Track ID Anyone?

Two more pictures...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...8&l=10c7b8c088

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...8&l=5e992fd9dc

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Originally Posted by blasted_saber

They're too small for a fisher.

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My original thought, but it's hard to tell the exact size from the pic.

Jweese, how long/wide are these? I'd say Fisher tracks are usually around 2.5 long 2 wide (inches) Maybe abit larger.

To me what points to fisher is how far apart they are... And fishers almost never leave a clear track

If they are smaller, could be weasel.

Feral cat!

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Originally Posted by jweese

Shooting into the air here but - after a bit of "Google-Fu", what about weasel? The prints look almost feline but DID have small claw tips on the pads, they're hard to make out in the picture - but they are there.

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I would say your are getting closer, but they look too big for a weasel. Still think marten is the best bet (its in the weasel family). Its in between the weasel and fisher in size.

Its appears to be fresh snow with a fresh track, so I dont think its been distorted by melt at all.

For size comparison, this is a marten on the left and a fisher on the right. Fisher's are generally much bigger then people realize



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/DSC_0011.jpg

I saw a fisher up around that way once, it looked like a little bear as I flew past on my dune buggy.

Marten makes sense to me. Saber,would that be a young/small fisher in the pic. The ones I have seen looked bigger ,just wondering.

I say marten or fisher