Any idea what are these tracks are from?

[dormitionskete]

They're about 26" apart, and are approximately 4" wide by 3" long.

In a pine tree grove in the Colorado Rocky Mountains at ~9,000' ASL.

 

[Motorhead]

Perhaps a Fisher or Wolverine ?

 

[dormitionskete]

We've seen bears, mountain lions, bobcats, coyotes, and I could have sworn I saw a big lone wolf one time. But these tracks don't look like they have a back pad to them. Very strange.

 

[Franklink]

Rabbit/hare. They way they travel, kinda leapfrogging, can make weird tracks.

Front feet are the small/inner ones, back feet are the wider/outer marks.

Maybe.

Hard to tell without some reference for size.

 

[Gerry52]

You can Google "racoon tracks", "wolverine tracks", etc. & find out what they are.

 

[Dr. Kralenstein]

I say it was a wascally wabbit...


If I were you, I'd be vewy vewy quiet

 

[kendive]

I say it was a wascally wabbit...


If I were you, I'd vewy vewy quiet

LOL I was thinking maybe a chupacabra...

 

[Dr. Kralenstein]

LOL I was thinking maybe a chupacabra...

Much too cold there for them blood suckers!

 

[dormitionskete]

You can Google "racoon tracks", "wolverine tracks", etc. & find out what they are.

I just googled both. Both have a back pad to them.

They could be from a rabbit, but I've never seen any like this.

 

[Franklink]

I just googled both. Both have a back pad to them.

They could be from a rabbit, but I've never seen any like this.

Makes me wonder if the hares in your area get that extra fur aeound their feet to help em "float" on the snow. Snowshoe Hares I think they're called.

 

[FLgunner]

Those are rabbit tracks. The two smaller inner are the front feet, the outer, larger two are the back feet.

 

[dormitionskete]

Those are rabbit tracks. The two smaller inner are the front feet, the outer, larger two are the back feet.

They'll jump 26" on their back feet?

That's plausible.

And they don't really look like cat prints to me. Or bear, etc.

 

[hushpuppy]

I was thinking a Hare of some type

 

[Vetmx]

Red Squirrel

 

[huntr]

Rabbit/hare. They way they travel, kinda leapfrogging, can make weird tracks.

Front feet are the small/inner ones, back feet are the wider/outer marks.

Maybe.

Hard to tell without some reference for size.

Bingo

 

[Triglav]

Eh, easy!
There's a compsognathus on your strech of land...

 

[Triglav]

...or it could also be the rake!

 

[dormitionskete]

Hard to tell without some reference for size.

Bingo

I'm not sure I understand this, as I gave the following in the original post:

They're about 26" apart, and are approximately 4" wide by 3" long.

But maybe you just missed it.

I googled "rabbit tracks in snow", and it didn't show anything like this. But I'm going to go with that guess anyway because I think it is the most likely guess anyone has come up with. And there are a lot of rabbits down there.

I only shoot the rabbits in our inner parameter or in our gardens. But I let them live elsewhere on our property.

So, I think that's probably it.

Thanks, guys! It's appreciated.

 

[Florida_Man]

I'm not sure I understand this, as I gave the following in the original post:

They're about 26" apart, and are approximately 4" wide by 3" long.

But maybe you just missed it.

I googled "rabbit tracks in snow", and it didn't show anything like this. But I'm going to go with that guess anyway because I think it is the most likely guess anyone has come up with. And there are a lot of rabbits down there.

I only shoot the rabbits in our inner parameter or in our gardens. But I let them live elsewhere on our property.

So, I think that's probably it.

Thanks, guys! It's appreciated.

Try snowshoe hare. Hares are different from rabbits.

NETN Species Spotlight - Snowshoe Hare (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

 

[Franklink]

I'm not sure I understand this, as I gave the following in the original post:

They're about 26" apart, and are approximately 4" wide by 3" long.

But maybe you just missed it.

I googled "rabbit tracks in snow", and it didn't show anything like this. But I'm going to go with that guess anyway because I think it is the most likely guess anyone has come up with. And there are a lot of rabbits down there.

I only shoot the rabbits in our inner parameter or in our gardens. But I let them live elsewhere on our property.

So, I think that's probably it.

Thanks, guys! It's appreciated.

I saw the measurements, nothing for a frame of reference in the photo though. Kinda like throwing an MOA coin or a thumbnail next to a group, helps the brain process what I'm seeing and give it some perspective.

Photo of tracks and snow, even with measurements supplied, are just harder to process, for me anyway.