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How do you know if its a doe track??

I was half joking but, it is said that a bucks front tracks will have rounded toes due to scrape making over a period of time. Also in snow you might see where a buck drags its feet, that would be cause by the non stop running during the rut. Kinda like me before I have my coffee in the morning.

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I was half joking but, it is said that a bucks front tracks will have rounded toes due to scrape making over a period of time. Also in snow you might see where a buck drags its feet, that would be cause by the non stop running during the rut. Kinda like me before I have my coffee in the morning.

Actually well defined fairly large pointy hoofs will most likely be that of a young deer (both sexes). Smaller pointy I think we can all ascertain is that of a fawn. A mature doe can have just as a well rounded hoof as a mature buck, the difference between that of a mature buck or doe then comes into play would be the size of the print. 9 times out of 10 the large well rounded hoof would be that of a buck, however I have some huge does in my area and you can get fooled some of the time. BTW in my experience the does will maintain a scrape just as much as the next buck. I have heard about the buck dragging his back leg and I have witnessed such in the snow but I'm not quite sure of the proof that these are made primarily by bucks??

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hey Tom these guys have no clue about northern new york deer. Keep it a secret or they will all be here If you look even walking deer in soft ground will make a bigger looking track. That is by far a big deer. In the north it is about quality not quantity. One big one equals 3 dog sized ones

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Trust me- that's a running deer. I've been farming my whole life. I've seen a few deer tracks. Now if the toes were closed and the dewclaws were making a mark, then we'd be talking. When you find a track with the toes closed and you can lay a 30-06 shell in it crosswise- then you have a big deer.

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Trust me- that's a running deer. I've been farming my whole life. I've seen a few deer tracks. Now if the toes were closed and the dewclaws were making a mark, then we'd be talking. When you find a track with the toes closed and you can lay a 30-06 shell in it crosswise- then you have a big deer.

I wish I would have taken a picture of the next track in line to show you how close it was. This deer WAS NOT running. We had 1/2" of rain and the ground was soft. If you look, you'll see the dew claws are making a mark.

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