This is just a large dog right?

[zeus1gdsm]

End of my turkey hunt this past weekend I saw these along the edge of a path. What struck me as odd was the size and the length of the nails...

I pretty sure its a dog but man do I feel bad for it with nails that long.

[EspressoBuzz]

NY mountain lion! I said it first!

[fasteddie]

NY mountain lion! I said it first!

Apparently it's walking because it lost it's keys !

[GreeneHunter]

NY mountain lion! I said it first!

LOL

[zeus1gdsm]

Thanks for confirming my suspicions it was the fabled NY mtn lion.

 

^^^^^^^Sarcasm alert.

 

 

I was asking more to know if this would possibly be a large coyote print. or more likely just a large home dog whose owner doesnt trim their nails.

 

Yes the prints were in what was once mud / a mud puddle.

Edited May 14, 2015 by zeus1gdsm

[Curmudgeon]

Late winter I found a huge dog track by the bone yard, right in front of the camera. I was certain it had to be a coyote dog because it was certainly too big for a coyote. Wrong! It was a yote with ridiculously large feet.

[BizCT]

Cats don't leave nail prints. Looks like dog or coyote made a print in mud and it spread out and hardened.

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Edited May 14, 2015 by Biz-R-OWorld

[The_Field_Ager]

Apparently it's walking because it lost it's keys !

 

 

ROFL.

[fasteddie]

Coyote ..Tracks are 2" long and claw marks are visible .Fore print slightly larger than Hind print . Toe pads wider than those of a fox .

[zeus1gdsm]

Coyote ..Tracks are 2" long and claw marks are visible .Fore print slightly larger than Hind print . Toe pads wider than those of a fox .

Thanks!

 

all the time Ive spent int he woods in my life and it wasnt untill I started hunting that i really started noticing things like this.

[fasteddie]

Zeus --- I bought a Pocket Naturalist Animal Tracks pocket guide . It has the animal picture , tracks and a small writeup on each one . Waterford Press .... $5.95 . It is quite handy .

 

http://www.waterfordpress.com/index.php/component/option,com_catalog/Itemid,37/id,13/task,showTitle/

[WNYBuckHunter]

You can download free apps for your phone that identify tracks too.