What is it? Paw print trivia!!

[Love Life]

I know what animal I think it is, but lets see what you all think it is. I'll release the location after an appropriate amount of guessing and BS'ing have taken place.

[Alvarez Kelly]

Some scale would help.

[hiram1]

It is my x .Im sure of it

[gandydancer]

Emu. Or my mother in law?

[Finster101]

Looks like dog or wolf to me. I'm not much of a tracker though.

[Gator 45/70]

Cat and a nice one !

[Hickory]

Cat. Claws are retracted.

[fouronesix]

Most assuredly a canine of some sort- I see at least 2-3 toe nail marks and no U shaped indention at front of main pad nor a three-lobed distinction at rear of main pad. Looks like a mature animal but without scale and location impossible to give better guess. chupacabra anyone :)

[Blacksmith]

See the reddish soil, that's a Martian Rover picture of the tracks of the One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater.

[John Allen]

I think it is a Sasquatch. Was there any Jacks Beef Jerky found around the print?

[DCM]

It is my x .Im sure of it

Thanks I needed that!!

[nhrifle]

It was me!!!

[N4AUD]

Cat tracks.

[bearcove]

Dog version unknown. Can see few toenail marks. Guess yote by size vs. grain size of dirt. don't know your dirt. Best guess would be Lab.

[LuvMy1911]

I would guess dog, wolf, or coyote? Length and width of tracks would help. location would also help (terrain and state).

Trying to learn enough to ID tracks properly... Anyone know any good websites to help a person get started?

[dbosman]

My first thought was cat, but why was it just sitting there with its paws so near each other?

[oneokie]

Never mind the cat tracks, what are the yellow things above the tracks?

[MtGun44]

Dog, there are claw marks and cats are rounder.

Bill

[Love Life]

That is an iphone 5

[Beagle333]

Coyote. Really big coyote.

[Love Life]

Rocks. Oh, and don't forget the snail in the lower left hand corner.

[Love Life]

It is in an unpopulated area...

[Smitty's Retired]

Coy Dog.

[uncle joe]

really big what ever it was... ****!!!

[Hamish]

Mountail lion. Bet a sawbuck onnit.

[Love Life]

Alrighty here is the scoop on it.

This picture was taken in the middle of no where outside of Huntsville, AL. The closest house is miles away and they don't own a dog. Very interesting indeed.

[JeffinNZ]

See the reddish soil, that's a Martian Rover picture of the tracks of the One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater.

LOL. Nah, it's train tracks. (reminds me of a joke about a couple of blondes)

[Cosmiceyes]

Bobcat! You live in Alabama so has to be a cat. All dogs leave nail print with long narrow toes.So if you have the cats paw then I say you did it.If a Bobcat can drag down a grown deer,then I would say they get big enough.

[Love Life]

I have killed some pretty big bobs, and I will have to say none had a paw anywhere near that size.

[Alvarez Kelly]

Yep. Mountain lion.

[Bzcraig]

I'm thinking too narrow for mountain lion unless smallish.

[Three44s]

If you had not revealed the location, I'd have guessed wolf.

As such unless one of the government's invaders has really drifted off course ..... I'd guess a wolf hybrid.

Three 44s

[fouronesix]

This might help
http://www.bear-tracker.com/caninevsfeline.html

[Love Life]

Bobcat! You live in Alabama so has to be a cat. All dogs leave nail print with long narrow toes.So if you have the cats paw then I say you did it.If a Bobcat can drag down a grown deer,then I would say they get big enough.

I killed a bob that had paws 2 inches across. Quite a spectacular cat.

I live in Nevada. My mom took these pictures on a piece of property she is looking at.

[Bzcraig]

The suspense is killing me and somehow I'm starting to feel like we are being setup!:shock:

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Chupacabra

[deep creek]

the critters that wear those shoes here are bobcats

[scottiemom]

it was Mr. Bill

[Jim]

Prob'ly George. Dang drunk alcoholic cat wanderin' around lost as Hogan's goat.

[swheeler]

black panther, get a rope:)

[BD]

Eastern Lynx

[bearcove]

Still a dog.

[MtGun44]

Canine are longer than wide, cats are round.
Canine, plus I see a couple of nail prints.

Bill

[waksupi]

Most definitely toohark tracks.

[searcher4851]

Looks canine to me.

[Boerrancher]

It is definitely not a feline the middle pad is not correctly shaped. It definately canid as the track is longer than it is wide and there are a couple of visible claw impressions. As a matter of fact it is identicle in shape, size, and form as the tracks that are made by my English Mastif.

Best wishes

Joe

[Idaho Mule]

I agree with the canine bunch. Are there cattle tracks anywhere near these? or horse tracks? JW

[Bzcraig]

Prob'ly George. Dang drunk alcoholic cat wanderin' around lost as Hogan's goat.

This is the ONLY plausible explanation.....I'm all in with Jim!

[quilbilly]

Target of opportunity.

[bearcove]

And the answer is???............?

[300savage]

Its a canine, most likely around seventy pounds, black long haired with tan muzzle and feet, little bit of white ,no collar headed east. Answers to a whistle and a 243..

[GL49]

See the reddish soil, that's a Martian Rover picture of the tracks of the One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater.

Depending on how you read this, there's three of you that may not want to go to Alabama.

[popper]

Don't know the variety, but the size is same as I found under my camper bed in Red River Campground. That one was a cat and it kept bumping it's back on the bottom of the bed while sipping my trash.

[Sensai]

Woof, big ol' woof !!

[TheGrimReaper]

Chupacabra

[starnbar]

I'm probably wrong but it kinda looks like a little bear cub track.

[Blacksmith]

Depending on how you read this, there's three of you that may not want to go to Alabama.

Only us old folks remember that song.

[Jammersix]

It's not just Alabama. I wouldn't go to Florida, either. They have crocodiles in Florida. [shudder...]

You can get eaten in Florida.

If a guy took a walk on a beach in Florida, and a croc came storming out of the water and ate him, what would that look like?

It would look like a missing person case, that's what it would look like.

Tell me, you guys got any unsolved missing person cases in Florida?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

No Florida for me.

[.45Cole]

I would say a dog for sure. Probably about 80-100lbs. If it's a really wild one I would assume that the tracks are within 50yds of a creek and heading down hill. I have seen 80lb labs make some pretty big prints in soft mud. The time the pic was taken is pretty critical

[Smitty's Retired]

Only us old folks remember that song. The Sheb Wooly or the Ray Stevens Version? :bigsmyl2:

[Love Life]

I'm going to go with they were made by manbearpig.

[scottiemom]

answer please....!!!

[lonewelder]

Its a wolf bear for sure...or a chupacabra.

cats can leave claw marks in tracks too...

[Jammersix]

I dunno what it is, but it tells me I'm going back the other way.

[gbrown]

Cat track, round. Canine, elongated, narrower. Size, probably a cougar/puma/mountain lion, whatever you want to call it. I shot a 60 # bobcat in '76, its track was not half that. Look at link below. Only thing I see different is the point on the rear pad. This may be a front paw print. They have been sighted all over TX. There have been recorded kills all over south-central to east TX. There is a site that shows all documented sightings and kills.

http://www.bear-tracker.com/cougar.html

Edit TPWD brochure on Mountain Lions in Texas with map of documented kills. Note: only goes to 2005

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_br_w7000_0232.pdf

[Love Life]

answer please....!!!

I'm not sure what it is. When I first saw the track (1st post) I thought it had to be a cat. Then I got the other pictures. Now I'm not sure. Shouldn't be any big cats in that part of Alabama. Shouldn't be any wolves either. It is undeveloped, untouched property with no homes near it.

[fouronesix]

It has all the features of a canine track- none of the features of a feline track. So nope, it's not Mr. Bill and it's not George but I'm strongly suspecting Dolly :)

[Love Life]

What's Dolly doing out rabble rousing late into the evening?

[gbrown]

Didn't realize it was Alabama. Remember, there is a population in FL, not really that far. Look at this. BTW, there are plenty of stories on my deer lease, Jasper Co. E. TX, about cougar sightings. Not sure, never been a big believer, but have seen some questionable tracks. Possible. But the way I see it, as many "Bubbas" and "bubba, jrs".(no offense meant) are in the woods up there, someone would have nailed one and posted on FACEBOOK "Look what I got!". LOL

http://www.fieldandstream.com/pages/discussion-topic-scouting-camera-photo-alabama-cougar

[300savage]

malapais,, that is a word that i havent used in a while. Have had a horse or ten turn over with me in them however catching wild cows in Arizona, its never fun being on the underside of a horse wreck, but toss in some black rocks and it takes it to a whole nuther level.

[Gator 45/70]

Have you ever seen the black one's that roam the Sabine bottom's ?



Didn't realize it was Alabama. Remember, there is a population in FL, not really that far. Look at this. BTW, there are plenty of stories on my deer lease, Jasper Co. E. TX, about cougar sightings. Not sure, never been a big believer, but have seen some questionable tracks. Possible. But the way I see it, as many "Bubbas" and "bubba, jrs".(no offense meant) are in the woods up there, someone would have nailed one and posted on FACEBOOK "Look what I got!". LOL

http://www.fieldandstream.com/pages/discussion-topic-scouting-camera-photo-alabama-cougar

[xd4584]

I honestly believe that is a mountain lion, puma whatever you want to call it. Look at the main pad print that's a cats paw. Now... I live in pa.. The game commision swears that there are not mountain lions in pa. I have personally heard one scream, my brother saw one walk across the road in front of him and my mother saw one dead on the road on her way to get groceries and on the way home it was gone (she is in a wheelchair or she would have stopped). Lets remember that mountain lions are nomads. They roam...

[xd4584]

Love life please check your pm's

[Love Life]

I just checked my PM's, and didn't see anything new.

[shunka]

cougar on left and middle, dog on right
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[gbrown]

Gator 45/70 All my life I've heard about them. A buddy and I saw a pair of eyes while rabbit hunting near the Neches river marshes one night. They were red and about 4 inches apart. Watching a rabbit we were aiming at--it disappeared into the night. Never have seen any nor talked to someone who had seen one. Know one was killed on the Sabine years ago. I agree, they are nomads and I've had people on my lease who claim to have seen tracks. I still think that if more were around, somebody would have shot it and the pic posted on Facebook.