What kind of track?????

[Gunner Staal]

So im pretty novice to the game but im working my ass off doing some scouting in the back country this off season. Took this photo of a track today on a back country hike. Whats your opinions on species and size??? Can you tell from a track? Just curious what you guys think. Just for info purposes, this track was located in the Alpine at approx. 7500 feet.

[landphil]

Is that a folding knife beside the track? - how long? - It's hard to tell in the picture.

[Moose Guide]

hard to tell from such a small picture but I would guess caribou, can you make the picture larger?

[Gunner Staal]

Those are my sunglasses they are a good 6-7 inches long folded. Sorry im trying to make it bigger but im having a hard time. Does anyone know how???? This is in the Monashee range if that helps as well.

[Moose Guide]

Is that a folding knife beside the track? - how long? - It's hard to tell in the picture.

I thought it was a shoe, lol!!!

[Moose Guide]

I change my guess to deer, probably mulie!

[yukon john]

hard to see in the small pic, ungulate anyway. Probably caribou if you were out in monashee country or mulie that melted a lot

[Gunner Staal]

Im not a tracker by any means but is this a decent sized track??? It seemed a hell of alot larger than the others I saw today. I was thinking about throwing up a trail cam as the area was pounded with the same set of tracks. Ive heard of guys talking about picking out a shooter just by the tracks. Wondering if anyone with that kind of knowledge has an opinion on this one.

[Big Lew]

monashee range, most likely a caribou

[pnbrock]

looks like old mulie ,snow has melted to make it look bigger.

[landphil]

Those are my sunglasses they are a good 6-7 inches long folded. Sorry im trying to make it bigger but im having a hard time. Does anyone know how???? This is in the Monashee range if that helps as well.

Ok, I see the glasses now, and I'd say mulie as well since the main hoof is just a little longer than one lense, may be a good sized animal or a melted track. If it's shark and crisp, rather that rounded out, it would be a good sized animal - or a good sized hoof anyway. :wink:

[srupp]

pretty darn small BOU..however it does posses the rounded sides that deer dont...

I go with deer
Srr

[ufishifish2]

Ok, ...........If it's shark .................. :wink:

Oh come on now landphil, we all know that sharks don't leave tracks like that. The poster already admitted that he's kinda green on tracking...... be nice!!!

[moosehunter21]

I am gonna go with caribou.

[hunter1947]

To me it looks like an aged mule deer track this track came from a small mule deer..

[Stone Sheep Steve]

I'd say caribou.

Here's one from our grizz hunt iin April. Bigger but they do come in smaller sizes.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Grizz_Hunt_2_2010_031.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=19270)

SSS

[landphil]

Oh come on now landphil, we all know that sharks don't leave tracks like that. The poster already admitted that he's kinda green on tracking...... be nice!!!

Ooops - typo - I meant sharp!:wink: Never did see a shark at 7500 ft.:wink:

[paw325]

If there some rough steep rocky country nearby, I'd say mountain goat based on size and shape.

[bruin]

Mule deer buck, 3 day old track, 4 yr old deer, 3x4, 23 in spread, kicker off the right G2, slight limp on the driver side front, wintered well, scar above his left eye. Thats all I can tell for sure.

[Slinky Pickle]

Mule deer buck, 3 day old track, 4 yr old deer, 3x4, 23 in spread, kicker off the right G2, slight limp on the driver side front, wintered well, scar above his left eye. Thats all I can tell for sure.

That's priceless! :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

[Big Lew]

I'm staying with my first quess. I've hiked the monashees in the snow and saw far more caribou than deer, also, that picture looks similiar to "Stone Sheep Steve's posted picture.

[Buckmeister]

If that was from a mule deer, the deer would be medium to small in size. I have seen mulie track twice that size come from a deer that was pretty decent but not huge.

But I'm thinking it is not even a mule as their track is more pointed at the front and larger in the rear and this one is rounded and semi-circular.

[BillyBull]

I'm guessing a (melted) caribou track. As the track has a more rounded formation then I would expect from a mule deer.. but again it is hard to say given the picture size, melting and length of time it has been there before you happened by... have fun exploring.

[835]

Old mulie track for me too,
but it is hard to tell from that picture

[xtremearchery]

I'd say mule deer.