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Yes, you can tell if you know what to look for. It's easier to tell an old buck from a doe, than a young buck from a doe. There are many things you need to look for that add up to a buck track for sure. Evidence it's a buck track include these things. The size of the track, (the bigger it is, the more likely a buck). The deeper the track, (heavy bucks leave deep prints in the ground). If it is more rounded, than pointed at the front (bucks wear the front of their hoofs by scraping more). If the track moves in a straight line, rather than meandering and stopping a lot. If the tracks point out away from the center line rather than align parallel with it. If you see a urine stain in the snow that is off to the sides rather than in the middle of the tracks. If you see antler tip marks in the snow where the deer put it's nose to the ground. And any other obvious signs above the ground, like antler rubs or broken twigs where a deer moved through dense brush. Determining if a track was made by a buck or doe is a preponderance of evidence more than just what you see in one or two tracks. You just need to know what signs and evidnce to look for as you follow the tracks. There are some good books on the subject. Check out books by the Benoit Family of Vermont. They only hunt big bucks and they only hunt by tracking. They are considered the best there is. Following the tracks and taking that buck, is a whole nother chapter in the book of tracking deer. And it takes much more experience and skill than just being able to identify the track as a buck. Good trackers have spent a lifetime learning the skills, and often they had an expert for a mentor. Tracking deer is an art that is almost lost amongst today's deer hunters.

One of my grandsons qualified for the sectionals in swimming . The meet was at the Webster Schroeder School this past Wednesday . There were swimmers from many different schools . Around 14 teams with at least a dozen swimmers on each team . What struck me as funny is the fact that there were Life Guards on duty . I imagine it's a necessity but I still think it's funny ! Uhhhhh , maybe I should have posted this on FaceBook !

I say we pass a law making lack of common sense illegal. Our prison system would overflow in 10 minutes. I'm sick of these Gestapo style laws. I can't believe anyone is in favor of them. Even the suggestion of them is dangerous IMO.

Guts stay in the woods for me.

So how popular is hunting in England? Is it something that a lot of people are involved in or is it kind of a rare activity? Do they have a lot of open government owned land that can be hunted? Are the licenses expensive? When you say "it is difficult to get a rifle in England", what kinds of restrictions do they have on rifle purchases and ownership? Yeah, I know ...... a whole bunch of questions. But I am really curious about such things. I never have found an occasion to talk hunting with someone from England who has actually done it there.

I start it out in bacon grease, real hot, then back it down and simmer it in cider for awhile. It's good. It does pop a little, but I used to be so drunk by the time I cooked it that I didn't care. Now that I quit boozing, I stand back a little.

Fresh heart and liver with onions sautéed in red wine is the best. We make it a regular staple at our camp when someone takes a deer.

I don't like the liver, maybe a mental thing. I don't like the thought of eating filtering organs. But I love the heart, fried in bacon grease and apple cider, so maybe I'm just weird.

Q: What's the problem with lawyer jokes? A: Lawyer's don't think they're funny, and no one else thinks they're jokes.

Definitely! See you there probably. I'm the guy with the big head.

I think Bubba uses an alias on FB . He goes by the name Blaze Orange ! ... ....

know the funny part? all the people on here who know all about fb say they do not have an account. How does one know so much about it if you have never used it? Oh yea the rumor mill. I have an account and I have a forum on there too. I guess it is what you make of it.

Good luck! You going after predators, or sneaking over to the Brown's and shooting one of their heifer's?

All the negs you see here about FB are the similar to what was being said when computers became mainstream. I have found a lot of old friends from my military days that I thought I would never hear from again. Pretty remarkable actually. As far as the blah blah blah you see, it's easy to block all the crap.

if you think facebook is the cause for your relationship problems then your in a relay that you shouldn't be in to begin with. if you have to worry about your significant other meeting guys or gals and cheating then again your with the wrong person. i've never had to worry about it for a single day ive been with my fiance, trust goes a long way when its real.

I could care less what any school wants students to sing. As long as we can sing Kumbaya on this forum, I'm good.

Oh boy ....... politics and religion. Two discussion topics that are guaranteed to wind up to eventually erupt into warfare. Probably not the best of forum topics. Always excellent trolling bait though......lol.

Do not expect Granny Smith apples from those seedlings. The original Grannies were hybrids...offspring may be whatever. I have raised a couple of trees from seeds...just call them "mystery apples"

Buy a motor home and hunt whever I wanted to.

Holy crap! That deer's about to stomp the crap outa that trout!

Tailfan didn't sound right.