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Need Help with track , Mink or Squirrel ? #8592279
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Foundryman Offline OP
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Hi can some please help me identify Track ? Found near waters edge


Peter Colucci
Re: Need Help with track , Mink or Squirrel ? [Re: Foundryman] #8592282
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Nebraska
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Baby coon maybe??

Re: Need Help with track , Mink or Squirrel ? [Re: Trapset] #8592285
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See how the “thumb” sticks out there a bit……I’m thinking coon….


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Re: Need Help with track , Mink or Squirrel ? [Re: Foundryman] #8592320
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Not mink

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Re: Need Help with track , Mink or Squirrel ? [Re: Foundryman] #8592336
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Mink tracks look like a star


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Re: Need Help with track , Mink or Squirrel ? [Re: Foundryman] #8592340
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I vote squirrel


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Re: Need Help with track , Mink or Squirrel ? [Re: Foundryman] #8592345
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Squirrel track all day long! As Neesmuck stated, mink tracks are star-like shaped! While doing one of the mink track studies for MSU, I had to keep reminding the young people I was working with, “look for the star”. They found a ton of squirrel tracks at the river’s edge (morning drink) and were recording them as mink tracks. Ran me ragged!
Example of what the mink “track” study was EXCEPT the Log book that the data is being recorded isn’t in the photo! I don’t remember how many miles of river was in that particular study.
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Re: Need Help with track , Mink or Squirrel ? [Re: Foundryman] #8592694
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Squirrel, definitely not a mink or coon


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