Another....What the heck is this?

[jrebel]

What do you think.  I will post the three photos as they were taken....then I will zoom in on one of them. 

There is a small creek about 100 feet behind this thing and clearly a turkey in front of it. 

[h20hunter]

Mtn beaver

[h20hunter]

https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/aplodontia-rufa

[JimmyHoffa]

bunny

[jrebel]

last one, closest pic. 

Zoomed in is the last one. 

[KFhunter]

Raven lookin to steal a chick

[WapitiTalk1]

Ahh, that last zoomed in shot looks like a MTN beaver.

[jrebel]

I bet you guys are correct.....1st mountain beaver trail cam pic for me.   

[Rem14]

MTN  Beaver

[Boss .300 winmag]

What was the tail like? Otter since creek is close by? Looks kinda big for a mtn beaver.

[jrebel]

What was the tail like? Otter since creek is close by? Looks kinda big for a mtn beaver.

Those are the only three pics.  Not sure it had much of a tail.  The creek is running right now, but goes underground as the temps go up.....It is a very small creek.

I'm thinking mountain beaver after looking up pics on the web.  It does appear to be a good size mountain beaver.  Hope to see it in person one of these days. 

[NRA4LIFE]

I'm going raven.  Looks like a beak in front.  All the mountain beavers I've encountered aren't nearly that dark.

[h20hunter]

This is clearly a wet mtn beaver 🦫 that has been well fed under the dumb yet steely eyed watch of his friend the turkey. It is no suprise to someone as astute as I. See I pay attention.  Not just the other day we had a clear example of coon/hog partnership against the band of opossums. Open your eyes people.

[Bob33]

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,98087.msg1270816.html?PHPSESSID=8bb9586397989b2da81ea55e879ad677#msg1270816

[wadu1]

Aplodontia rufa