Couple exploring pics

[HunterDave]

I think that I'm going to have to say mink track......definitely not a raccoon.

Raccoon track



Mink track

[PCP_ECOM]

Originally Posted by HunterDave

I think that I'm going to have to say mink track......definitely not a raccoon.

Raccoon track



Mink track

if it's a mink,it's a big one,said coon because the long toes and nails,if it is coon it's a small one

[tonnage]

Can we put this to bed. It's not a coon, it's a mink, and not even that big of one based on the .22 shell. Nuff said!

[tomcat]

Originally Posted by tomcat

I still say porcupine, long toes and claws for climbing and 4 toes on front foot and 5 on the hind foot is typical of a porky. Also, barely visible, large elongated pad on back foot and much shorter pad on front foot.

Correction re toes, 5 on front and 4 on back foot.

[nube]

I think your all right lol Too hard to tell they are so close. Never knew it would be that hard to figure out.

[tonnage]

Okay, maybe it's a porcupine. Nube, just catch the damn thing next season and then we'll know!

[PCP_ECOM]

Originally Posted by tonnage

Okay, maybe it's a porcupine. Nube, just catch the damn thing next season and then we'll know!

x2

[bill9044]

I you had another pic of the gate and left & right spread we could id it. Porcupine had long claws on the front and dig deep in the sand. You should see a bit of the porcupines tail lightly drag also I don't know up north but down here you follow porc tracks it wont be long til they will chew on willow here and there. Coon's rear pad is only noticeable in soft mud or soft sand. Couple of years ago I was quite perplexed with coon tracks I had no idea what they were then I seen some in the mud and I set a trap and bam got him. I am no expert on mink I know martin front L&R are side by side and Rear L&R are side by side like bounding.

[waterninja]

Originally Posted by tonnage

Can we put this to bed. It's not a coon, it's a mink, and not even that big of one based on the .22 shell. Nuff said!

hold on a sec. tonnage. it was not a .22 shell but a .22 mag which if i recall (don't use .22 mag) is probably 3-4 times larger then a .22.
not saying your not right, but we might as well have are bullets right.

[Red Bullets]

oops. repeated post.

[Red Bullets]

Too funny. The baffling tracks. Stuff legends are made of.

My guess is a small river otter. Any signs of a tail drag?

[The Spruce]

Defiantly not an Otter. The webbing between toes cannot be missed.

[nube]

Have an of you guys thought of it possibly being a fisher?

[The Spruce]

Fishers are side by side like a weasel. The also have hairy feet, and this would show up well in the sand/mud...

Spruce

[Thunder Elk Hunter]

Originally Posted by nube

I think your all right lol Too hard to tell they are so close. Never knew it would be that hard to figure out.

If that track came from off the marsh head creek then it is a mink or porcupine. For sure not a coon. Catch a big male mink right behind the cabins 20 + years ago.

TEH

[The Spruce]

Originally Posted by Thunder Elk Hunter

If that track came from off the marsh head creek then it is a mink or porcupine. For sure not a coon. Catch a big male mink right behind the cabins 20 + years ago.

TEH

Agreed. I think some people don't realize how big a Buck Mink can be. Mink over 2 feet stretched are not uncommon at all. A 24" long Mink has feet a lot bigger that a muskrat. Just my OP.

Spruce

[nube]

Originally Posted by Thunder Elk Hunter

If that track came from off the marsh head creek then it is a mink or porcupine. For sure not a coon. Catch a big male mink right behind the cabins 20 + years ago.

TEH

It was within a mile of the cabin along the creek lol

[WhistlePig]

Kind of looks like the woodchuck tracks out at my place.

Found this.

[Brian Bildson]

Packrat?