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Grizzly Track???
« on: May 18, 2009, 10:50:57 PM »
Went hiking this past weekend with my wife near North Cascades National Park and came across these tracks in the snow.  I thought they were pretty big (my foot is a size 10.5), what do you guys think?  Any chance it could be from a grizz?

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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2009, 11:10:20 PM »

Hard to tell but, looks like a melted lion track to me. My  :twocents:

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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2009, 03:23:03 AM »
My vote was for a big lion.

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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2009, 12:53:06 PM »
I realize the snow melted it a bit, but I'm not thinking Griz track, no claw marks of any kind, really rounded, I have to go with what is stated above...

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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2009, 01:29:45 PM »
 No claws, couldn't be a grizz. Big cat.

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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2009, 01:31:42 PM »
im with the rest...melted out kitty track

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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2009, 01:37:10 PM »
 I've only been in one area where I thought there might be grizz around, up near Republic, within 30 miles of the border I was on a mountaintop in the heart of the NF many years ago, I found an area where a very tall bear had torn up bark well above my head and found some bear piles that looked like an elephant. If it was a blackie, it was a monster.

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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2009, 01:41:00 PM »
 I take that back, one other I recall was Bead lake, right on the Idaho border, where there was a rather large "beware of grizzlies" sign. :chuckle:

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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2009, 01:41:59 PM »
Would claw marks still be easily visible after melting out that much?  Assuming it is a cat track, isn't that pretty darn big?

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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2009, 01:45:48 PM »
 Yes and no. A large grizzly will have 3 1/2" claws and you will always see the marks. A big cat, has oversized feet and you'll never see the claws in the tracks.

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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2009, 01:46:17 PM »
Heres a griz track in the snow. I would say cat track posted above also!

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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2009, 01:48:05 PM »
From another angle.

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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2009, 03:50:59 PM »
First glance, I thought cat track, second glance, still cat track...
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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2009, 09:52:54 PM »
Haven't seen too many cat tracks but I've seen a fair amount of grizzly tracks.
Heres the front and rear of the bear I killed last wednesday.
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Re: Grizzly Track???
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2009, 10:09:38 PM »
last wednesday, time for a story....
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