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What is this? Deer or cat?
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I've combined two video files - the second following the first by about 35 seconds. I'm pretty sure I deleted a file between the two combined here because the file sequence skips a number - it was likely another video of more wandering around by the doe in that same general vicinity, and so makes the animal in question just a few seconds behind the doe.
Poor image quality makes identification of the animal running out of the central bushes in the background nearly impossible. The only clues I can find are:
- the height of the second animal(that seems to be less than of the doe - though I'm not positive) which can be best compared as it exits stage right at about 2 - 3 yards farther away from the camera than the preceding deer did on the road
- the pattern of locomotion, which to my eye, is not quite deer-like
I'm curious how you all judge this ghosted animal - a deer, or a cat in apparent attack mode. (?)
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Re: What is this? Deer or cat?
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Looks like a deer
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+1 for the deer vote
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+2 deer
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That was a cat or coyote
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Deer
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I gotta go with The Flash myself
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Re: What is this? Deer or cat?
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I originally thought deer, but then questioned it after comparing the heights of the animals. Even though the second animal is a bit farther away, it seems smaller to me, and I keep thinking my brain is recognizing a long tail, though you cannot see one on slow/stop motion.
This is the same location I captured a pretty good size cat on the cam about 3 months prior, which was posted in the camera/trail cam section of the forum. The fact that it comes out of hiding just second after that other deer strolls through made it seem more sinister than a deer, but God knows, those deer are skittish as hell. I have many videos of them standing still one moment then at full throttle the next, for seemingly no reason at all.
If I hadn't deleted the prior video, I might have been able to visualize the animal before it bolted.
Thanks for the input.
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Kind of looks like a cat or a coyote to me.
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Tough one but I say cat
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totally a deer
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Quote from: Big P on September 01, 2015, 07:52:08 PM
Tough one but I say cat
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Looks k9 to me
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