Do you know what these tracks are?

[sealhunter]

I was out today shooting and saw an animal ...sadly I did not or could not shoot it.

I will not say if it was in season or out of season or if it is varmint... but here are the tracks left behind along with a picture of someone else who was watching,..

 

[pharaoh2]

Timber Wolf?

 

[sealhunter]

Timber Wolf?

f**k !!! Dead on!

I saw him right out in the open, black as tar and the only thing missing was Red Riding Hood...

I was on my way out to sight in my rifel, but it was not sighted in when I came accross him.

I watched him for about 15 seconds and he watched me and then moved off and then ran a little bit. The span between his tracks when he was running lined up were what I'd guess to be 6ft maybe 8 ft apart...

He looked good and healthy too...

 

[colin455]

Found these last winter. Biggest I've seen yet. Several people were trying for him but no success that i heard of.

 

[7.62mm]

Yep....definitely a Canine with the toe spacing...and a big bugger at that!

Second pic in of his tracks,you can see his dew claw behind the main print....cats don't have dew claws!

 

[vagrantviking]

Wow those must have been some big dogs.

I don't get into the right country often enough but I've never even seen any wolves. Didn't realise they got that size.

 

[Arctic Blaser]

That's about normal for the wolves where I hunt moose and elk. I always see them on my way out of a trail, never on the way in....

 

[martinbns]

It's a good thing you didn't shoot it if you were on crown land. They are off limits on crown land from March 1st until bear season opens.

 

[jaydog]

Sure is a wuf! For high speed track id, Canids = oblong shape prints, felids = round shaped prints.

When I'm home this weekend I will dig out pics of some wolf tracks from when I worked in Idaho. They were big enough to give me the creeps!
We got them to howl with us a few times but I never got to lay eyes on the pack. Good on ya, sealhunter.