Shipper50 said:Dave, its an all American yard stick in the snow. I guess I should have taken the picture as soon as I saw it. But didn't think till later.bogydave said:Looks like a metric tape measure, but maybe not.
Coyote here have pretty sharp toe nails but may not be visible in loose snow, but can see the toe nails in wet snow pretty good.
The bushy tail usually is a dead give away. 35 lbs average a big one 40lb here. Eastern coyote are a little bigger , the fluffy fur makes them look bigger.
Medium dog size tracks.
150 lbs would be a wolf, & the track well when you see it, the hair on your neck stands up, (You just know) it is big. ain't many large dogs that compare, a real big track, 5" or so.
Shipper
Was a joke, I knew it was inches.
Definitely a big track. Maybe it is a wolf track. Coyote track here are not that large.
Just a wolf track is huge (size of a mans hand) & have long legs , to get around in the snow well.
Could be a few wolves in your area, who knows. They are making a comeback in many areas. Rarely seen here, so would be more rare there.
There are allot here & just recently a confirmed human killed by wolves here in AK (remote village school teacher).
Not as many trappers, few ways to hunt them with the new laws. Fish & Game have a tough time managing them due to political pressure
from the lower 48 states & animal activists. Fort Richardson & Anchorage just had issues with them, so F & G are planning some population management
in that area.
I never want to see wolves gone from the wild, but one in my back yard, I'd be concerned & do what I thought needed done.
Some FYI photos, old moose hunt pic. wolf came in on my kill site, old male, worn teeth (like me now)