Tracks?

[Rick James]

I found this walking back to truck yesterday and I don't know what made it--This was in Burke county Georgia--East Central Georgia...The first pic is just to show size comparison to my safety harness carabiner, its not real big-bout 3.5 to 4 inches.
Got any ideas?
Rick

[Tim Finley]

Maybe a small bear .

[JimB]

At that size and the toes in a line like that,it would just about have to be a small bear.I only see 4 toes but there could be 2 on the left,pushed together.

[dagwood64]

Baby Bigfoot?    

[Ethan Johnson]

Bear

[GRAYBEARD]

without visible claw marks I'm guessing on the cat side. In ground that looks pretty soft a bear or feral dog would leave some mark. Cats move with the claws retracted.

[Shadowhnter]

Closest thing I can associate with it is bear. Its not cat or canine. The toe spacing and heel pad are completely wrong for them. I guess if its not man made, it would about have to be bear.

[BlacktailBowhunter]

That's a bear track.

[Keith Zimmerman]

Bear for sure.

[K.S.TRAPPER]

I'm always amazed when people see a track with no claw marks and automatically it's a cat track. Looks nothing like a feline track       well except Bigfoot, lol

Tracy

[Marc B.]

Originally posted by K.S.TRAPPER:
I'm always amazed when people see a track with no claw marks and automatically it's a cat track. Looks nothing like a feline track        well except Bigfoot, lol

Tracy

Yep    :D

[Shadowhnter]

"I'm always amazed when people see a track with no claw marks and automatically it's a cat track. Looks nothing like a feline track

Rest of you know your tracks!  well except Bigfoot, lol

Tracy"


Ive trapped way too many 'cats and yotes. I knew certain it wasn't them...lol!

[drewsbow]

bear

[Rick James]

Most people around here think bear also with a couple who think cat. I can assure you it is not man made--We have had bear sightings in this general area--bout once every 3 or 4 years--they say they are usually young males on the prowl and that they can travel great distances looking for a girlfriend... I have also heard of Florida panthers making it this far north--I think a hunter may have killed one over towards Macon a few years back. I think it is a young bear myself but I am by no means a bear or cat expert--they just don't live/stay around here so this track was just way out of place.
Thanks for the replies,
Rick