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View Poll Results: Track?
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Cougar
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Lynx
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Wolf
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Coyote
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Small Bear
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08-26-2013, 06:18 PM
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Identify the track
Off highway 32 near Whitecourt
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08-26-2013, 06:24 PM
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Another pic
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08-26-2013, 06:43 PM
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Sure looks like cat, but I can't make my brain judge the size compared to the pen in the pic. Could be a younger cougar or a Lynx.
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08-26-2013, 06:47 PM
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Just a guess, small bear or very big heavy cat.
But I don't know which.
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08-26-2013, 06:56 PM
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Everything about the track looks very round. Thinkin cat. Fairly deep imprint. Thinkin heavy cat. Cougar.
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08-26-2013, 07:28 PM
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5 toes across the leading edge of the print = plantigrade mammal = bear. On dogs and cats, the 5th toe is the dew claw, and is not visible in the track.
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08-26-2013, 07:32 PM
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Poll Cat. 
Grizz
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08-26-2013, 07:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams
Poll Cat.
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LOL. 
It looks like small bear
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08-26-2013, 07:47 PM
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looks like the front paw of a small bear . last years cub maybe a little older.
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08-26-2013, 07:52 PM
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no claws. definitely a cat.
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08-26-2013, 07:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KegRiver
Just a guess, small bear or very big heavy cat.
But I don't know which.
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Keg how many toes does a cat show and how many a bear?
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08-26-2013, 08:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gatorhunter
no claws. definitely a cat.
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Bam!!!!
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08-26-2013, 08:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alacringa
5 toes across the leading edge of the print = plantigrade mammal = bear. On dogs and cats, the 5th toe is the dew claw, and is not visible in the track.
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Bam!!!
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08-26-2013, 08:06 PM
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My head is spinning!!! Lol
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08-26-2013, 08:13 PM
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Bears and Mustelidae (Weasel Family) have 5 toes. Cats and dogs have 4 toes. I believe I see 5 toes, most likely a bear.
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08-26-2013, 08:32 PM
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We need an "other" section of the poll.
I was thinking a sasquatch badger hybrid.
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08-26-2013, 08:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael_Brown
We need an "other" section of the poll.
I was thinking a sasquatch badger hybrid.
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The act of producing such a hybrid would be incredibly unpleasant to observe.
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08-26-2013, 09:14 PM
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I don't see no claw marks, so it makes me think cat
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08-26-2013, 09:24 PM
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Oh brother.
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08-26-2013, 09:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by houndsmen
Keg how many toes does a cat show and how many a bear?
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The answer is four and five respectively and I have the photos to prove it.
So far as I know, all cats and dogs, wild or not show four toes, all others soft footed animals show five.
I have been assembling a collection of photos I have taken of animal tracks.
I have real clear shots of a Lynx track showing all the toes clearly, there are four. I have one photo of a bear track, it is not clear so I have to rely on memory and my memory isn't so good these days but I'm pretty sure they have five toes.
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08-26-2013, 09:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alacringa
The act of producing such a hybrid would be incredibly unpleasant to observe.
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And quiet noisy I would imagine. 
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08-26-2013, 09:51 PM
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x2. I feel like both of us are speaking in a vacuum, Marlin.
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08-26-2013, 09:53 PM
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Really thought to tell sometimes I see four toes sometimes I see five in these pictures.
No claws is confusing but so is five toes .... I'm leaning towards bear but wouldnt bet on it.
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08-26-2013, 09:57 PM
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I don't know if it's my eyes or the photos but i can't be sure if those tracks have four or five toes.
I can tell the soils is sandy, and crusted from recent rains, I can tell that the animal was not in a hurry but it appears that it was traveling up hill at least to some degree, but I can't make out the upper edge well enough to be sure if there is a toe print there or not.
I know that Black Bears will not always show claw marks, especially in soils such is in these photos.
But the best I can do is a 70 or 80 percent chance that it's a Bear and 100% it is either a Bear or a Cougar.
It is definitely not a Lynx or a Bobcat, they are way too light to leave a track that deep in that soil.
The Lynx tracks I mentioned were taken where a lynx had walked on drifted snow that did not hold up a Coyote that crossed the same patch of snow around the same time. The Lynx tracks were less then a 1/4 inch deep, the Coyote sank to it's knees.
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08-26-2013, 10:08 PM
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The more i look at the pics the more im seeing 4 toes. The one pic looks like there MAY be 5 toes but thats a maybe...... No claw marks though....
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08-26-2013, 10:10 PM
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A bear that likes to get pedicures???
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08-26-2013, 10:41 PM
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never mind.
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08-26-2013, 10:48 PM
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tracks
wolverine?
Last edited by bluetick hounder; 08-26-2013 at 10:49 PM.
Reason: forgot question mark
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08-26-2013, 10:49 PM
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Bear. Light in color. Female. Likes taking long walks on the beach.
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08-26-2013, 11:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BootScoot
I don't see no claw marks, so it makes me think cat
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Yup..
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