What mystery made these tracks?
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02/11/20 02:39 PM
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These are not the best photos, and I apologize, but my camera was low on fuel. These tracks were made this morning in northeast South Dakota, 2 miles from any lake and 4 miles from any major drainage. It was around 10 degrees last night and 20 degrees this morning. The glove shows the spacing, of what looks like big squirrel tracks, with the front feet rounded like a cat, but cats do not hop like a mink in preaching to the choir. Just something to play with for those who have time.
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Re: What mystery made these tracks?
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02/11/20 02:45 PM
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The way them claws are pointing badger on the middle tracks or a big coon
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Re: What mystery made these tracks?
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02/11/20 05:11 PM
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Really big lovesick coon would be my guess.
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Re: What mystery made these tracks?
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02/11/20 05:24 PM
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Re: What mystery made these tracks?
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02/11/20 05:50 PM
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Hard to tell. If 4 toes it's a canine. If 5 it's a weasel. mt You guys must have bigger weasels than we got here.
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Re: What mystery made these tracks?
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02/11/20 05:52 PM
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no way is that coon tracks.
Last edited by upstateNY; 02/11/20 05:52 PM.
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Re: What mystery made these tracks?
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02/11/20 05:58 PM
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Hard to tell. If 4 toes it's a canine. If 5 it's a weasel. mt You guys must have bigger weasels than we got here. If thats a weasel.. someones gonna need a bigger gun! Haha
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Re: What mystery made these tracks?
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02/11/20 06:23 PM
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looks like a smaller fisher track to me.
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Re: What mystery made these tracks?
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02/11/20 07:16 PM
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Porky looks like baby tracks on the back feet
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Re: What mystery made these tracks?
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02/11/20 08:21 PM
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No porkies in that part of SD.
I was hoping to see some fisher tracks from a migrant from the MN north woods, but alas, just a big old Dakota winter coon. I think I posted similar "twined" prints from the organic/hoarder farm I usually winter trap to help him reduce his loss of cat food to coons and grinners. First year since early 2013 that I didn't trap that place.
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