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#1871755 - 04/04/10 10:23 PM

Re: Can someone explain??? [Re: J.C.W.]

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Originally Posted By: J.C.W.

Originally Posted By: Football Hunter

Originally Posted By: stik

mature buck tracks??

They have grey hairs in them $\:\)$

I guess i'm an idiot, but I just always 'assumed' that a good size or larger set of buck tracks went with being mature?

deer are like most all other critters. some will have bigger hooves than others. the biggest hooves i ever saw on a deer were on a 3 1/2 yr. old doe i killed in hickman co. the only way to differentiate doe and buck tracks is to see the deer standing in them.

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#1871946 - 04/05/10 08:01 AM

Re: Can someone explain??? [Re: J.C.W.]

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Originally Posted By: J.C.W.

Originally Posted By: Football Hunter

Originally Posted By: stik

mature buck tracks??

They have grey hairs in them $\:\)$

I guess i'm an idiot, but I just always 'assumed' that a good size or larger set of buck tracks went with being mature?

Not really. I have seen the idea of "hoof size" as an indicator of age tested and found not to be accurate. Hoof size varies greatly.

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#1871948 - 04/05/10 08:01 AM

Re: Can someone explain??? [Re: J.C.W.]

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Originally Posted By: J.C.W.

Originally Posted By: DEER ASSASSIN

Originally Posted By: BSK

1) It's hard to identify bucks as bucks once they've dropped their antlers; and 2) I'm convinced deer--especially bucks--shift their ranges seasonally much farther than originally assumed.

i agree

Any pics I have gotten since then, have not revealed the 'areas' on their head where the antlers have dropped, which are usually visible in my past pics.

Yes, the antler pedicles should be visible in a clear photograph.

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#1871966 - 04/05/10 08:08 AM

Re: Can someone explain??? [Re: BSK]

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Its so hard to identify any deer this time of year especailly because the bucks pretty much have lost their antlers.

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