Funny looking hog track

[Jagermeister]

The overall shape of a cougar print usually is circular. I can not see this in the above image. IMHO the jury is out on this. Any more prints like it next to it or close by? That would eliminate the "double hog pring" theory.

Check this site out for a lot of cougar tracks:
http://www.bear-tracker.com/cougar.html

Thanks for posting up the plain picture. It is fun to go tracking from one's sofa.

Best,

Jagermeister

 

[upper]

Wow Jager,and all you other trackers,A hog trak would be greatly depressed,and more distinct in that soil.You can Po -po the cat trak but come on.It aint no hog trak JEEEESE Upper

 

[Jagermeister]

It is obvious that the opinions vary on what made this track. Let's keep this a fun thread where everyone can give their idea / input without being called an arm chair hunter or peanut gallery occupant.

I would argue that the edge of the track is too sharp in such rocky ground for an animal with a soft paw.

Thanks again for posting, Bigworm!

Jaegermeister

 

[Flatbroke]

I still think its a womens hand

 

[upper]

Now to me that looks like a clay-silt ground with some rock chunks mixed in.Notice the cracking with the drying conditions.Yeager just my opinion,Your are tops to me...Upper

 

[Lurediver]

I say wolverine.

 

[upper]

You know:True story,I trapped some hogs and the state guy wanted some to see if there were still some wolvies up above in the Kaiser

 

[bigworm]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jagermeister @ Jan 28 2009, 07:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

The overall shape of a cougar print usually is circular. I can not see this in the above image. IMHO the jury is out on this. Any more prints like it next to it or close by? That would eliminate the "double hog pring" theory.

Check this site out for a lot of cougar tracks:
http://www.bear-tracker.com/cougar.html

Thanks for posting up the plain picture. It is fun to go tracking from one's sofa.

Best,

Jagermeister[/b]

In order for this to be a double hog print, I would think it would have to be the only print. There were several. They were far apart. They were not in pairs, or side by side. A single print a long distance, then another single print. To give you an idea, the tracks crossed the road. There was 1 track on the right edge of the road, then 1 in the middle, then another on the left.

A hog stretched out and running would leave tracks that far apart, but they would be in pairs. It would also be very unlikely that another hog would step just right to leave a double print 4 or 5 steps in a row.

Given the ground conditions, a hog track would be very deep. Although there is some rock in the soil, the ground was very soft.

Jager, I looked at the tracks on the web site for comparrison. I see the difference you are refering to. Those would apear to be only walking examples, in a very dense soil. I just wonder what the difference would be if the animal was moving quickly.

What else could it be ?

 

[hatchet1]

YETI TRACKS, FOR SURE , NOT TO BE RECKEND WITH

 

[Flatbroke]

 

[Surfswest]

 

[Jagermeister]

It could be a front bear paw. But does the area hold bears and were there any hind prints? The difference between front and hind prints on bear usually give them away.

Maybe we all are witnesses to the discovery of a North American primate.

Jaegermeister

 

[trapperbr549]

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Maybe we all are witnesses to the discovery of a North American primate.[/b]

Not a new discovery. Heck she had her own tv show. Why do you think it is so easily mistaken for a couple of hogs?

 

[bayedsolid]

Looks like a Bull Sprig. Limping heavily on it's left side....prolly a 6-8month old injury that will never fully heal. Craw half full of acorns and Marionberries. ....looks pretty pissed off to me.

 

[bigworm]

Thanks guys, I am glad you could all help me get back on track!!!

 

[UpFront]

Chupacabra Son!

 

[bigworm]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jagermeister @ Jan 29 2009, 10:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

It could be a front bear paw. But does the area hold bears and were there any hind prints? The difference between front and hind prints on bear usually give them away.

Maybe we all are witnesses to the discovery of a North American primate.

Jaegermeister[/b]

I believe a bear paw has 5 toes. This area does not have any bears. Nothing even close. Here is a cat track that is not really round in shape. The toes are spread out unlike the photos on the site you mentioned.

 

[oregoncritters]

Killing it would end the debate

 

[westcoastr]

bigwoom has it...I run into people always saying "i saw these huge cat prints" they are always canine...cat print willl not have claw marks (they are retractabe unlike canines) and the center pad will have 2 lobes in front and 3 in back(bigwoom's doesn't show the back well) - canines have one in frint and 2 in back. with these two quite simple rules you can pretty easily determine what the tracks are/are not 90% of the time.

it also helps to hqve actaully seen a cat make some prints, like when my friend's wolf/shepard hybrid flushed one out of the brush at the Black Diamond Mines while we were mountain biking. scared the living p*** out of me to see a cat roaring across the trail in front of me at 10 yards. for a microsecond I thought he was coming for me!!