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01-02-2022, 09:33 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Dean,
Thank you, the first picture on the 2 track was a slight downhill grade, then when it went under the branch, it was starting to go back uphill slightly. I do not know of any body of water around though. I thought about an otter too, the width of the impression is about 5 inches wide. This is a mostly wooded area with hardwoods and scattered areas of poplar trees and pine trees. I don't know of any river or beaver dam or lake around. Thanks Ed |
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01-02-2022, 09:33 PM | #4 | ||||||
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That’s not an otter I’ve seen many like that before . That’s a Bigfoot with polio , they never got the vaccination so many have walking problems . Did I mention I usually saw Bigfoot tracks after a decent evening or night with the adult elixer
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01-02-2022, 09:37 PM | #5 | ||||||
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A bigfoot doing the limbo under a 12" high branch, the bigfoots around here are pretty limber, I think you might have it guessed
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01-02-2022, 09:41 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Five to about eight inches is about right for an otter. A female or juvenile will leave the narrower trail while an average sized male will leave the wider.
On a steep grade you won't see many footprints in the trail but while on the level they need to propel themselves and will leave significant footprints in the trail. They often travel long overland distances between water sources. .
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01-03-2022, 06:42 AM | #7 | ||||||
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Dean, I thought otter also, but possibly a fisher, I have seen them in the UP, but dont know if there are any in Ed's neck of the woods.
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01-03-2022, 06:57 AM | #8 | ||||||
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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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01-03-2022, 07:03 AM | #9 | ||||||
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Yep, I have seen otter trails in the snow, but just didnt know about fisher in the snow.
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01-03-2022, 01:02 PM | #10 | ||||||
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