Need some help with ID

[slingshot]

I went for a walk this morning about 3/4 of a mile on the land that I have the OK to trap on and 1/2 of my land. OK here I go looking dumb again but I'm not Sure of what I'm seeing and need your help. tracks are within the last 4 days from when it last rained and the creek was running.









the next 4 pics are from the same place just showing what it looks like now. is the pic of the paw print a fox?









this pic is about 50/60 yards north of the last print east side of creek the stride is 18" from front to back paw print is 1-1/4" to 1-1/2" long.



thanks

Bill

[midmotrapper]

It's either mink or squirrel.. hard to say..around the water I'd say mink and by the distance of the tracks between each other.

[raya]

Yep me too looks like a dandy too

[deerhunter65347]

Mink and its got a good hop going in the pics. The canine pic could be a fox kit but there should be more than one set of prints!

[slingshot]

Thanks Guys,

That's what I thought but I have never saw any mink track on the creek before and I looked at the track ID card that is posted a couple of posts down. I know that there is a lot of squirrel here but I know what that track looks like this is the first year that I have seen red fox around here. I haven't seen or heard that many coyote's this year maybe we had a die off on coyote's I don't know we will see. Right now the creek bank's look like a supper highway with coon track so there is most likely more mink and fox track there that has been walked over by the coon and dear. In the one pic is some high bank dens under the tree root's that are new this year.

Thanks for taking a look and letting me know I'm not dreaming LOL

Bill

[deerhunter65347]

I know i would set a few mink traps in that creek it looks minky!!

[slingshot]

HeHeHe
TONY seven pipe sets just got put in as you were typing and bated to see what come's to them looks like Ill have a water line going this year. From all the tracks that are in the creek I DON'T have enough steel and I picked up 400 acres of land to trap just across the road that gives me about 1 mile of main creek + 1-1 /2 miles of feeder creeks, out buildings and a pond. Now if I'M a good boy maybe santa will bring the steel and a 4 wheeler. But I have a felling Ill be walking my line again this year.

[deerhunter65347]

Oh i know that feeling well! I have some spots that are good enough i still have to walk into them as well!