Finding tracks, shelter and chopping tree's !!!

Lorien said:
First of all Pitdog, your titles don't suck and never have. I can always tell they're yours before I see your name affixed. I like that, we're all individuals after all! Fly your freak flag high brother:D:thumbup:

Secondly, those tracks were made by a raccoon.

Thirdly, Mr. Thumbs down, this is a survival forum. Not the place to complain about cutting down pecker poles.
Chopping trees is something everyone should learn about, and the lesson Pitdog learned about this topic was worth that tree's life. Not only that, he taught all of us about what happens when you don't cut a tree clear through before pushing it over, by providing great pictures.
That lesson could make a big difference to any one of us caught in the real deal, when all the elements of wilderness survival bear down- energy loss, thirst, hunger, etc.
Red cedar grows like crazy on Vancouver island. In fact, we cut down most of it 'to support or economy', send it to Asia where it's processed then we buy it back as consumers and complain that all the forestry jobs are gone, and that stuff made from real wood is too expensive.
-sorry, rant over- got a little sidetracked there:o
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Thank's for the kind words bro, but do you really think Raccoon ?
I took these pics last year of Raccoon tracks and unless the tracks spread a lot due to the snow freezing i'm just not sure !
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And to compare , here are those today...
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It's times like this I wish i was Tom Brown Jr !!!:o
 
Great stuff and Thanks for sharing! It is a blessed area of the world we live in.:thumbup::thumbup:
 
Great pics. ANd as a medium knife carrier, it's always good to see them performing the work of a larger knife, and knowing it can be done.
 
Lets all just remember that laws and regulations vary from place to place, and while cutting trees down on public land may be illegal in your area, it may not be everywhere. If you live in CT or CO and are on public land, stick with deadfalls for practice in order to stay on the right side of the law.

About the tracks, I don't know for sure, but the first thing that I thought of was a bobcat. They have surprisingly large feet for their body size. But, this is a guess.
 
Cool pics. Also one thing your post talks about that we don't talk too much about here and that's FINDING shelter as opposed to BUILDING shelter.
 
Once again, great pics pitdog. That burl is really cool. BTW, what kind of led is that on Maisy's collar ? I'm looking for a different one for my dog.

I was going to bring up the point that aggressive conservation is one of the factors that has contributed to the pine beetle epidemic in the interior and Chilcotin, but I think the folly of suggesting that such a general rule is universal has been shown well enough.
 
DeadeyeLefty said:
Once again, great pics pitdog. That burl is really cool. BTW, what kind of led is that on Maisy's collar ? I'm looking for a different one for my dog.

I was going to bring up the point that aggressive conservation is one of the factors that has contributed to the pine beetle epidemic in the interior and Chilcotin, but I think the folly of suggesting that such a general rule is universal has been shown well enough.
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It's a Ruffwear beacon, I just checked out the site and it looks like they now do a new version, but this one is quite a few years old now and has taken thousands of dips in oceans and lakes and is still going strong...here is a link..
http://www.amazon.com/Ruffwear-The-Beacon/dp/B000QM2B36
 
Wonderful pics. I love Vancouver Island.

On the tracks...

I'd like to put in a vote for Fox, though I can't say it Red or Gray...
 
Great pics again Pitdog.

As for the tracks, my first thought was feline, particularly a bobcat, but I'm not very knowledged on tracks, so it could very well be a fox, raccoon, or fisher, but for some reason, I can't help but think bobcat.

ETA: now that I look at them again, they do look like they come from a hopping animal, seeing as they are so parallel and close together. I would like to recant my guess of bobcat.
 
I was going to say fox as well, and great pics, as usual.
I liked those caves the best, the one Maisy seems to like would be worth poking in and making cozy.
 
Not fox or bobcat according to this list of all the mammals on Vancouver Island !



Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Northern Sea-Lion Eumetopias jubatus
California Sea-Lion Zalophus californicus
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
Dall's Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli
White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Orca Orcinus orca
Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Grey Whale Eschrichtius robustus
Sea Otter Enhydra lutris
Northern River Otter Lutra canadensis
American Marten Martes americana
Short-tailed Weasel Mustela erminea
American Mink Mustela vison
Wolverine Gulo gulo
Common Raccoon Procyon lotor
Roosevelt Elk Cervus elaphus roosevelti
Black-tailed Deer Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
Cougar Felis concolor
Black Bear Ursus americanus
Grey Wolf Canis lupus
Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
Keen's Mouse Peromyscus keeni
Black Rat Rattus rattus
Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus
House Mouse Mus musculus
Townsend's Vole Microtus townsendii
Common Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
American Beaver Castor canadensis
Vancouver Island Marmot Marmota vancouverensis
Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Vagrant Shrew Sorex vagrans
Dusky Shrew Sorex monticolus
Common Water Shrew Sorex palustris
Long-eared Bat Myotis evotis
Keen's Bat Myotis keeni
California Bat Myotis californicus
Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus
Yuma Bat Myotis yumanensis
Long-legged Bat Myotis volans
Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus
Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat Plecotus townsendii
 
I'm goin to have to respectfully disagree with the bobcat fox or raccoon interpretations of the tracks...I'm still going with a member of the weasel family. Wild felines and foxes walk with a pattern called direct registering where the track of the rear foot falls directly into the track of the front foot and the front feet move alternately..this leaves a distinct pattern when walking , ' , ' , ' like that weasel type animals when bouding or running leave a patern more like : : : : : sorry for he poor graphics..there also appears to be the imprint of some nails in the pic (although I can't make it out) which would lead me away from a feline as they retract there claws when the walk to protect them and keep them sharp..I'm sticking with marten, fisher or wolverine...but again I'm way more te amature than many others here..
 
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