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Snowy animal tracks

Dad, Hubby and I headed into the woods to see where all of our deer are.  We found them but we also found some cool tracks in the snow.  Can you tell what they are?

Look at all of those drag marks!

Straight line of tracks

Two by two tracks

Can you see those nail marks?




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  1. JoeJanuary 17, 2016

    Love going out after a snow fall and looking for tracks. We don't get much snow here in VA and it always seems to fall when I have to work or there's something I have to do.

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    1. ErinJanuary 17, 2016

      That's how I feel about shed hunting! We don't have much snow this winter so tracking has been awesome.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 21, 2016

    What a beautiful blog, Erin. We don't get snow around here, but if I had to guess, I'd say the first one was an elk? I have no idea about the second or third one ... the fourth one a bear, maybe? Am I even in the ballpark? Probably not, but I enjoyed reading your post and trying to guess! ;)

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    1. ErinJanuary 21, 2016

      Monica, you are close! We don't have elk in Maine but those first tracks were made by a white-tailed deer - probably a large buck. The others were coyote and we are thinking a weasel or fisher. Bears hibernate in the winter and their prints look almost like our hand prints with a little extra bulk around the palm.

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  3. CarrieJanuary 21, 2016

    Love these pictures. The kids and I love looking for tracks at our cottage and trying to figure out what animal made them.

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    1. ErinJanuary 21, 2016

      It is fun! We took my 2.5 year old son out this past week to follow the deer trails and look for deer beds.

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  4. Amy SorensenJanuary 21, 2016

    My 16-year-old told me just yesterday he wants to visit Maine. Those tracks might make him want to visit even more! We get snow here (Utah) but I've never gone off-trail enough to find any tracks. So neat!

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    1. ErinJanuary 21, 2016

      Amy, you should come! What made him decide that he wants to come here?

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  5. UnknownJanuary 21, 2016

    I love looking at animal tracks in the snow. I guessed the deer right off because we have tons of those here too. The snow must have been deep to have drag marks like that. The others all had me stumped. My best find (recently) was the swipe of wings as a small owl swooped down to grab something. Thanks! I enjoyed this.

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