Professional Tracking Insight for Deer Hunters
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Take a step back from deer tracks and take a look at what made them. There is MUCH insight to be had from studying the feet of deer.
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Being someone that’s never hunted before, this is very informative. Thanks for the video
Just started hunting this past January. Thank you!!
Reason for the front foot knuckle and dew claws closer to hoof, kneeling down, versus back legs being laid backwards, and knee further up, same for dew claws.
Same designs in the cats and dog species with paws and legs.
Good point, glad you added that in the comments because I did not get that in video..thanks!
Great video and explanation. Thank you so much!
Great tips I track for fun and to sharpen skills thanks for the video 👍
I've had a lot of people tell me that a monster buck is in the area just because the dew claws touched. One guy showed me and it was in mud. The tracks even had some skid marks in them (a slip in the mud). Another hunter and I had a debate in the woods on which of us shot a deer (bow and area). He did not understand about the tracks and it was useless to try to explain. The proof was not even in the 50 yard blood trail since he didn't want to walk up the hill to where it was first shot. The way he finally admitted that it was mine is that I was in a tree stand and he was on the ground. So the angle of the arrow was diagonally through the deer. Oh, he had shot at it, missed, and it stopped under me. When I arrowed it, it ran down the hill between us. It was just over a hump from me.
I enjoyed that lesson. It's good to here people not telling tales. I find that just tracking can be relatively hard just due the the ground conditions. And I love the snow tracking (easy and I can be relatively lazy. :)
THanks for sharing your experiences with us.
Great Info ,didn't know some of the info you pointed out it's not even in some books I've read.
I always wonder about the deal claws on deer when I see them so thanks
Great information keepem coming i just subbed and liked
Great Review thank you and good luck in the woods 👍 🦌
The Vermonter
Thank you. Great info that explained a lot.
Very welcome
This is SO informative!!!! Thank you!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Very informative, thank you.
You are welcome, thank you for watching.
I'll have to look this weekend when I go out for a stroll and see if I can spot the differences that you are pointing out. BTW any tip you can give me on shooting a beaver? We have one in the pond and it needs to go. Thanks for your videos!
Man, I wish I could but I have never been shot a beaver before, only trapped them.
wait is this whitetail, blacktail or muley?
Do all these caricatures transfer between all deer? Such as blacktail deer and mule deer?
I do not have personal experience with those species, but my understanding is that all ungulates are like this.
Well..I've either gotten more deaf than before or the audio isn't loud enough? This is turned up pretty well?
Awesome video. Very informative. I once saw a large deer track so impressive I had to measure it. It was 6 -1/4 inches tip to dew claw and was not sure of the size of the deer. I now see that it depends on whether it was the front or rear foot.
Nice observation!
@@NatureReliance Years later I took a nice ten pointer 46.5 inches girth but not as big as another I saw. There are some big bucks up this way but finding them is hard, and getting them even harder. Thanks again for the info. The more we know the better we are.
Looking at deer feet don't tell much. The way a deer puts it's foot down, as in a buck will often walk with his toes pointing out slightly. The length of stride and the stagger of the track will also indicate a buck or doe. A buck has a broader chest so is tracks will be spaced wider apart. And being a bigger deer with a longer body will makes his stride longer than a doe. There is so much more to it than a couple measurements
Nearly all of what you just said has no scientific basis of understanding. It is continued misinformation that is wrong. When people suggest these things to me, I have to wonder if you actually spend much time measuring tracks or just assume certain things based upon miminal observations. I mean when was the last time you actually got out and measured tracklines? before you ask, the last time I did it was yesterday and the time before that was two days ago and time before that...you get the picture.
@@NatureReliance I track deer in the Adirondack mountsins in NY so to assume I have minimal experience looking.at track is wrong. I'm 90% sure of the sex of any deer I track based on track size, length of stride, and the stagger of the track. Clues along the way such as beds, how it peed how it goes around or though cover.
By the tracks, how would you determine if the tracks are from a female or a male? Would a young buck look similar to a older doe?
Most people believe you can tell the difference between a doe and buck. I disagree with that notion as do the wildlife biologists I have trained with.
@@NatureReliance wouldn't the rear gate on a doe be wider than the front because the wider hips? Would appreciate any feed back!
If deer steep into their own tracks when walking how can you tell front from back?
Great question. Three things come to mind. 1. It is rare that the rear foot steps exactly onto the front so you will see a partial from the front and then the rear on top. 2. The front foot of a deer is nearly always larger than the rear, so even when the rear steps on top of it, some of it will appear in front, back or to the sides of the one you can see most clearly. 3. if the dewclaws happen to be present the dewclaws of a front foot are pointed more down, and the dewclaws in the back are somewhat pointed outward
@@NatureReliance thanks for the response.I was watching some tracking videos from Maine and they look for the biggest track but I think the tracks could get enlarged somewhat if they step into/on top of the fronts.They never talk about that in videos.
It’s so hard to get everything needed to understand tracks in one video. I have a guest who you’re talking about in Maine though, and they are really good trackers.
I guess the "insight" I was hoping for was simply, is the animal i'm tracking one I hope to shoot, how far ahead of me is he if it is, how fast/slow is he moving so I know how fast/slow to move. It was a fun video, but I guess I missed what value it had in getting me on a deer I want to or can shoot.
This video looks at one small part of it really. Which is direction of travel. If you can determine which footfall you are looking at in any individual track, then you will be more likely to find the next one.
partner348 tracking is just a small part I’ve managed to track and kill in its bedhalf dozen in my lifetime it is in my opinion the ultimate way to hunt u have to get to kno the land u hunt where will that buck go in this wind this weather is there pressure from other hunters by knowing these u can make an educated decision circle round to where u suspect he is if he starts to wander side to side or starts circle I believe he’s looking for that spot to bed use binoculars look close 👀👀look again the older fellas r masters In hiding to watch or wind there back trail hope this helps GOOD HUNTING!!!👍
great info, but speak up or get a mic
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