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I came across these tracks with a friend of mine today in an area another member of this forum suggested I try. At first, I thought the footprint in the 'Bear 1' picture was just a hind foot, but the more I look at it, the more I'm seeing two. Tell me if I'm seeing things or if this is a really huge hind foot.
My knife measures about 5 1/2-inches long in the pictures. The front paw has got to be about 6-inches wide or so, but I'm not 100% sure. I need to carry a small measuring tape, like my mother still uses for sewing, with me to measure when I see stuff like this!
I looked at the examples of footprints in the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks website. The Grizzly print that they show has claw prints way out in front of the paw print. The Black Bear prints are a little more close-in. I'm at a loss. I want to believe that they're Black Bear, but maybe that's just my wishful drinking now that I'm home!!
My knife measures about 5 1/2-inches long in the pictures. The front paw has got to be about 6-inches wide or so, but I'm not 100% sure. I need to carry a small measuring tape, like my mother still uses for sewing, with me to measure when I see stuff like this!
I looked at the examples of footprints in the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks website. The Grizzly print that they show has claw prints way out in front of the paw print. The Black Bear prints are a little more close-in. I'm at a loss. I want to believe that they're Black Bear, but maybe that's just my wishful drinking now that I'm home!!