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Fig. 39A should give the reader an idea about tracks. Sec-tion 1 shows a deer's foot. Please note the lesser digits of thehoof, located on the hind part of the foot and just above thetwo major members on which the deer normally walks. Thesesmall sections are called dew claws. These are used as auxiliary weight bearing units when the animal is running at a rapidgate. Sometimes these dew claws will show up in the tracksof a heavy deer when walking in soft mud and they are mostalways present in the tracks of a running deer.
The heavily shaded print is the hind foot track. The lightly shaded printis the fore foot track. |
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