Need help identifying............CREEPY!!

[tenderkat]

Can possums or skunks squeeze through 2x4 wire? The bottom 3 feet of the run is lined with 1/2 " hardware cloth, so nothings squeezing through there, I guess.

 

[goldeneggtees]

In the middle pic there are only 4 claw marks and in the other ones there are 5.

 

[Chickenfortress]

Perhaps the tips of wingfeathers touched on liftoff. We get those types of marks from the chickens (frizzles) and hawks and owls. Can't see well enough to tell. Try putting a dollar in the pic so we can judge size.

 

[tenderkat]

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I noticed that, too. This is just too strange!!

 

[Cornychick]

looks like a bear

 

[rancher hicks]

Ok let me get this straight. They are inside the run? Are they near the edge of the run? Are they going from outside in or inside out? Size, take pics w/ ruler next to them like on CSI. What types of critters are known for your area of the state? What other types of tracks have you seen around your domain?
I think bear is a stretch cuz wouldn't they be hybernating this time of year? That and it seems to me if a bear wants in he'll get in. See other posts of bear attacks. Seems unlikely that this was a one footed creature doesn't it? Did you consider something from the sky? Is the top of the run open? Have you sent pics to Co-operative Extension people to see what they thought? Or you could call your local high school science teacher.
You have got to follow this up w/ the rest of us or we'll vote you off the forum.

 

[HLAC]

I'm not sure what they are but I would be confident that they are not claw marks. Anything big enough to leave claw marks like that would leave much more sign.

More likey wing marks.

 

[Ibicella]

If there are no depressions other than these indicating a foot pad, then they would not be claw marks. These look like bird wing marks to me, where the feathers have brushed the snow.

 

[millebantam]

Absolutley, positively, 100% marks from a wingtip. I see them all the time. I used to wonder about them too until I actually saw some being made one day.

 

[La Mike]

I personnaly believe you have a small cat or a possum
They are light enough to leave no footprints
and it really looks like a cat scratch
Right size and look
By the way i am a licensed trapper i have seen this many times

MIKE