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BarryBobPosthole
09-01-2022, 12:39 PM
What a great comic strip! I used to look forward to this in the paper every week when I was a kid.

In that vein, who can identify this track? I took it from a FB group from Arkansas so that’s where the varmint would live.

BKB

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quercus alba
09-01-2022, 01:54 PM
Cats have four toes but you'd think it be be more of a pad print showing. Maybe a four toed Bandersnatch. Don't tell until HH gets a peek.
BarryBobPosthole
09-01-2022, 01:59 PM
I won’t tell because I don’t know. I have a guess but I’ll keep it to myself for now.

BKB
Thumper
09-01-2022, 04:10 PM
A barefoot Buckrub?
DeputyDog
09-06-2022, 06:32 PM
So, did we ever decide what made those tracks?


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BarryBobPosthole
09-06-2022, 06:59 PM
Doesn’t seem to be any interest in that sort of thing, DD.

I think its a beaver track.

BKb
Thumper
09-06-2022, 07:27 PM
I thought beavers left snail trails. ;)
quercus alba
09-06-2022, 07:36 PM
Without something for scale it's hard to be certain but I'm pretty sure it's not beaver, they've got five front and back toes and different shaped foot. Canine family has longer claw length like that but it could be a cat with his blades out and they have four toes. Skunks have real long claws. If I had to guess, I'd say a running bobcat with his claws out. Those hooked claws just look catlike to me
BarryBobPosthole
09-06-2022, 08:18 PM
I thought beavers left snail trails. ;)

Ba da bum bum tschhhhhh

BKB
Chicken Dinner
09-06-2022, 08:23 PM
Cats have retractable claws so I don’t think that’s right. My money is on the elusive chupacabra.


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Bwana
09-07-2022, 09:32 AM
What about a badger? They are the only thing I can think of that has claws like that short of a grizzly.
Thumper
09-07-2022, 11:02 AM
What about a badger? They are the only thing I can think of that has claws like that short of a grizzly.

That’s a good guess and a possibility I suppose. They’re very uncommon in Arkansas, but just because the Facebook group is in Arkansas, doesn’t mean the pic was taken there. One big problem though, badgers have 5 toes (front and rear). It’s possible one toe didn’t leave a print, but this photo appears to be a complete footprint to me. I dunno.
BarryBobPosthole
09-07-2022, 11:16 AM
I may change my guess to coyote.

BKB
Chicken Dinner
09-07-2022, 02:15 PM
I’m going mink.


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