what type critters made these tracks?

[deltablade]

I dont recognize these tracks. what type critters made them? I am in N Alabama.

 

[Wasty]

Looks like a mink or a ferret. However not sure if they are common in Alabama...

 

[19-3ben]

Hey look! I found knife content.

 

[rtc71]

A very small yeti, maybe.

 

[deltablade]

nice knife. I posted here because many of the members are outdoorsmen with vast knowledge, and provide amazing advice and information. If I made a mistake by asking for info about something other than knives, I apologize.

 

[Wasty]

And now: Knife and Ferret content...

 

[Blue Sky]

No worries, nothing wrong with the question, just would have been more appropriate here:

https://www.bladeforums.com/forums/wilderness-survival-skills.692/

In this forum, brace yourself for the jokers to have at you!

 

[Gurwery]

North of Huntsville?

 

[ferider]

Hard to say without more details of the toes.

 

[ScarFoot]

Without any scale or print detail it’s hard to say but the fact that the tracks don’t alternate lead me to believe it’s a mink or weasel. Both common in Alabama but rarely seen.

 

[deltablade]

North of Huntsville?

west, Shoals area, on the Tennessee river

 

[deltablade]

I will try to get a better photo if it comes by again. tracks covered up by new snow now

 

[rtc71]

If you're on the Tennessee River more than likely a mink, they are all over that river

 

[deltablade]

maybe fox, we have some in our area. here is internet photo wo fox track

 

[l1ranger]

it would help to see the individual tracks with something for size reference
fox will track like that when they trot.
mink, and similar critters track like that a lot too.

 

[deltablade]

The snow melted before I could get a paw print. Yet based on pattern I am thinking fox and we do have a pair living nearby