Hey Trackers!!!!!!!

j williams · Jan 20, 2009

I say Squirrel and Fox.

Great pics bro, looks pleasant. Dont you find tracking to be relaxing? I do. Its the main thing I like about winter hiking/snowshoeing. I wish we had a snow worth a shit already!!!

tonym · Jan 20, 2009

Here is an easy one.

tonym · Jan 20, 2009

j williams said:
I say Squirrel and Fox.

Great pics bro, looks pleasant. Dont you find tracking to be relaxing? I do. Its the main thing I like about winter hiking/snowshoeing. I wish we had a snow worth a shit already!!!

Relaxing hmmm..............

Most of the time, today I had a handfull

siguy · Jan 20, 2009

tony, that last one looks like it belongs to a 400 pound wild boar!!!

nevermind, i think it looks more like deer...

Big Mike · Jan 20, 2009

Whitetail Doe.

"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike

j williams · Jan 20, 2009

Yep, thats a deer.....

Big Mike · Jan 20, 2009

siguy said:
...that last one looks like it belongs to a 400 pound wild boar!!!

No Simon,

…I did not make the hike with Tony today.

"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike

tonym · Jan 20, 2009

Yeah the deer was too easy, but how about these.

If anything its a helluva spot to set a snare.

Right to another hole

Big Mike · Jan 20, 2009

Looks like more Squirrel tracks, but that last shot looks like coon.

"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike

RescueRiley · Jan 20, 2009

squirrel, fox and centaur would be my best guess.

tonym · Jan 20, 2009

RescueRiley said:
centaur would be my best guess.

No, no, my wife didn't say I walk like a horse, she said I was hu....never mind

theonew · Jan 21, 2009

Here's a couple from last weekend for you trackers:

pitdog · Jan 21, 2009

They are the kinda hare and rabbit tracks I'm used to seeing !!!

mtnfolk mike · Jan 21, 2009

cool pics Tony...:thumbup: i have never tracked anything in the snow before...

theonew · Jan 21, 2009

pitdog said:
They are the kinda hare and rabbit tracks I'm used to seeing !!!

Cool that was my GUESS :thumbup:

troutfisher13111 · Jan 21, 2009

tonym said:
Yeah the deer was too easy, but how about these.

If anything its a helluva spot to set a snare.

Right to another hole

Its too hard to tell from the pics, but that four track pattern sometimes belongs to members of the weasel family. Are you close to water?

tonym · Jan 21, 2009

troutfisher13111 said:
Its too hard to tell from the pics, but that four track pattern sometimes belongs to members of the weasel family. Are you close to water?

about a mile from a small river/ creek that is frozen over right now.

halo2 · Jan 21, 2009

My gueses:

first one I'm guessing is a squirrel as the front paws are together unlike those of a rabbit (which comes later) I had some trouble with this one...

Second set I'd say is a fox. Looks small for a coyote.

Third set with SAK is likely fox also. Could it be bobcat? I don't see claws, but they could be old. The pee is interesting. Makes me think more of a male fox. Bobcat (I'm guessing) would be more sprayed.

TheOne's are rabbit. Front paws give it away.

Last set is squirrel digging through the snow for acorns.

troutfisher13111 · Jan 22, 2009

halo2 said:
Last set is squirrel digging through the snow for acorns.

The foot prints look too round to be squirrel, but its hard to tell from the pic.

Big Mike · Jan 22, 2009

Here are some tracks from last evening.

I tracked this animal for about a half mile.

It apparently tracked me as the tracks followed a trail through the snowy woods that me and my dogs broke a couple of days earlier, a light snowfall between our traverse and that of the animal made them easy to follow.

The tracks never strayed from my footprints and seemed to ignore the path taken by the two dogs.

I lost the track high up on the rocky ridge as light faded.

"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike