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Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« on: October 24, 2016, 08:02:25 PM »
Found this today while out hunting.  Is it a wolf track??  Mabye a baby Bear? 

What else could it be.  My bood is a size 12 with a wide toe box. 

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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2016, 08:06:02 PM »
Here is a decent size bear track as a reference.  The bear tracks don't show the claw marks like the first pic. 


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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2016, 08:08:24 PM »
Looks like it may be on a road?   Could it have been a domestic dog track?
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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2016, 08:10:06 PM »
It's a bear I believe I see 5 toes

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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2016, 08:12:35 PM »
Looks like it may be on a road?   Could it have been a domestic dog track?

Always a possibility....but not likely based on location.  I also did not see any other tracks near muddier portions of the road in close proximity.  These tracks appeared on the road out of thick brush and dissapeared about 20 feet later.  There was a big muddy spot about 100 yards further up and nothing. 

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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2016, 08:14:13 PM »
Looks canine

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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2016, 08:15:39 PM »
Looks canine for sure. Looks too round for a bear.
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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2016, 08:20:52 PM »
5 claws in that.  Wolf tracks show 4.  Not wolf

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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2016, 12:07:45 AM »
Definitely a wolverine. Just kidding, but a wolverine would be cool. Probably bear.

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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2016, 06:30:39 AM »
Big coyote running--chasing . Not a bear
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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2016, 04:37:00 PM »
Oh no my dog got out again!! :chuckle: Canine and large but could be domestic.
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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2016, 12:07:37 PM »
As others have said, unless you've got Samsquatch feet that's a coyote or domestic dog. Wolf tracks are almost shockingly big, and notably wider in size and toe spacing than tracks of even big domestic dogs. That one looks too small and narrow if it is even canine. Maybe bear, but hard to be certain without seeing other tracks or track spacing.

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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2016, 12:57:30 PM »
Wouldn't that be a bear track since there are 5 toes?
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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2016, 01:11:33 PM »
 :yeah:Dog's don't have 5 toes and the one claw mark is way too far back for any species of dog. It must have been a bear. Maybe it startled and pushed off from there and it's claws dug in just slightly. :dunno:

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Re: Is this a wolf track?? If not...what?
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2016, 02:42:56 PM »
Double step print?? Dog..
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