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Post by Jason C. on Jan 28, 2013 16:11:45 GMT -5
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sebastian
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Post by sebastian on Jan 28, 2013 18:36:06 GMT -5
I think they are melted out moose tracks as there are no defined toe impression.
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Post by Jason C. on Jan 29, 2013 0:33:56 GMT -5
Aloha Sebastian, Someone else mentioned the same thing. The only problem I have with that hypothesis is the part of the video where the track in up on the log. Do moose do that? Here is the video cued to that part... youtu.be/y-6xkYBbmf8?t=2m52sI have never hunted moose, nor am I familiar with their tracks. |
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shawn
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Post by shawn on Jan 30, 2013 2:47:37 GMT -5
I've hunted moose they definitely don't make tracks like that the foot print is simply way to long plus moose do drag there feet especially if it was a bull moose. The pattern is definitely a bipedal animal but Im not convinced they're sasquatch prints. The guy taping the video says they are miles from civilization who can say thats truthful.
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billr
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Post by billr on Jan 30, 2013 11:19:03 GMT -5
I don't know
A couple of the tracks sure look like they were made by hooves at the "toe" end
I am only looking at the video through a 7"inch screen I will look again later on a bigger screen
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Post by lorelei on Jan 31, 2013 11:43:15 GMT -5
I've hunted moose they definitely don't make tracks like that the foot print is simply way to long plus moose do drag there feet especially if it was a bull moose. The pattern is definitely a bipedal animal but Im not convinced they're sasquatch prints. The guy taping the video says they are miles from civilization who can say thats truthful. I'm very familiar with animals tracking, and I also think they look like moose tracks. The deeper the snow, the higher the moose will step, so they don't have drag marks, and they are closer together. Once the snow melts, they become elongated and look like footprints. The moose lurking around our farm doesn't leave drag marks.  Here's a link to what most moose tracks in deep snow end up looking like: www.washingtonnh.org/WCC_Html/artwork/track.5.jpgNow imagine the sharp edges melted down, you see what I mean? If we hadn't gotten so much snow recently, we could photograph some of our moose tracks as well. Sebastian or I will as soon as we have a chance. |
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shawn
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Post by shawn on Jan 31, 2013 19:16:35 GMT -5
My biggest problem with the moose track theory is how close the tracks are to each other in the video you simply don't see that with moose tracks their stride is completely different much further apart. Also Lorelei if you had chosen the pic below the one you chose to post you'd see that they do drag their feet. It doesn't matter how deep the snow is they drag their feet.
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Post by lorelei on Jan 31, 2013 21:27:34 GMT -5
Well, once again that depends on how deep the snow is, this would effect drag as well as distance apart. I have spent a lot of time in the bush, as a big game guide assistant alongside my father, and later as an archaeologist. There's nothing in this video that stands out to me as unusual. I would also suggest that these tracks are too old and melted out to give any clear definition, so I am following the Thomas Steenburg methodology of thinking horses when you hear hoof beats. |
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Post by Jason C. on Feb 1, 2013 9:23:35 GMT -5
the Thomas Steenburg methodology of thinking horses when you hear hoof beats. LOVE IT! It seems that moose is the consensus from people that would know. I appreciate the insights and opinions. |
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duallie
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Post by duallie on Feb 12, 2013 14:16:50 GMT -5
My biggest problem with the moose track theory is how close the tracks are to each other in the video you simply don't see that with moose tracks their stride is completely different much further apart. Also Lorelei if you had chosen the pic below the one you chose to post you'd see that they do drag their feet. It doesn't matter how deep the snow is they drag their feet. no they don't. |
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shawn
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Post by shawn on Feb 13, 2013 22:31:22 GMT -5
I've been hunting since I was 16 I've follow tracks of moose as well as mule deer and could always tell which ones were bucks/bulls or cows/does by how they walked. It's very common that the males of both species drag their feet that's actually how we determine if it's male tracks or female if there aren't any rubs in the area. The tip of their hooves will drag slightly not on every step they take but often enough to know what your following.
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