Track ID

[Dougfirtree]

Looks like raccoons to me!

 

[WildWill]

All the votes for coon have got my confidence shook.

Otter is my guess, gt any of them around?

We do in the area but have never seen one in this pond they tend to stick to the river or feeder creeks. There tracks tend to be larger and the webbing and claws are very noticeable.

I guess when he said swimming and digging it has me leaning away from cat, but that’s working off of mental pictures that might not reflect reality I guess! Plus fur bearers and small animals are admittedly not in my wheelhouse. Always hard to put together all the clues without seeing it first hand. If you figure it out, I’d be curious to see what you find!

That's why I thought mink or weasel the behavior fits those and coon not so much a cat.

I'm about to run the line and am bringing a trail cam to set up. Might set a few traps to. I'll try and get some better pics.

 

[EYJONAS!]

Not the greatest picture but I think it's possible....

 

[WildWill]

Trail cam set up along with 2 legholds on pocket sets. Really wondering if it's a cat now as I realized a tree the beaver's chewed has fallen onto the island connecting it with the shore. The tracks are found on both sides of the trunk like something jumped off the tree to the ground and back. Here's a coon track in the mud nearby for comparison.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Oh boy. Now you got me thinking @Dunning Kruger and @JLS are right.

Very CSI. I like it.

 

[WildWill]

Couple fresh tracks today. Should've had the mystery solved today as whatever it is hit one of the pocket sets unfortunately the jaw was blocked by the crab shell I used for bait.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

I'm going with coon. Way too big for mink and weasel. Not a cat, at least the new pics aren't. Good luck!

 

[TheJason]

Those are different tracks.

 

[Pahoundsman]

Those are different tracks.

I agree, that first track was a coon I’m pretty sure and the other one I think is otter.

 

[manitou1]

I am going with otter also. Doubt you will hold it in that trap.

 

[ccc23454]

We need a update, waiting to see some otter pics... lol

 

[shoots-straight]

It took awhile for this group which is not the usual, but it's Racoon.

 

[WildWill]

Only thing on cam was coon. One finally screwed up and stepped in a beaver trap while robbing my castor mound.
Here is a track I found on the shoreline next to the island today.

 

[SaskHunter]

My guess is trash panda.

 

[Dougfirtree]

Only thing on cam was coon. One finally screwed up and stepped in a beaver trap while robbing my castor mound.View attachment 172513
Here is a track I found on the shoreline next to the island today. View attachment 172514

That new track (the one at the top of the picture), looks like a cat, to me. Hard to get a sense for scale, but it looks smallish. Hopefully a bobcat and not someone's fluffy...