article. terry<img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle>

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