"Dog" tracks

[tkdguy]

Its too small to be wolf. Looks more cat like to me. And besides, I heard on the radio (just yesterday) that there was only 1 pack of wolves known to be in the state and they were spotted on the Warmspring rez just the other week... I call bs on that one, because I've seen wolf tracks (5 wolves together) where I hunt in northern Oregon near the columbia river gorge. Trust me, the tracks I saw were much larger than the little puzzy cat track you have your foot next to....

Sure, I saw with my own eyes a blonde wolf last May in the Blues which was reported on this site. Last, December or January I heard and confirmed wolves in the vacinity of Ukia; which are well known. Maybe the radio was talking of one wolf pack in Hawaii?

 

[JamesG]

A neighbor has a 150lb Malamute that has paws as big or bigger than those tracks.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

A neighbor has a 150lb Malamute that has paws as big or bigger than those tracks.

Our last two big dogs that we had left tracks like the one in the OP....
They were a a lot of fun for sure...

 

[EPS]

 

[EPS]

The center pad looks odd like a diamond shape.
But large dog or a wolf with funny paw LOL

 

[bsa1917hunter]

Sure, I saw with my own eyes a blonde wolf last May in the Blues which was reported on this site. Last, December or January I heard and confirmed wolves in the vacinity of Ukia; which are well known. Maybe the radio was talking of one wolf pack in Hawaii?

There are way more wolf here than what ODFW is letting on. Its only going to get worse too. Just something for you guys to think about..

 

[Spence]

That is definitely not cat and does not look like wolf to me.

 

[nwwoodsman]

That is definitely not cat and does not look like wolf to me.

No. It is kind of a lousy picture. I am certain it is not a cat track. We found momma and kitten cougar tracks about a mile before these. These tracks were following the elk up right up the road and then down into a $hit hole.

 

[bbbass]

Its too small to be wolf. Looks more cat like to me. And besides, I heard on the radio (just yesterday) that there was only 1 pack of wolves known to be in the state

Ummmm, we been thru this b'fore.... Cat tracks have a wider center pad that is also shorter front to back. And no claw marks. The toes are more spread out side to side from the pad compared to a canine which has a more pointed toe profile.

1 pack? What radio you listen to, NPR??? Not even ODFW says that! We have 14 known packs and 9 known pairs right in NE OR... Cattle and sheep kills up the wazoo, oh yes.

FYI

Wolf Packs Catherine Pack (Union/Baker Counties) Chesnimnus Pack (Wallowa County) Five Points Pack (Union/Umatilla Counties) Grouse Flats Pack (Wallowa County) Middle Fork Pack (Wallowa/Baker/Union Counties) Minam Pack (Wallowa/Union Counties) Noregaard Pack (Wallowa/Union/Umatilla Counties) North Emily Pack (Umatilla/Union Counties) Pine Creek Pack (Baker/Wallowa Counties) Rogue Pack (Jackson/Klamath Counties) Ruckel Ridge Pack (Umatilla/Union Counties) Snake River Pack (Wallowa County) South Snake Pack (Wallowa Counties) Walla Walla Pack (Umatilla/Union/Wallowa Counties) Wenaha Pack (Wallowa/Union Counties) White River Pack (Warm Springs Reservation/Wasco/Clackamas Counties) Wildcat Pack (Wallowa County) Individual Wolves, Pairs or Groups (2 or 3 Wolves) Clark Creek Wolves (Union/Wallowa Counties) Heppner Wolves (Umatilla/Morrow Counties) Desolation Wolves (Grant/Umatilla/Union/Baker Counties) Indigo Wolves (Douglas/Lane Counties) Keating Wolves (Baker/Union/Wallowa Counties) Lookout Mt Wolves (Baker County) Mt. Emily Wolves (Umatilla/Union Counties) Northside Wolves (Grant County) OR60 (Union/Umatilla/Grant/Baker Counties) OR76 Wolves (Wallowa County) Silver Lake Wolf (Lake County) Areas of Known Wolf Activity (AKWA) that are no longer active Harl Butte Pack (Wallowa County) Imnaha Pack (Wallowa County) Keno Wolves (Klamath/Jackson Counties) Meacham Wolves (Umatilla/Union Counties) Sled Springs Pack (Wallowa County) Umatilla River Pack (Umatilla County) OR25 (Klamath/Jackson Counties) OR30 Wolves (Union/Umatilla/Grant/Baker Counties) OR33 (Jackson/Klamath Counties) OR35 Pair (Wallowa/Union Counties) OR64 (Wallowa County) Shamrock Wolves (Wallowa County)	​ Counties in Oregon. Click map to enlarge

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Watch out where the huskies go ....and don't eat the yellow snow...
Andy

 

[bbbass]

Watch out where the huskies go .... (please) don't eat the yellow snow...
Andy

The wife's attending an orchid show... She squealed for a week to get him to go... But back in the bed, his teenage queen, is rocking and rolling and acting obscene!

I'd like to make her do a nasty on the White House lawn!!!

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

looks like someones dogs track. not wolf coyote or cat.

 

[thereddog]

Its too small to be wolf. Looks more cat like to me. And besides, I heard on the radio (just yesterday) that there was only 1 pack of wolves known to be in the state and they were spotted on the Warmspring rez just the other week... I call bs on that one, because I've seen wolf tracks (5 wolves together) where I hunt in northern Oregon near the columbia river gorge. Trust me, the tracks I saw were much larger than the little puzzy cat track you have your foot next to....

That is total bs. There are wolves in Imnaha, and down in the siskiyous, and Warmsprings. Probably some other areas too.
That radio guy should go milk a cougar, he's wrong.

 

[Bon Sauvage]

...but some cats cannot retract their claws.
I believe all members of the Jaguar family are among those cats.

The jaguar can retract its claws. Perhaps you were thinking of the cheetah.

 

[bbbass]

That is total bs. There are wolves in Imnaha, and down in the siskiyous, and Warmsprings. Probably some other areas too.
That radio guy should go milk a cougar, he's wrong.

Post #29.... I made it all up...

 

[DeanMk]

The jaguar can retract its claws. Perhaps you were thinking of the cheetah.

perhaps!

 

[Slagiatt]

If it was a wolf, it looks like a small one. Heres a wolf track next to my hand, and a pic with both wolf and coyote tracks for comparison.