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What the heck did this. #7503817
02/21/22 11:57 AM
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OK, I'm mystified. This 20 foot long path with fox tracks down the center has me scratching my head. The path starts and stops suddenly. Long way from water so I'm sure its not an otter and the only tracks in it are from a red fox. This was fresh powder snow. Anyone have any ideas? Maybe dragging a rabbit or something? I saw no hair, blood or anything else. Just pure white snow.

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Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7503825
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Here is another view. Sorry about my tracks in the picture. You'll see how it starts suddenly...same way it ended.

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Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7503850
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It's dragging something.


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Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7503852
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Fox dragged his butt in snow like a dog does on carpet....??


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Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7503856
02/21/22 12:38 PM
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If anything were dragged, it would have wiped out the tracks.
Wouldn't it ?

Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7503860
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Maybe a big bird swooped in, caught a critter and left the skid mark, then the fox tracked through it ?
Should maybe see some of the critter tracks tho.

Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7503910
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Fox following another animal dragging something?


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Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7503970
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Looks like a beaver traveled, and then turned around and a fox followed in his tracks. On the side walls of that it looks like I can faintly see the beaver footprints, but the tail would make a drag like that. Atleast they do down here in the sand, looks exactly the same.

Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7504154
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As I read this post the Op said the drag trail started from no where and then just stopped. Beaver don't fly. LOL


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Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Swamp Wolf] #7504186
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Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf
Fox dragged his butt in snow like a dog does on carpet....??

I think this could be likely. Tracks could be from fox turning around and sniffing

Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7504474
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It’s got to be from a chupacabra dragging a pig castrator which it stole from Coonman220s blue bucket set while on the way to a Trump rally.

I think I’m finally getting the gist of these forums...


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Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7504518
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Otter?


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Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Swamp Wolf] #7505081
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Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf
Fox dragged his butt in snow like a dog does on carpet....??


Hmmmm... Never mind.


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Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7505145
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I think otter also.

Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7505149
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Read the original post. The path starts and stops suddenly. The only tracks are that of a fox.

I thought maybe a fox doing a shoulder rub then walking back through the mark In The snow.


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Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7505150
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So there’s no tracks leading up to the missing snow area and no tracks leaving it?

Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Wanna Be] #7505345
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Originally Posted by Wanna Be
So there’s no tracks leading up to the missing snow area and no tracks leaving it?


Just fox tracks. I thought it was probably a shoulder rub too. My dog does that in the yard and it looks like that, though not quite that neatly

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Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7505432
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Re: What the heck did this. [Re: The Beav] #7505487
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Originally Posted by The Beav
Read the original post. The path starts and stops suddenly. The only tracks are that of a fox.

I thought maybe a fox doing a shoulder rub then walking back through the mark In The snow.

This

Re: What the heck did this. [Re: Archeryguy] #7505527
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If the fox was carrying a large kill that was slipping down and it needed a new grip it might slide it partly on the ground(slide mark) to get one a better, being first, than walk over it as it kept going second. Are the tracks TO the slide mark going the same way as over them? If it was dragging it's butt then going back there would tracks leading away from the double backed ones. Should be tracks showing it reverse back as well.


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