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Saw these on Saturday up in the Frost Mtn. area - GMU 340. They appeared larger than your standard coyote track but not as large as some of the wolf tracks I've seen posted on this and other sites before. Is there any way to tell the difference between a wolf or a domesticated dog track?
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Looks like it had some decent weight on it unless it was fresh mud
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These are wolf tracks, they look pretty similar to me.
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looks like a cat to me
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I was thinkin bocat myself......lack of prominent claws sold me.
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Quote from: wazzu99 on July 23, 2013, 11:31:58 AM
looks like a cat to me
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Those are all canine tracks, no cat tracks in any of the photos. No third lobe on the heel pad, and the middle two toes are even.
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Cat! upon closer look yes i do see claws. Changed my mind to canine.
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Not a cat, you can see claw marks, definitley canine.
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The tracks were probably relatively old. There were several more that were deeper in the mud that showed the claws. Definitely canine for sure... I just don't have enough experience to tell whether they are wolf or otherwise.
They are real similar in size to the pic that Smossy posted however.
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Cougar. I don't see any claw marks. It looks like the dried mud is doing it to me. Wolf tracks are long and wide. 4x5 inches.
I took these near Wallace Idaho 3 weeks ago.
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Here's another one that clearly shows the claw marks in the deeper mud.
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My hunting partners and I have heard and seen wolves in the frost mountain area for 15 years or so. Go ahead and call B.S. but it's true, my buddy saw a lone timber wolf as we call it, and you cannot mistake the lone long howl of a wolf, the second you hear it you know it's a wolf and not a yote.
The tracks look like wolf to me because of the claw marks, but if you took those away it sure looks like cat due to its wide footprint. As a side not I hunt turkey in an area with allot of wolves, and they do not always leave claw marks, unless the depression is deep?
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im going with short legged domestic dog that weighed about 30lbs and short haired!
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