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What made these tracks? #8281871 12/09/24 06:50 AM 12/09/24 06:50 AM
Joined: Jan 2024 Posts: 833 Ohio T TrapperE OP trapper
TrapperE OP trapper T Joined: Jan 2024 Posts: 833 Ohio	I’m in northeast Ohio and I found these tracks in a ditch and they are about 2 inches around, is it just a big mink? PETA is stupid.

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8281877 12/09/24 07:02 AM 12/09/24 07:02 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,166 USA MN Snowpa trapper
Snowpa trapper Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,166 USA MN	Looks like mink to me . Never Confuse Stupid With Crazy

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8281881 12/09/24 07:10 AM 12/09/24 07:10 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 45,706 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 45,706 Northern Maine	Mink #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8281895 12/09/24 07:36 AM 12/09/24 07:36 AM
Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 8,862 Firth, Nebraska jabNE trapper
jabNE trapper Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 8,862 Firth, Nebraska	I’d say mink too. Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8281897 12/09/24 07:40 AM 12/09/24 07:40 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,236 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson trapper
Gary Benson trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,236 Very SE Nebraska	Skunk Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8281920 12/09/24 08:17 AM 12/09/24 08:17 AM
Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 3,736 Wy G Giant Sage trapper
Giant Sage trapper G Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 3,736 Wy	Looks like skunk to me.

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8281924 12/09/24 08:20 AM 12/09/24 08:20 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,717 Three Lakes,WI 73 C corky trapper
corky trapper C Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,717 Three Lakes,WI 73	Stinker http://www.usdebtclock.org/ This place is getting more like Facebook every day.

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8281940 12/09/24 08:39 AM 12/09/24 08:39 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 66,660 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 66,660 Minnesota	Skunk NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8282067 12/09/24 11:05 AM 12/09/24 11:05 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 16,800 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes T Trapper7 trapper
Trapper7 trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 16,800 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes	Size and configuration seems wrong for a mink. I'd guess skunk too. I don't watch football, so I don't know who Taylor Swift is, but he sounds fast.

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8282169 12/09/24 01:14 PM 12/09/24 01:14 PM
Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 877 Michigan B BigBlackBirds trapper
BigBlackBirds trapper B Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 877 Michigan	That side by side spacing of the feet is definitely not the stride of mink.

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8282177 12/09/24 01:29 PM 12/09/24 01:29 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 8,599 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 8,599 W NY	Funny how the tracks look like it's hopping. Im used to seeing skunk tracks like this NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: BigBlackBirds] #8282186 12/09/24 01:41 PM 12/09/24 01:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 45,706 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 45,706 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by BigBlackBirds That side by side spacing of the feet is definitely not the stride of mink. I see that all the time with mink #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8282222 12/09/24 02:25 PM 12/09/24 02:25 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 16,957 West Virginia,age 49 cathryn bvr-takr-upr
cathryn bvr-takr-upr Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 16,957 West Virginia,age 49	Looks like mink from the way it's hopping.(squirrel are more elongated) Follow em.and see where they go..set a trap and let it tell you what made them. My money's on a mink Good.luck and keep us.posted IF IDIOTS GREW ON TREES THIS PLACE WOULD BE AN ORCHARD !

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8282330 12/09/24 04:40 PM 12/09/24 04:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 24,306 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 24,306 Wisconsin	I have never seen a mink leave a 2" round track. . . The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8282348 12/09/24 04:59 PM 12/09/24 04:59 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 371 Ohio M Mike C trapper
Mike C trapper M Joined: May 2011 Posts: 371 Ohio	How close are you from the PA border? Fisher?

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8282352 12/09/24 05:03 PM 12/09/24 05:03 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,285 Killingly, CT Brian Mongeau trapper
Brian Mongeau trapper Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,285 Killingly, CT	Two sets of Mink, one coming, one going. Definitely not skunk. Turtledale, what kind of skunk do you have? Not even close to striped skunk tracks. Looks more like a cat to me.

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: The Beav] #8282387 12/09/24 05:46 PM 12/09/24 05:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 45,706 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 45,706 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by The Beav I have never seen a mink leave a 2" round track. . . 2" round track meaning 2" across or the distance around the track? Big diffrence #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8282431 12/09/24 06:35 PM 12/09/24 06:35 PM
Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,059 lewis county,new york N newfox1 trapper
newfox1 trapper N Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,059 lewis county,new york	Looks like an otter track to me.

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: TrapperE] #8282439 12/09/24 06:39 PM 12/09/24 06:39 PM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 18,014 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Posts: 18,014 Champaign County, Ohio.	Skunks have plantigrade (flat footed), 5 toe tracks in that size range, that look like that and are dirt common in Ohio, so I would guess they are skunk tracks. Keith

Re: What made these tracks? [Re: Brian Mongeau] #8282445 12/09/24 06:46 PM 12/09/24 06:46 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 47,404 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 47,404 james bay frontierOnt.	Originally Posted by Brian Mongeau Two sets of Mink, one coming, one going. Definitely not skunk.. X2 Last edited by Boco; 12/09/24 06:47 PM. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

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