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tracks #8061790 01/27/24 02:19 PM 01/27/24 02:19 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Wyoming wytex OP trapper
wytex OP trapper Joined: Feb 2020 Wyoming	Are these mink tracks? They bound down the creek right along some of our cat sets.

Re: tracks [Re: wytex] #8061793 01/27/24 02:26 PM 01/27/24 02:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 williamsburg ks D danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man"
danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man" D Joined: Dec 2006 williamsburg ks	might be a spotted skunk Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Re: tracks [Re: wytex] #8061821 01/27/24 03:21 PM 01/27/24 03:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	https://www.greenbelly.co/pages/animal-tracks-identification-guide#snow There not skunk tracks. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: tracks [Re: wytex] #8061830 01/27/24 03:31 PM 01/27/24 03:31 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 ND grumley701 trapper
grumley701 trapper Joined: Dec 2011 ND	Pine Martin? Pure Blood

Re: tracks [Re: wytex] #8061837 01/27/24 03:41 PM 01/27/24 03:41 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Wyoming wytex OP trapper
wytex OP trapper Joined: Feb 2020 Wyoming	Not many pine martins around and spotted skunks are to the East of us. Some kind of mustelid is what the spouse thinks. No open water yet but it is coming this week.

Re: tracks [Re: wytex] #8061838 01/27/24 03:45 PM 01/27/24 03:45 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK W white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington" W Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK	Hard to say since there is nothing for size reference. Sure look like mink. Definitely not marten Mean As Nails

Re: tracks [Re: white17] #8061850 01/27/24 04:09 PM 01/27/24 04:09 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 ND grumley701 trapper
grumley701 trapper Joined: Dec 2011 ND	Originally Posted by white17 Hard to say since there is nothing for size reference. Sure look like mink. Definitely not marten They look minky, just looked a bit large for me but you're right without something to size them too. Mustelid family I'm seeing. Pure Blood

Re: tracks [Re: wytex] #8061860 01/27/24 04:20 PM 01/27/24 04:20 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK W white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington" W Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK	Yeah he might be sliding a bit and elongating those tracks. Mean As Nails

Re: tracks [Re: wytex] #8061862 01/27/24 04:22 PM 01/27/24 04:22 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 WI N nimzy trapper
nimzy trapper N Joined: Apr 2013 WI	Coon

Re: tracks [Re: wytex] #8061863 01/27/24 04:24 PM 01/27/24 04:24 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK W white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington" W Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK	I was wondering about coon but we don't have any so I'm not familiar with them Mean As Nails

Re: tracks [Re: wytex] #8061866 01/27/24 04:28 PM 01/27/24 04:28 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 williamsburg ks D danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man"
danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man" D Joined: Dec 2006 williamsburg ks	Beav, spotted skunks leave a 2x2 track like that Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Re: tracks [Re: wytex] #8061870 01/27/24 04:33 PM 01/27/24 04:33 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 WI N nimzy trapper
nimzy trapper N Joined: Apr 2013 WI	I wouldn’t bet on anything with those washed out samples. Sometimes when your trying to figure a critter out you gotta follow them a ways. To find something legible.

Re: tracks [Re: wytex] #8061896 01/27/24 05:15 PM 01/27/24 05:15 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 wantage n.j. E eric space trapper
eric space trapper E Joined: Mar 2009 wantage n.j.	nimzy is correct it is a coon, most likely a male as mating season for coons starts about now.

Re: tracks [Re: wytex] #8063473 01/29/24 01:37 PM 01/29/24 01:37 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Wyoming wytex OP trapper
wytex OP trapper Joined: Feb 2020 Wyoming	Not a coon for sure. I would say they are about 2-3 inches long but the snow was soft that day. They bounded down the creek for 100 yds or more.

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