What is this track?

[woodmort]

With claw marks it is a canine of some kind--given the likelihood of dogs in just about every area I'd agree it is probably a dog.

 

[BrokenRoadFarm]

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X2 - that was my first thought as well...

 

[sourland]

First track sure looks like a cat print.

 

[duckinnut]

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Dog and a good size one too.Granted its in the mud which gives you a true measure. You said 3"x 4"print thats big. Just measured my goldens paws(looking at me like Im a nutjob)and his are not that big so go from there. A fox or even a large coyote wont be that big. A bobcat track is totally different. Fisher tracks are small.

 

[brahmakid11]

i think a dog

 

[woodmort]

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Depending on the consistency of the mud and how the dog pick up its foot, you many not see any distinctive claw marks--on the other hand if it is a cat print you will never see claw marks. If the two prints are from the same animal--and I assume the are--then they were made by a canine.

 

[epeloquin]

All canine. Definitely.

 

[stubbornhill]

Either dog or coyote. In the soft mud, although it gives you a good impression the impression can be distorted as the animal moves the pads slide a bit making it appear larger. Canine none the less. Sorry for your loss!

 

[VI KING RANCH]

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2x

 

[darkmatter]

I think dog also.


This was a dog that 3 days later was SSS on a return visit.