Harold, I’ve never heard of a fisher propelling itself in such a manner. We have lots of fishers here in MA and in VT where I hunt. All the fisher tracks I’ve seen in the snow have been made in a weasel-like or mink-like manner, being made in a semi-hopping manner.
Otters, being playful, will slide and glide any chance they have.
A porcupine will leave a wide bidy trail like that but it will be a lot wider than 5 inches and won’t be so well-defined at it’s edges and will have lots of footprints in it for its entire length.
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