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Title: ID this track
Post by: HotRod on November 11, 2018, 03:45:13 PM: Came across this set of tracks in unit 113. Any ideas? 7mm shell and size 12 boot.
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Post by: jrebel on November 11, 2018, 03:49:02 PM: dog of some kind.....big coyote or small wolf.
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Post by: Seahawk12 on November 11, 2018, 04:18:12 PM: No claw prints? Hard to tell if the heel has a 3rd lobe, but it looks like cat to me.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 11, 2018, 04:27:22 PM: Wolf
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on November 11, 2018, 05:10:24 PM: The best way to tell is by measuring it. 3 1/2-4 x 5 inches. They look like wolf tracks to me. That are not cat tracks.
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Post by: KFhunter on November 11, 2018, 05:39:58 PM: Quote from: CAMPMEAT on November 11, 2018, 05:10:24 PM
The best way to tell is by measuring it. 3 1/2-4 x 5 inches. They look like wolf tracks to me. That are not cat tracks.

:yeah:

Still not definitive, but there's a lot of wolves in 113. The track is slightly stretched due to the canine jogging (loping) down the trail.

Also, besides the size, another good way to tell wolf from domestic is the gait and path of the trail although still not definitive.

A track over 4 inches and loping in a straight line for long distances is most likely wolf. domestic dogs tend to stop and smell everything like it's the first time they been in the woods, whereas a wolf track usually has more 'purpose' and covers more distance without stopping and smelling every squirrel crossing.
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Post by: idaho guy on November 11, 2018, 05:49:16 PM: The track with the bullet is tougher to tell but the front track in the last picture looks like a big lion for sure. Look at the the track in front of the bullet track I think lion
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Post by: idaho guy on November 11, 2018, 05:52:45 PM: I looked again it’s definitely s lion
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Post by: HotRod on November 11, 2018, 05:54:32 PM: Great point KFhunter... this track had a purpose with straight path down the trail for about 50 yds then bailed off into the reprod.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 11, 2018, 05:58:01 PM: If the tracks are side by side vs single file wolf, single file cat.
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Post by: JakeLand on November 11, 2018, 06:02:05 PM: Lion
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Post by: KFhunter on November 11, 2018, 06:08:47 PM: it's a lion, should have seen that right away but I had wolf on the brain reading the thread :chuckle:

the track by the bullet is the back foot, the front smaller track is the front paw.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 11, 2018, 06:29:00 PM: Little big, little big.
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Post by: snake on November 11, 2018, 06:32:09 PM: cat, not a big one, but a cat