Big Tracks in Texas
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1morethan8
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Wolf or very large dog.
1morethan8
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That is some large tracks!
I'd go with wolf being that size...
It's not a large cat...contrary to popular "yankee beliefs", I do know what large cat tracks look like!
I'd go with wolf being that size...
It's not a large cat...contrary to popular "yankee beliefs", I do know what large cat tracks look like!
CHUPAKABRA(sp)? lee
mc5aw
Member
I go with Lee Barner on this one ... Chupacabra.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/graywolf/
http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/canirufu.htm
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/graywolf/
http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/canirufu.htm
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novalty
Member
In the spirit of the day, I will guess Cujo.
Gotta be the illusive Texas Jackalope.
Looks like he's big enough to huff and puff and blow your house down.
carpriver
US Veteran
The left one is a boot, looks like the foot is still in it size 10 . On the right that looks like the common everyday foot print of the North American Canis Lupus on steroids.
35Rem
Member
It is a full moon...and Halloween! 
BearBio
Member
I'd go coyote or dog. Mexican wolf isn't that big. Also, the tracks were made in mud, which distorts them somewhat (the toes splay out)
Aticus
Member
Come on guys, everything's bigger in Texas. Including the uhhhhhhh truth?
mc5aw
Member
The Last Standing Knight
Member
Some years ago during broad daylight...
I was driving down a Farm Market road in Falls County, Texas. A HUGE canine ran from a field one one side of the road to the other...but he stopped for an instant and looked my direction. I had relatives on board with me and I commented about that being the biggest blankety-blany coyote I had ever seen. One relative comment "That ain't a coyote, that's a wolf. You see them around from time to time..." like it was no big deal.
I thought wolves were extinct except for a few parts near the Mexican border.
Guess not. (for those unfamilar, Falls County is in central Texas...near Temple and Waco)
I was driving down a Farm Market road in Falls County, Texas. A HUGE canine ran from a field one one side of the road to the other...but he stopped for an instant and looked my direction. I had relatives on board with me and I commented about that being the biggest blankety-blany coyote I had ever seen. One relative comment "That ain't a coyote, that's a wolf. You see them around from time to time..." like it was no big deal.
I thought wolves were extinct except for a few parts near the Mexican border.
Guess not. (for those unfamilar, Falls County is in central Texas...near Temple and Waco)
Texas Star
US Veteran
Some feral dogs and dog-coyote crosses (coydogs) get pretty big. A lot depends on the original dog breed.
keith44spl
Member
How far North ?
Like in the Red River Country?
"Em sum Big Tracks y'all got thar!
Su Amigo,
Dave
1morethan8
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
The Last Standing Knight...
The reason people thought they were extinct is because they were told they were. And many times what they are told isn't always the truth. I guess one thing that seems hard to believe is the fact that the people in different areas where animals are supposed to be extinct view their existence as "no big deal"! If you don't live in that area all you have to base your opinion on is what some "so-called expert" believes to be true and has published a report.
Back in 1973, the Tellico Dam(TVA) project was halted because biology professor David Etnier discovered the snail darter in the Little Tennessee River. He said it would alter the habitat of the river to the point of wiping out the snail darter because this was the only known place where the little fish lived. Under the Endangered Species Act, the project was stopped for 6 years and went all the way to the Supreme Court, then to Jimmy Carter who signed the bill that exempted Tellico from the Endangered Species Act.
So... what did the local people think about all this?
They thought it was hilarious! One big joke! Why?
They knew the snail darter was in every water way on that side of the Great Smoky Mountains!
So who are you going to believe?
The reason people thought they were extinct is because they were told they were. And many times what they are told isn't always the truth. I guess one thing that seems hard to believe is the fact that the people in different areas where animals are supposed to be extinct view their existence as "no big deal"! If you don't live in that area all you have to base your opinion on is what some "so-called expert" believes to be true and has published a report.
Back in 1973, the Tellico Dam(TVA) project was halted because biology professor David Etnier discovered the snail darter in the Little Tennessee River. He said it would alter the habitat of the river to the point of wiping out the snail darter because this was the only known place where the little fish lived. Under the Endangered Species Act, the project was stopped for 6 years and went all the way to the Supreme Court, then to Jimmy Carter who signed the bill that exempted Tellico from the Endangered Species Act.
So... what did the local people think about all this?
They thought it was hilarious! One big joke! Why?
They knew the snail darter was in every water way on that side of the Great Smoky Mountains!
So who are you going to believe?
Frank237
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The malamute shown in my avatar made prints that large.
