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Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961702 02/14/22 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5,738 Likes: 3 Orygun H Heym06 Campfire Tracker Heym06 Campfire Tracker H Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5,738 Likes: 3 Orygun Trapped for thirty years, never saw a cat track with the claws out, no matter what kind of snow. Unless the cat was fighting or killing at the moment.

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961732 02/14/22 Joined: May 2019 Posts: 1,837 Likes: 4 R Rickshaw Campfire Regular Rickshaw Campfire Regular R Joined: May 2019 Posts: 1,837 Likes: 4 Claw marks are right in the pad. A bear would be out front. One print makes it tough, but the track and pads are very round like a cat print.....hence Bob kitty.

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961735 02/14/22 Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,659 Likes: 21 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,659 Likes: 21 Metairie, LA Bears have 5 toes and if you drew a line from toe tip to toe tip, it would be straighter. Cat has 4 toes and if you drew a line from toe tip to toe tip, it would be more of an arc. While a cat would normally have its claws retracted, that's not a given.

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961739 02/14/22 Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 10,830 Likes: 2 The Palmetto State C cra1948 Campfire Outfitter cra1948 Campfire Outfitter C Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 10,830 Likes: 2 The Palmetto State Melted out track of a big fisher Mathew 22: 37-39

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961769 02/14/22 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,651 Likes: 8 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,651 Likes: 8 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas Owl? Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961789 02/14/22 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,970 Likes: 5 Missouri 1 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,970 Likes: 5 Missouri Chupacabra. The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

Re: What animal left this track? kaywoodie #16961799 02/14/22 Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,659 Likes: 21 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,659 Likes: 21 Metairie, LA Originally Posted by kaywoodie Owl? lolololol

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961800 02/14/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 4,368 northern new york DANNYL Campfire Tracker DANNYL Campfire Tracker Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 4,368 northern new york Looks like a cat to me.

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961809 02/14/22 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,920 Likes: 1 SE, Iowa B blanket Campfire Outfitter blanket Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,920 Likes: 1 SE, Iowa Cats claws come out as weight is put on the foot, my vote is cat. Bear would have been wider with claw marks going through the surface

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961812 02/14/22 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 10,520 Likes: 1 Western NY State 22250rem Campfire Outfitter 22250rem Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 10,520 Likes: 1 Western NY State My guess is cat; but that's only my wild, uneducated guess. I sometimes see smaller, somewhat similar tracks in the woods from a couple of the local free running kitty kats that live up the road.

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961817 02/14/22 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,285 Likes: 24 T_Inman Campfire Ranger T_Inman Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,285 Likes: 24 I got drunk and was making faux critter tracks with my mushroom head and berries, trying to confuse you all. Jokes on you fückers!

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961820 02/14/22 Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 8,343 Likes: 7 bc Canada 673 Campfire Outfitter 673 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 8,343 Likes: 7 bc Canada I realize bears come out of their dens from time to time while hibernating, not knowing anything about the other side of the Continent, aren't they supposed to be sleeping over there LOL?

Re: What animal left this track? T_Inman #16961840 02/14/22 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,920 Likes: 1 SE, Iowa B blanket Campfire Outfitter blanket Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,920 Likes: 1 SE, Iowa Originally Posted by T_Inman I got drunk and was making faux critter tracks with my mushroom head and berries, trying to confuse you all. Jokes on you fückers! Funny cabin fever

Re: What animal left this track? T_Inman #16961851 02/14/22 Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,659 Likes: 21 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,659 Likes: 21 Metairie, LA Originally Posted by T_Inman I got drunk and was making faux critter tracks with my mushroom head and berries, trying to confuse you all. Jokes on you fückers! You need to shave. Those claws could injure Tarquin's tonsils.

Re: What animal left this track? T_Inman #16961858 02/14/22 Joined: May 2019 Posts: 1,837 Likes: 4 R Rickshaw Campfire Regular Rickshaw Campfire Regular R Joined: May 2019 Posts: 1,837 Likes: 4 Originally Posted by T_Inman I got drunk and was making faux critter tracks with my mushroom head and berries, trying to confuse you all. Jokes on you fückers! Many good artist did their best work when a bit intoxicated. Nice work!

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961965 02/14/22 Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 635 Wyoming 2 280Rem1 Campfire Regular 280Rem1 Campfire Regular 2 Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 635 Wyoming Without a doubt a cat... with a crooked left upper canine, a limp on his right rear foot (yes, it's he), and a catarac in his left eye. He also killed a rabbit on January 9th.

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961975 02/14/22 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,974 Likes: 11 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute Campfire Ranger 1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,974 Likes: 11 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA Cat 1Minute

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961994 02/14/22 Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,543 Oregon Santiam Campfire Regular Santiam Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,543 Oregon Cat

Re: What animal left this track? RS308MX #16961997 02/14/22 Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,370 Likes: 9 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,370 Likes: 9 Oregon Originally Posted by RS308MX A buddy of mine was in the woods today and came upon a deer kill. He took a picture of the clearest track he could find. He said the track was as big as his hand. What's your best guess? https://i.postimg.cc/GpSWTdFc/25591.jpg Cougar pulls the hair off a deer before eating it, easiest way to tell. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: What animal left this track? Heym06 #16962012 02/14/22 Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 3,952 Likes: 1 Beaver Nation! T Tide_Change Campfire Tracker Tide_Change Campfire Tracker T Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 3,952 Likes: 1 Beaver Nation! Originally Posted by Heym06 Bear not cat. Claws wouldn't be seen on a cat track. Front foot of a bear. Yup.