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Wolf tracks ONP?
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Re: Wolf tracks ONP?
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2012, 11:50:26 AM »
I'll bite.

A wildeyed guess.
A large, size of track and depth of track.
Young, definition and sharpness of track.
Domestic dog, again definition and length of toe nails.

All the wolf tracks I have seen in Idaho while elk hunting have lots of wear to the toe nails and damaged pads and usually a bit larger.

Still just a guess.

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Re: Wolf tracks ONP?
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2012, 11:52:30 AM »
Depending on the size of your boot, it looks like a wolf track to me. 

I think we are going to go try to get some pics of the three that have been seen hanging around the west side of Mt. St.Helens this weekend.  Hope to at least find some tracks to take pictures of for the non-believers out there.
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Re: Wolf tracks ONP?
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2012, 12:13:18 PM »
My boot size is 11 mens.

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Re: Wolf tracks ONP?
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2012, 04:41:15 PM »
Size isn't always the indicator. Althought it is a good representation of the actual size of a wolf track it has patterns more consistent with a domestic dog than wolf. The spread between the toes and rear pad and width between the two middle toes is not consistent with wolves.
At times it's hard to know based on one track. It is not a good way of saying yea or nay.  If you had both sets, front and rear prints you could tell.

 


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