Big Tracks in Texas
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ogilvyspecial
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I agree that the soft mud that they were left in distorts them.
The general rule, when it come to coyote tracks, is that if you draw a line, lay a small stick
etc., from one outer toenail to the other it will cross the center pads about right in the middle.
The general rule, when it come to coyote tracks, is that if you draw a line, lay a small stick
etc., from one outer toenail to the other it will cross the center pads about right in the middle.
As Bear Bio has pointed out, all tracks get exaggerated in apparent size by soft mud, T-Star has noted the conspicuous claw prints, uncharacteristic, but not never seen in mountain lion tracks (when lions kick in their afterburners on hard surfaces, the claws come out...), and someone has mentioned the red wolf, never bigger than a coyote and incapable of leaving such a large print. I think the telling impression is that of the claw prints, which are those of a large domestic dog, typically unworn, distinctively sharp, not the claws of a wild animal, but those of an animal not giving its claws everyday hard use.
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CAJUNLAWYER
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1morethan8
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
I'm guessing Dave B went back to take a second look and what ever made the tracks got him!
No , it hasn't got me yet, but I did go out to the ranch yesterday and set up a trail camera. Maybe we will solve the mystery. I'm leaning toward the big dog theory but we don't get many strays this far out in the boonies
1morethan8
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
"We also established three "Distinct Population Segments" (DPS) for the gray wolf that encompass the entire historical range of the gray wolf in the lower 48 states and Mexico. The DPSs correspond to the three areas of the country where there are wolf populations and ongoing recovery activities. Gray wolves in the Eastern DPS and the Western DPS were reclassified from endangered to threatened, except where wolves were already classified as threatened or designated as an experimental population. There are three experimental populations of gray wolves that were designated before this rule, and those experimental population designations remain in place. The Southwestern DPS retains its endangered status.
The Southwestern DPS includes Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah and southern Colorado, western Texas, western Oklahoma, and Mexico. Gray wolves in the Southwestern DPS retain their endangered status, and the nonessential experimental population area in Arizona, New Mexico, and a small portion of Texas remains in place."
Never say never!
The Southwestern DPS includes Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah and southern Colorado, western Texas, western Oklahoma, and Mexico. Gray wolves in the Southwestern DPS retain their endangered status, and the nonessential experimental population area in Arizona, New Mexico, and a small portion of Texas remains in place."
Never say never!
deralte
US Veteran
Had I just walked my dog thru the area I would think they were his prints. Eastern European long hair German Shepard with a very protective attitude. Dang, he has big feet
doc540
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King County Chiuaua
is a 'youte print in wet ground that's dried.
