Need a little help here

[HaMeR]

 

A guy I work with took one pic with his Bopeye cell phone & the other was from his trail cam. Having never seen a bear print before I was wondering if this is what he has here. The back part was on the harder surface & didn't leave an impression but the front part shows well. To me,, having never seen a bear print before,, it looks like a black bear print because of the size,, an average mans hand was the total size,, & that the claws appear to be fairly straight across looking more like fingers on our hands.



Then the trail cam pic is something else. We're not sure if this is a bear paw swiping/pawing at the camera .  

[Bills Custom Calls]

http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/mammals/bearsign.html

[5 SHOTS]

Kinda looks like a couple of deer prints to me.  The trail cam pic looks like we need to get the boss to add a "Bigfoot, Chupacabra, Loch Ness monster, etc." board. 










Of coarse, it could be just fog rising up from the ground. 

[Todd Rahm]

Just from the one pic it would be stretch for a bear. Looks to me to be hoofed critter, and it might even be a shoed horse. Really hard to tell from the pic.

[FinsnFur]

I'm not seeing deer prints or hoove prints I'm seeing what appear to be claw marks.

Hang on.....let me go grab the windex

[HaMeR]

Yeah the track is kinda tough with the back 1/2 on the harder ground. The guy that found this track said he thought those were definitely claw marks. But since our bear sightings around here are far & just about never between it's hard to tell for sure. 

[vvarmitr]

No bear expert & for that matter no deer expert either. (I know "what the "L" good am I?")
However, IMHO that looks like a deer track & the other pix looks like the jaw of a deer looking to the left. 

[HaMeR]

We kinda ruled out the jaw theory with the little green patch in the bottom right hand corner where the upper/lower jaws would meet.  I still don't have a clue either as I have to go by the same pics as you do.  Woulda liked to see the track in person.

[Carolina Coyote]

Wild Hog????? It don't look like Bear to me.  cc

[Dave]

Could the pic be a clenched hand/fist?
Not a clue on the track.?

[HaMeR]

Dave-- I can see what looks like short bristly hair at the top of it. 

CC-- The track has a rounded palm type print behind what appears to be claw marks. It's hard to see it in the pic & the back part of it is on harder ground. 


We,, the pic owner & myself,,  really don't have a clue here & I would like to Thank everybody for trying to help.  Thank You!!