Animal tracks

Dead Eye-NC

Eight Pointer
At the farm yesterday. Have not seen this track before. What animal?

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sky hawk

Old Mossy Horns
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Looks like beaver to me, but there’s not a lot there for size reference.. Are they big, like dog sized? Near water? Also if that’s not a tire track it looks a lot like a beaver slide.
 

bwfarms

Old Mossy Horns
I will retract my possum statement now that I know it's a yote size track. I've never seen a possum that large.

I'm going to lean towards otter now since water is nearby.
 

Red

Button Buck
I don’t know but I don’t think a dew claw is low enough to imprint into mud on a yote. They do t around here at least far as I’ve seen. And the paw pads for the front toes normally is depressed in the mud just like a mutt. Beaver would have 4 in the front and five in the back. Mtn lion would have massive paw prints. Democrat is highly likely. Deadeye I think I might have to send you a cam just to sort out this mystery. :)


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sky hawk

Old Mossy Horns
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A picture of a track is going to get a lot of different responses online. If you're standing there in person, the context will give you the answer.

If it's a beaver, you'll see signs of cutting. usually a lot. Cut trees and saplings, white feeder sticks, slides, lodge/dam etc.

If it's an otter, you may still see slide like marks, but you can usually find scat or a "latrine" that will be full of fish scales, shellfish, crayfish, etc.
 

QuietButDeadly

Old Mossy Horns
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In the posted pics, I do not see any sign of a tail drag typical of an otter though. They may be there, just not in the pics. And nothing for a size comparison makes it tough as well. Bigger than a coyote track is still pretty vague.
 
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