My husband and I purchased snowshoes for each other for Christmas. We do enjoy cross country skiing, but we are not able to adventure in some areas with skis.
We have really enjoyed snowshoeing.
It has become a new favorite!
During one of our snowshoe adventures we came across the following tracks.
Tracks we had not seen before .. what animal could be passing by?
When taking photos of the tracks be sure to place something next to the track to determine the size of the track. Also take a photo of the gait (the walk) of the animal if you are able. This will help when you start your research on who made that track.
Could it be a Badger?
It would be something if it was a Wolverine!
It is a Fisher.
The message below my husband sent to the Wisconsin DNR.
My husband received a nice reply back from Curtis he did confirm the track was a Fisher and that it was a unique track to see.
Hi Curtis,
My wife and I found this track on Monday Feb
4. We were snowshoeing at a Barron County park by Prairie Lake. Whatever
animal it is from was following our tracks from Friday Feb 1. We had
some rain and melting over the weekend which may have distorted the
track.
In the photos I have attached the basket of my
pole is 3.5" diameter, for scale. Looking at various track books and
online I think it may be a wolverine track.
If there is any insight you may have I would be interested.
A shout out to one of our dear blog friends Lavender Dreamer, who shares her hikes , photos of birds, plants and animals with us. She had a crazy weekend with Google.
