Bear??? they dont look like that in my area??? Just kidding.


It is a track from a 3.5 year old yellow lab named Drake. He walks with a slight limp because of a injury he got as a puppy. He was west bound on the tracks of his owner, a 35 year old women who enjoys long walks on the beach and getting caught in the rain.

Could it be a wolf,about the same size. I know I see more and more wolf tracks every year.

i would say a large dog.if it were a cat track you wouldn't be able to see the claws

Looks like a dog to me. No way that's a bear...

Another vote for a large domestic dog.

got any couger around the way the back legs meet up with the front that is how those cats run.

TheFelines have a space between the toes and the palm pad forms a curved ridge, which sometimes called a linked ridge. Canines do not have this feature. They have a diamond or pyramid shape in this area of the track. it's a dog

thanks huntnma i learned something

Do you have badgers in virginia? They have very large paws

Well,

I'm guessing your hand is approximately 7 inches from the tip of your middle fingerto the base of your palm (average caucasian male). That makes that front track ~3.5 inches. Definitely a dog, not only by shape, but also by pattern (hind is smalleri and inside the front).

Could easily be a coyote, especially a female carrying an extra 40 pounds of pups, because that track appears sunken quite deep.

For a quick link to mammal tracks:

http://www.bear-tracker.com/mammals.html

looks like a dog of some sort to me....my black lab is about ninety pounds and if i didnt know any better...i'd say he was trekin your neck of the woods...