What is this track from?
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What is this track from?
My uncle took this cast of a track a few years ago on a prairie road by his farm. Sorry if the pictures aren't the best. And I don't have the exact measurements of the print.
The "L" made by my hand has the following dimensions:
From the crook in the "L" it is 5 inches to to top of my index finger. From the same point it is 3 inches to the end of my thumb.
The "L" made by my hand has the following dimensions:
From the crook in the "L" it is 5 inches to to top of my index finger. From the same point it is 3 inches to the end of my thumb.
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I looked at that. I know that if it's a cat there will be no claw marks seen. I couldn't make any out from what I saw. I am not sure what he used to make the cast or if it is the right stuff to use. I am however going back there over Christmas and I will look at it again, get some measurements, take some better pictures, and look at the claw situation.
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I see Bear tracks all the time around my place. You do not always see claw marks with bear tracks. It just depends on how soft of mud you have. I have bears right behind the house and I can find tracks almost any day of the week. The more I look at the casting it looks like a bear track. Across the front pad anything over 5" would be considered a big bear. 3.5" - 4.5" would be a typical size bear maybe 150lb to about 250 lb. When I lived in Buxton North Dakota there was a bear spotted several times just East of town. I have a friend who lived up by Bottineu, ND and he had pics of a couple of bears that the locals farmers had given him.
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Hi Jamie -
This looks like a cougar track to me. A bear's palm pad is large in comparison to its toe pads, and the toes form a nice arc over the palm pad. A bear's palm pad is also asymmetrical -- with the wider part being towards the outside. The slightly tear-drop shape of the toe pads in your track picture is also cat-like.
Below is a set of bear tracks frozen in ice -- the front left is the top one, rear left is the lower one. Notice the kidney-shaped palm pad on the front foot -- with the narrow part towards the inside. The small inner toe did not register so it appears to have only 4 toes -- same for the rear track. Notice the gentle arc formed by the toes over the pad.
Hope this helps.
Sue
This looks like a cougar track to me. A bear's palm pad is large in comparison to its toe pads, and the toes form a nice arc over the palm pad. A bear's palm pad is also asymmetrical -- with the wider part being towards the outside. The slightly tear-drop shape of the toe pads in your track picture is also cat-like.
Below is a set of bear tracks frozen in ice -- the front left is the top one, rear left is the lower one. Notice the kidney-shaped palm pad on the front foot -- with the narrow part towards the inside. The small inner toe did not register so it appears to have only 4 toes -- same for the rear track. Notice the gentle arc formed by the toes over the pad.
Hope this helps.
Sue
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