Help Identifying A Footprint

[ninjatoth]

I live in central michigan,and it is almost unheard of to hear of blackbears around here.Can someone tell me if this is a bear print?Looks to me like a human barefoot print next to a really large dog print.But I snapped this in march when it is way too cold for a human to walk barefoot,and the doglike prints are almost as big as my hand.What are these?

 

[Dragon55]

Well duh anybody can tell that's a baby bigfoot print. I just wonder where mama was?

 

[tyrajam]

Definately dog/coyote prints, but as far as the other one, sorry but to me it looks like a regular shoe track. I don't see any toes in the picture?

 

[davlandrum]

Is the one in question the human looking one? I can't see toes either. The dog print is very clear.

Bear prints are wider than they are long, so would not be mistaken for human.

 

[COYOTE JLR]

I've gotta say that it looks like a human foot print to me. Maybe a fellow running with a dog probably about the size of a German Shepard. I couldn't see anything particularly unusual about the picture. It would be nice to know how far apart the tracks were.

 

[ninjatoth]

here is another pic

another pic from that day.Is it just a big dog you think?

 

[ninjatoth]

found another print from back in march

 

[davlandrum]

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

Has some decent illustrations of black bear prints. It would have to be a front paw if it was a bear, but notice how flat the toes are across the foot. Your picture looks like the toes curve around a lot more.

I would bet large dog. That would be a monster coyote!

 

[ninjatoth]

it is interesting that on my "print2" it is 4.5 inches long by what looks like 4" wide,and that is identical to what described in that bear link

 

[COYOTE JLR]

Here's a little side by side comparison with my baby. He's not even full grown yet.

 

[ninjatoth]

ahh,it's probably my sisters' lab then,she goes to the river alot,probably on the trail I was on

 

[Daryl]

Here's a picture I took last October of the tracks of a black bear.

It was going swimming in this stock tank.

The tracks in your pictures look like someone took their dog for a walk. I could certainly be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure they aren't bear tracks.

Daryl

 

[cornbush]

Looks like a large dog or maybe a wolf.

 

[ninjatoth]

I'm not sure what to think.They look alot like dog prints,but compare the pics that COYTEJLR put up comparing mine to a dog.At first glance they look exactly the same,but look closer,my print has 5 toes,and the dog has only 4.Maybe a freak dog or werewolf or something,lol

 

[davlandrum]

Coyote's thumb is on the 5th toe.

 

[RobertRogers]

Black bear prints look something like a human footprint only squashed down a bit so that they are fatter.

The print I see there is a dog, not a coyote.

 

[Hawg]

That's a dog track. It would have to be one teeny tiny little bear to leave a four inch track including claws.

 

[VaFisher]

It not a bear track for sure but does look like a big dog track.

 

[Evan Thomas]

At first glance they look exactly the same,but look closer,my print has 5 toes,and the dog has only 4.

It's hard to be sure, but I think there are two overlapping tracks in that picture, hence the "five-toed" appearance.

They look like dog tracks to me. Every bear track I've seen has the toes more in a line in front of the pad, not curved around it like that...

 

[simonkenton]

I can say without reservation that is a Chupacabra. They are migrating north from Puerto Rico.
That print is from a male, less than 3 years old. Probably 50-60 pounds.