What made these footprints?

**Jason In Erie** · February 16th, 2014, 09:37 PM

Probably one of these only bigger!

**t99hv** · February 16th, 2014, 09:49 PM

Abbagoochie, or maybe a fairydiddle

**GunDog** · February 16th, 2014, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by Jason In Erie

Probably one of these only bigger!

The guy or the fish? I think the tracks are too small for the guy and too big for the fish.

**tollster** · February 16th, 2014, 11:23 PM

Originally Posted by ungawa

Can you tell me a little more about this hole in the ice you didn't make? What is the red material around the rim and why does it look like there's a line submerged under the ice?

If you posted the pic without any description I would have been more interested in what you hit than what made the tracks.

That's what I was thinking.. Did something chew through that red pipe?

**Grey Bearded One** · February 16th, 2014, 11:48 PM

Originally Posted by Bang

Looks like the animal is hopping due to the depth of the snow...creating a track different from a normal gate.

Gate = an opening in a wall or fence for exiting or entering.

Gait = A particular way of moving on foot.

You're welcome.

**chrmm22sr** · February 17th, 2014, 12:09 AM

otter would be my guess. Muskrat maybe?

**Democrat Gun Owner** · February 17th, 2014, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by Grey Bearded One

Gate = an opening in a wall or fence for exiting or entering.

Gait = A particular way of moving on foot.

You're welcome.

You're making the assumption a normal gate doesn't leave tracks in the snow. Maybe the critter's gait was altered because it was dragging a gate back to its home to fix its fence.

**Grey Bearded One** · February 17th, 2014, 12:22 AM

Muskrat Suzie, Muskrat Sam do the jitterbug out in muskrat land . . . .

**RockIsland** · February 17th, 2014, 01:57 AM

+1 on the muskrat.

As a wee lad, I used to do some creek trapping for them with conibears.

They kinda look like field mouse or chipmunk tracks just bigger.