Possible Sighting!

[kaugie125]

Hey all, Myself and some friends were exploring in deep woods by a water source off a road in chatsworth. Anyway we were there yesterday, and went back again today to the same spot. I saw my footprints and everything from yesterday and I came across a print in my pre-existing footprint from the day before. It looks like a dog track, however this print measure at about 5 inches or a little more long. And I checked a large dog is 4 in. long. This print looks exactly like a Wolf track. Check it out.

 

[kaugie125]

Track

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/photo.php?pid=31483160&id=33103695

The compass is 4 1/2 inches long and starts at the top... as you can see it isnt long enough to measure the bottom of the print. Also to note that their were several large deer tracks in the area, and the prints were arranged at a depth as if a chase could have occurred.

 

[grendel]

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/photo.php?pid=31483160&id=33103695

The compass is 4 1/2 inches long and starts at the top... as you can see it isnt long enough to measure the bottom of the print. Also to note that their were several large deer tracks in the area, and the prints were arranged at a depth as if a chase could have occurred.

Hey kaugie,
wolf in the pines? If that compass is 4.5 inches then that is a big canine print. The track in the picture was made at a speed of fast walk to judge by the pressure releases in the photo. Also the toes spread out when a dog runs.

 

[Teegate]

Kyle,

The link in your first post is faulty, but it does tell us your full name. It is a link to your internal folder in your computer. And the second link requires one to be logged into Facebook. Can you post again so that both links work?

Guy

 

[devilstoy]

most likly a cougar , there is actually a few around

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Would a cougar leave such obvious evidence of claws? Unless they were climbing or something, I'd think they would mostly remain retracted while walking.

 

[kaugie125]

another thing to add, if this was a dog. Their was noone else's footprints except ours from the pevious day and ours from that day. So maybe a very big wild dog??

 

[Teegate]

Can you fix the link so we can see it?

Guy

 

[kaugie125]

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/album.php?albumid=8&pictureid=58

 

[Teegate]

Thanks. Someone here should be able to figure that out.

Guy

 

[46er]

Definitely canine. Looks like a very large dog print, not large enough for a wolf.

As a comparison, I took this in Yellowstone. It is confirmed wolf prints. The reel seat is 6 inches long.

http://www.pbase.com/46er/image/8234676.jpg

 

[kaugie125]

thank you for clarifying 46er, i was just stunned to see something as big as this. This dog print towers over all the others I have seen, so I was just curious- Thank you- Kaugie

 

[devilstoy]

there was a cougar running arounf south jersey jersey for a while in the woods behind my brother in-law's house in the woods , he said that track looked simular the ones he seen from that cougar , but it does look more like a dog track and i know what you mean by the claws

 

[46er]

Wolf tracks are generally about 4" across. Your photo could be a large Husky type, Shepard or Great Dane sized dog or a very large 'yote.

Another shot from the same location. Its hard to make out, but there are human prints in waders next to the wolf prints.

http://www.pbase.com/46er/image/10486659.jpg

 

[devilstoy]

heres a cougar track in the mud


http://freepages.family.rootsweb.an...mages/08-03-01_Footprint_in_sand_at_cabin.jpg

and heres wolf tracks
http://lecs.cs.ucla.edu/~nithya/personal/Alaska Pics 3/images/Wolf Tracks_JPG.jpg

http://images.nbii.gov/mammals/nbii_l00395.jpg


but alos a siberian husky and malimu are dogs in the wolf family , and they can grow very large in size , my aunt used to breed both

 

[kaugie125]

I appreciate the comparison pictures. Anyway i found two different dead deer bones in two different areas within 500ft of these tracks and 100 yards from these tracks. And I found some pretty neat things as well. Check them out. Im sorry for the terrible picture quality..they are from a cell phone.

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/album.php?albumid=8&pictureid=76

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/album.php?albumid=8&pictureid=74

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/album.php?albumid=8&pictureid=70

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/album.php?albumid=8&pictureid=69

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/album.php?albumid=8&pictureid=68

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/album.php?albumid=8&pictureid=67

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/album.php?albumid=8&pictureid=63

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/album.php?albumid=8&pictureid=62

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/album.php?albumid=8&pictureid=61

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Well, that second picture is interesting. There are too many toes in that print. It does not look like the same animal as the original photo. Were those prints the same size?

 

[devilstoy]

interesting pics , either someone went crazy with an axe or there some big beavers in the area

 

[kaugie125]

No they are smaller tracks that I had found.

 

[kaugie125]

devilstoy, they were definitely beavers, the whole area seemed to be a beaver "town," . My friend was walking along the hill on the edge of the water and he sunk right into a Beaver hole, they were everywhere, i even think their was a dead one down their because the amount of fly and insects coming out of the whole after he fell was rediculous.