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Title: Is this a wolf track (Blue mountains)
Post by: JoeE on October 03, 2015, 12:31:05 PM: Another wolf track thread. I found these near the Mill Creek Watershed. Is it wolf?
Title: Re: Is this a wolf track (Blue mountains)
Post by: JoeE on October 03, 2015, 12:34:54 PM: And for reference the way my hand is stretched out from finger tip to tip of thumb is about 7 1/2".
Title: Re: Is this a wolf track (Blue mountains)
Post by: jasnt on October 03, 2015, 12:55:44 PM: Yup that's a wolf track
Title: Re: Is this a wolf track (Blue mountains)
Post by: Timberstalker on October 03, 2015, 03:51:38 PM: Although it's large enough, I would question it due to the fact it's on a roadway. Possibly a domestic dog.
I spent some time up there this spring, in the wenaha and there were wolf tracks present, so it's still a possibility. :twocents:
Title: Re: Is this a wolf track (Blue mountains)
Post by: jasnt on October 03, 2015, 04:36:06 PM: Wolves love to run the roads. It's like a big trail lol. Even my grandfathers Irish wolf hounds didn't have a 4 1/2-5" track and those dogs where HUGE!
Title: Re: Is this a wolf track (Blue mountains)
Post by: JoeE on October 03, 2015, 05:20:59 PM: I was walking the road and the tracks went across the road so they were only in one spot. If it were a domestic dog I would think it wouldve been walking down the road and maybe some boot prints to go with it from its owner. I don't know. I just thought they were the biggest canine tracks I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Is this a wolf track (Blue mountains)
Post by: kodiak 907 on October 03, 2015, 07:14:14 PM: Wolf and bobcat in the same frame???
Title: Re: Is this a wolf track (Blue mountains)
Post by: go4steelhd on October 03, 2015, 07:19:55 PM: Being on the road it could go either way. But there is a pack in the blues.
Title: Re: Is this a wolf track (Blue mountains)
Post by: JoeE on October 03, 2015, 08:18:37 PM: Quote from: kodiak 907 on October 03, 2015, 07:14:14 PM
Wolf and bobcat in the same frame???

I was wondering about that other set of tracks too
Title: Re: Is this a wolf track (Blue mountains)
Post by: AspenBud on October 06, 2015, 04:35:46 PM: Now this is a wolf track...

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.cbc.ca%2F1.3239188.1442952790%21%2FfileImage%2FhttpImage%2Fimage.JPG_gen%2Fderivatives%2Foriginal_300%2Fwolf-paw-print.JPG&hash=91d7e58a931fe202715ff5487c2db2ef21aa4efd)

From --> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wolves-kill-4-dogs-in-beach-country-north-of-winnipeg-1.3238252 (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wolves-kill-4-dogs-in-beach-country-north-of-winnipeg-1.3238252)
Title: Re: Is this a wolf track (Blue mountains)
Post by: KFhunter on October 06, 2015, 04:44:04 PM: It's probably a wolf track but keep in mind it'll be stretched a little bit on the gravel road as it'll slide a little elongating the track.
Title: Re: Is this a wolf track (Blue mountains)
Post by: jasnt on October 06, 2015, 08:54:02 PM: Quote from: AspenBud on October 06, 2015, 04:35:46 PM
Now this is a wolf track...

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.cbc.ca%2F1.3239188.1442952790%21%2FfileImage%2FhttpImage%2Fimage.JPG_gen%2Fderivatives%2Foriginal_300%2Fwolf-paw-print.JPG&hash=91d7e58a931fe202715ff5487c2db2ef21aa4efd)

From --> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wolves-kill-4-dogs-in-beach-country-north-of-winnipeg-1.3238252 (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wolves-kill-4-dogs-in-beach-country-north-of-winnipeg-1.3238252)
toes are spread out quite a bit. Mud tracks always look bigger