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Difference Between Bucks and Does

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05 February 2005, 19:46
Plinker603
Difference Between Bucks and Does
I'm getting lot of pictures on my trail cam, but to my untrained eye, it looks like they're all males. It'd be easy to tell if their antlers were still on, but they're shedding them now. If it has a skinny neck, it's probably a doe. Most look like this, which i think is a buck:

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Plinker


aim small, hit small
05 February 2005, 19:55
blackbearhunter
When the antlers fall off,there is still a place on there head where the antlers were,look for the pedical places and you will know for sure,I saw a spike this week like that ,the spikes were gone but the pedicals were still there.Sorry but it looks like a doe to me.You will get a good pic of a buck and you will see what iam talking about,there will be no mistakeing it.....
05 February 2005, 21:38
blackbearhunter
Hey plinker,Try this,set out some feed or something to get them lined up on that camera like you want for a good head shot...They will trip the pic from a differnt angle,I have seen bucks with big racks still on as late as May!!!!
05 February 2005, 23:24
Plinker603
It's a doe? This one shows up a lot, i was sure it was a buck. But that's okay, i'm glad there's some does, i can't wait to get some pictures of fawns.

Yeah, i have been feeding them, that one is headed for the food. It might be possible to get some closer head shots by moving the camera, if there is tree close enough. Thanks.

Plinker


aim small, hit small
06 February 2005, 04:04
Ron L
I would agree that this looks to be a doe. Our season here is for 4 1/2 months a year and we get to see a lot of does and bucks.

Ron L
06 February 2005, 22:26
carpetman
You are looking at the wrong end. Maybe you should mount your camera on the ground to get undercarriage shots.
07 February 2005, 16:48
Plinker603
Such photographic gyrations wouldn't be necessary if they were a little more anatomically cooperative. Like the buffalo, remember those old nickels? ... no guessing there.

Plinker


aim small, hit small