I was hoping no one would say they thought it was a weasel, brn325! Thanks for your post though...made me wonder how well the photos I posted actually read and thought it might be interesting to have something to compare to, so I went online in search of pictures of weasel tracks, and found some. They're a bit deeper, bigger and rounder and they're much more "defined"with toe imprints and none of the fine lines. If anyone is interested, here's the link:
my first guess was rabbit, too, but typically you see droppings w/rabbit tracks. At least around my parts! Maybe watch for scat and try to identify via that route as well as by tracks.
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I agree with Mike. These are rat tracks. Rats hop through the snow beacuse walking is too hard. You can also see the tail drags in the snow where they land. I would purchase some bait sticks from the local feed store If I were you. Don't buy the pellets. The rats just haul these away and store them in their nests. The bait sticks are too big for them to haul into thier hole and usually need to chew them apart to get them in. This is alot more effective than the pellets. I had problems with them myself last fall. !!HAD!! Good luck.