What kind of tracks are these?

• Jul 27, 2015

• #1

coastga

Senior Member

As I was scouting our lease this past weekend in Jenkins County, I ran across these tracks on the dirt road. Notice the size of the claws, also notice the distance between the prints. What are these?.... Bear?

 

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• Jul 27, 2015

• #2

godogs57

Senior Member

Woof! See the claw marks?

 

• Jul 27, 2015

• #3

Forest Grump

Senior Member

Dawg tracks.

Bear look like this:

https://www.google.com/search?q=bea...3SHA_s&biw=1024&bih=653#imgrc=ydazjfaNTkTDkM:

 

• Jul 27, 2015

• #4

NCHillbilly

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Staff member

100% big dog.

 

• Jul 27, 2015

• #5

blood on the ground

Cross threading is better than two lock washers.

Dog is very edible....

 

• Jul 27, 2015

• #6

goob

Senior Member

Its a big one too

 

• Jul 27, 2015

• #7

mguthrie

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goob said:

Its a big one too

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This^^^^ if that's a dog I'd sure hate to run in to it in the dark. Look at the pic with the 4-wheeler tracks. On the hard ground appears to be bear tracks. Hard to tell about the ones in the soft ground

 

• Jul 27, 2015

• #8

mguthrie

**# 1 Fan**OHIO STATE**

On second thought Maybe coastga has a tiny hand

 

• Jul 27, 2015

• #9

Realtree Ga

Senior Member

chupacabra! No doubt about it!

 

• Jul 28, 2015

• #10

NCHillbilly

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mguthrie said:

This^^^^ if that's a dog I'd sure hate to run in to it in the dark. Look at the pic with the 4-wheeler tracks. On the hard ground appears to be bear tracks. Hard to tell about the ones in the soft ground

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I see bear tracks at least once a week, often with bears standing in them. Those ain't bear tracks.

 

• Jul 28, 2015

• #11

Throwback

Chief Big Taw

Black panther.

 

• Jul 28, 2015

• #12

king george

Senior Member

Its that lion that got loose!...run!!

 

• Jul 28, 2015

• #13

coastga

Senior Member

Definitely not a dog. Dog's do not have five phalanges (fingers or toes). On one of the prints you can see five claws.

 

• Jul 28, 2015

• #14

northgeorgiasportsman

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coastga said:

Definitely not a dog. Dog's do not have five phalanges (fingers or toes). On one of the prints you can see five claws.

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Unless it's a double-register track.

Those dog tracks look like virtually every other dog track I've ever seen.

 

• Jul 28, 2015

• #15

NCMTNHunter

Senior Member

Hear are some bear tracks for comparison.

 

• Jul 28, 2015

• #16

NCHillbilly

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coastga said:

Definitely not a dog. Dog's do not have five phalanges (fingers or toes). On one of the prints you can see five claws.

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Absolutely positively 100% dog tracks. What you are seeing as "five toes" is double-register, and sometimes the front dew claws show in soft dirt with running dog tracks, making a fifth-claw impression. Look at your dog's front feet. There are five phalanges/claws counting the dew claws. Look at the bear tracks below to see the major difference between those and the dog tracks.

NCMTNHunter said:

Hear are some bear tracks for comparison.

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Yes, those are definitely bear tracks.

 

• Jul 28, 2015

• #17

jmiller0913

Member

Looks like wolf to me! i shot one 2 years ago in burke co. thinking it was a big yote. But but it weighed 120b and was blood tested full blood red wolf. We have tons on my families land there. I see tracks like that all the time.

 

• Jul 28, 2015

• #18

Flaustin1

Senior Member

Here we go again.

 

• Jul 29, 2015

• #19

MCBUCK

Senior Member

 

• Jul 29, 2015

• #20

MCBUCK

Senior Member

jmiller0913 said:

Looks like wolf to me! i shot one 2 years ago in burke co. thinking it was a big yote. But but it weighed 120b and was blood tested full blood red wolf. We have tons on my families land there. I see tracks like that all the time.

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May the odds ever be in your favor.

"In 2007, the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that there were 300 red wolves remaining in the world, with 207 of those in captivity.[53] According to the latest Red Wolf Recovery Program First Quarter Report (October–December 2010), the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that there are currently 110-130 red wolves in the Red Wolf Recovery Area in North Carolina, however, since not all of the newly bred in the wild red wolves have radio collars, they can only confirm a total of 70 "known" individuals, 26 packs, 11 breeding pairs, and 9 additional individuals not associated with a pack."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_wolf