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Hunting => Big Game => Topic started by: HaMeR on August 25, 2010, 06:50:47 PM

Title: Need a little help here
Post by: HaMeR on August 25, 2010, 06:50:47 PM
 :confused:

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.

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee217/BrightwoodTurnings/hunting%20photos/bearprint.jpg)

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

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee217/BrightwoodTurnings/hunting%20photos/bearpaw002.jpg)
Title: Re: Need a little help here
Post by: Bills Custom Calls on August 25, 2010, 06:59:27 PM
http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/mammals/bearsign.html
Title: Re: Need a little help here
Post by: 5 SHOTS on August 25, 2010, 07:11:20 PM
Kinda looks like a couple of deer prints to me.  :shrug: The trail cam pic looks like we need to get the boss to add a "Bigfoot, Chupacabra, Loch Ness monster, etc." board.  :innocentwhistle:










Of coarse, it could be just fog rising up from the ground.  :doh2: :hahaha:
Title: Re: Need a little help here
Post by: Todd Rahm on August 25, 2010, 07:15:46 PM
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.
Title: Re: Need a little help here
Post by: FinsnFur on August 25, 2010, 08:42:30 PM
I'm not seeing deer prints or hoove prints :confused: I'm seeing what appear to be claw marks.

Hang on.....let me go grab the windex
Title: Re: Need a little help here
Post by: HaMeR on August 25, 2010, 08:48:50 PM
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.  :shrug:
Title: Re: Need a little help here
Post by: vvarmitr on August 26, 2010, 07:26:05 AM
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.  :shrug:
Title: Re: Need a little help here
Post by: HaMeR on August 26, 2010, 12:49:31 PM
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.  :shrug: Woulda liked to see the track in person.
Title: Re: Need a little help here
Post by: Carolina Coyote on August 26, 2010, 01:53:54 PM
Wild Hog????? It don't look like Bear to me.  :shrug: cc
Title: Re: Need a little help here
Post by: Dave on August 26, 2010, 09:21:29 PM
Could the pic be a clenched hand/fist?
Not a clue on the track.?
Title: Re: Need a little help here
Post by: HaMeR on August 27, 2010, 07:48:24 PM
Dave-- I can see what looks like short bristly hair at the top of it.  :shrug:

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.  :shrug:


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