On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Don Baccus wrote:

> At 11:44 AM 11/23/97 -0800, you wrote:
> > the males I've seen have been noticeably
> > smaller than the females
>
> While on average this is true, the reason the banding keys don't allow sexing
> is that there's far too much overlap to do so with confidence based on size.
>
> That, of course, being my point.

Don--

point taken..and in fact, I know a guy who has had a
r/t he hunts with now in its second year that he claims
is male..however, it's certainly in the female weight
range for our neck of the woods.. 35 oz.. most tiercels
I've seen didn't crack 30 oz.

Tom