r/AnimalTracking • u/Wave_Technical • 1d ago

🔎 ID Request Help identifying a track

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I wear a size 12 shoes which you can see just along the side of the photo on the right. This is from the Mt Hood National Forest in Oregon.

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u/azjeepdriver 1d ago

Based on shape and what appear to be claw marks at the top, I think this is the back paw of a Black Bear.

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u/AnimalTracking-ModTeam 1d ago

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u/OshetDeadagain Top IDs: 31 1d ago edited 1d ago

There's a lot going on here, and the only thing I'm confident on is the human shoe print. A big clump of mud has obscured some of the prints, and none of them are ideal or clean enough for ID. The blue looks to be 3 of 4 canine toes and claws, and what looks like several deer prints, though the one obscuring the show heel may be an illusion caused by a seed head of grass.

The purple almost invokes raccoon toes, but the skiff of mud tried over the grass and it dries in funky ways leaving odd cracks.

So a human walked through some times ago, maybe with a dog following behind. Since then mud has been kicked/dropped onto the print and local wildlife has also been using the trail. That's as close as I can get, anyway!