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Buckmeister
10-18-2008, 07:08 PM
Since I didn't find any animals I could shoot and photograph, I had to settle for these nice sized tracks to take a picture of. Just click the links below to view pictures.

http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo63/Buckmeister_01/moonandhaircut087.jpg
http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo63/Buckmeister_01/moonandhaircut089.jpg
Jelvis
10-18-2008, 07:43 PM
Some good sized tracks there. Good idea taking pictures for comparison. Nothing like tracking deer in snow. It is what makes late fall so special. Good pix --- Jel
tooley
10-19-2008, 09:35 AM
I'm nt too sure on tose tracks bucmeister where did you see them, I'll have a better look and lt you know!
tooley
10-19-2008, 09:36 AM
sorry those words were not....those...buckmiester....and let!
TIKA 300
10-19-2008, 09:38 AM
Them are some biggins,so it would be nice to connect on whats attached with those... NICE PICS
rocksteady
10-19-2008, 10:34 AM
What is all that white stuff that the tracks are in ?????:biggrin:

Have not had the pleasure of walking in any of that yet this year....
Shed Hunter
10-19-2008, 07:49 PM
track soup not to tasty. a little salt will help
Mr. Dean
10-19-2008, 11:00 PM
EXCELLENT THREAD!

Any ideas of how old they are?
Buckmeister
10-20-2008, 06:24 PM
EXCELLENT THREAD!

Any ideas of how old they are?

It snowed Friday night so these tracks were made sometime early Saturday morning. I took the pics on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Dean
10-21-2008, 12:18 AM
It snowed Friday night so these tracks were made sometime early Saturday morning. I took the pics on Saturday afternoon.

:oops:

I had my answered all typed out, based on the photo's. then I deleted it (me bad).

I based it on the 'heavyness' of the snow and surmized them to be a few hrs old.

Did you follow them?
hunter1947
10-21-2008, 06:10 AM
Just after a deer has made his tracks in the snow its then when a person can determine weather they are a good size deer or or a smaller deer.

After a day or so when the snow melts around the track it starts getting larger making the track look double in size.
Buckmeister
10-21-2008, 05:44 PM
:oops:

I had my answered all typed out, based on the photo's. then I deleted it (me bad).

I based it on the 'heavyness' of the snow and surmized them to be a few hrs old.

Did you follow them?

No, if they were fresher I would have. But, I also had a fresh set of moose tracks just around the corner from the mule deer tracks headed in the opposite direction. I would have followed them but they were headed into the heavy timber and I didn't think it wise to take down such a large animal and only have myself to drag it out, in fact I probally couldn't have. I was miles from nowhere and my hunting partners had already left a few hours earlier and I had no cell phone coverage. I was basically scouting at this point.
moosehunter16
10-21-2008, 06:49 PM
Nice size tracks. look fairly fresh