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ID This Track #6447010 01/31/19 04:52 PM 01/31/19 04:52 PM
Joined: Aug 2015 IL - Shawnee Ntl Forest ShawneeMan OP trapper
ShawneeMan OP trapper Joined: Aug 2015 IL - Shawnee Ntl Forest	I'm thinking they were made by a couple of dogs... The trail stayed down in a small creek... never went up on the bank for several yards. Investigated every nook and cranny and looks like they rolled around on the ice... I know a guy near here who has beagles and has some pups he lets run around - that's why I say dogs. Shawnee National Forest - We live out here because we're not all there. http://www.ripcordassociation.com 101 Pathfinder Det / Vietnam 1969 - 1971

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447020 01/31/19 05:12 PM 01/31/19 05:12 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Central MN, sort of old MnMan trapper
MnMan trapper Joined: Mar 2007 Central MN, sort of old	Otter I'm just happy to be here! Today I'm as young as I'll ever be and and older than I've ever been before!

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447026 01/31/19 05:22 PM 01/31/19 05:22 PM
Joined: Jan 2017 Colesburg, Iowa 52035 M MINK I LOVE trapper
MINK I LOVE trapper M Joined: Jan 2017 Colesburg, Iowa 52035	Otter

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447027 01/31/19 05:22 PM 01/31/19 05:22 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 NY ADK95 trapper
ADK95 trapper Joined: Jan 2016 NY	Otter 100%

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447030 01/31/19 05:26 PM 01/31/19 05:26 PM
Joined: Jul 2009 100 Mile House, BC Can bctomcat trapper
bctomcat trapper Joined: Jul 2009 100 Mile House, BC Can	Otter also IMO The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447036 01/31/19 05:43 PM 01/31/19 05:43 PM
Joined: Oct 2017 perry co.Pa wetdog trapper
wetdog trapper Joined: Oct 2017 perry co.Pa	I never seen an otter track But with the lack of claw marks I would have to agree

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447046 01/31/19 05:53 PM 01/31/19 05:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Northern MN O Osky trapper
Osky trapper O Joined: Dec 2013 Northern MN	How far over the Ice? Osky www.SureDockusa.com “ I said I don’t have much use for traps these days, never said I didn’t know how to use them.”

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447056 01/31/19 06:09 PM 01/31/19 06:09 PM
Joined: Aug 2015 IL - Shawnee Ntl Forest ShawneeMan OP trapper
ShawneeMan OP trapper Joined: Aug 2015 IL - Shawnee Ntl Forest	Otter - REALLY!?!? I kinda thought otter because of the spots that looked rolled around on. I know those critters are built low to the ground - I know they're around here but have never caught one. This is a small creek - not much water running right now but has some good pools. All the minnows have gone to deeper water so that's why I thought dogs... Osky - I'd say they (looked like 2 distinct sets of track going the same direction) traveled around 75 yards. I quit following the tracks after that, but the trail never did come out of the creek and up on the bank where I followed them. Just stayed on the ice and hit exposed rocks where there was no ice or the water was low... Well... this is cool! Thanks fellas! Headed to the Trapping Archives! Shawnee National Forest - We live out here because we're not all there. http://www.ripcordassociation.com 101 Pathfinder Det / Vietnam 1969 - 1971

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447107 01/31/19 07:16 PM 01/31/19 07:16 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	Otter. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447141 01/31/19 08:03 PM 01/31/19 08:03 PM
Joined: Jul 2016 Michigan D Ditchdiver trapper
Ditchdiver trapper D Joined: Jul 2016 Michigan	I've never seen an otter track in person, but can say for sure, "that ain't no dog". When life gets me down..... you know hunting/trapping season is closed.

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447169 01/31/19 08:28 PM 01/31/19 08:28 PM
Joined: Feb 2018 Indiana H Hunter23 trapper
Hunter23 trapper H Joined: Feb 2018 Indiana	Otter

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447174 01/31/19 08:35 PM 01/31/19 08:35 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Northern MN O Osky trapper
Osky trapper O Joined: Dec 2013 Northern MN	It looks like an otter track but I do not recall,an otter traveling that far over ice without sliding. The one spot looks like a roll. Maybe the slide areas were not shown, and maybe I'm wrong? Osky www.SureDockusa.com “ I said I don’t have much use for traps these days, never said I didn’t know how to use them.”

Re: ID This Track [Re: Osky] #6447196 01/31/19 08:54 PM 01/31/19 08:54 PM
Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin 8117 Steve R trapper
8117 Steve R trapper Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin	Originally Posted by Osky It looks like an otter track but I do not recall,an otter traveling that far over ice without sliding. The one spot looks like a roll. Maybe the slide areas were not shown, and maybe I'm wrong? Osky Exactly my thoughts as well. How far south in IL is this? Steve WTA NRA

Re: ID This Track [Re: wetdog] #6447209 01/31/19 09:04 PM 01/31/19 09:04 PM
Joined: Mar 2014 N.C MO T TONY.F trapper
TONY.F trapper T Joined: Mar 2014 N.C MO	Originally Posted by wetdog I never seen an otter track But with the lack of claw marks I would have to agree well you have now otters are easy to distinguish tracks are in groups of four and slanted a lot of times you will see tail drag marks as well. at a quick glance in snow they do resemble beagle tracks Last edited by TONY.F; 01/31/19 09:08 PM. LIVE LIFE LIKE THEIR IS NO TOMMORROW

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447266 01/31/19 10:22 PM 01/31/19 10:22 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	https://www.bear-tracker.com/guide.html The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447287 01/31/19 10:39 PM 01/31/19 10:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Goldsboro, North Carolina Paul Dobbins "Trapperman custodian"
Paul Dobbins "Trapperman custodian" Joined: Dec 2006 Goldsboro, North Carolina	Otters are on the move right now looking for mates. They'll go up many small creeks in their search. Its a good time to put 280s or 330s in choke points on small streams. John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Re: ID This Track [Re: 8117 Steve R] #6447294 01/31/19 10:45 PM 01/31/19 10:45 PM
Joined: Aug 2015 IL - Shawnee Ntl Forest ShawneeMan OP trapper
ShawneeMan OP trapper Joined: Aug 2015 IL - Shawnee Ntl Forest	Originally Posted by 8117 Steve R Originally Posted by Osky It looks like an otter track but I do not recall,an otter traveling that far over ice without sliding. The one spot looks like a roll. Maybe the slide areas were not shown, and maybe I'm wrong? Osky Exactly my thoughts as well. How far south in IL is this? There is some ice but a lot of places where the rocks are showing so that may be why no slide marks. Not a lot to slide on before they would hit some rocks in the creek bed. This is in the Shawnee Natl Forest 8 miles N of the KY state line (Ohio River) Shawnee National Forest - We live out here because we're not all there. http://www.ripcordassociation.com 101 Pathfinder Det / Vietnam 1969 - 1971

Re: ID This Track [Re: ShawneeMan] #6447993 02/01/19 06:15 PM 02/01/19 06:15 PM
Joined: Aug 2015 IL - Shawnee Ntl Forest ShawneeMan OP trapper
ShawneeMan OP trapper Joined: Aug 2015 IL - Shawnee Ntl Forest	Osky, Here's a shot of the creek today where I discovered the tracks. It has warmed up into the 50's - 2 days ago it was 6 above... What the heck?? The ice is going but the water level is the same - not much room for slide'n... Shawnee National Forest - We live out here because we're not all there. http://www.ripcordassociation.com 101 Pathfinder Det / Vietnam 1969 - 1971

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