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Title: interesting trail cam picture NEW PICS ADDED pg. 4
Post by: Looper on March 25, 2012, 06:15:00 PM
I got an interesting picture on a trail cam I had set out on some public land in the mountains of upstate SC. This camera was set up overlooking a well used game trail next to a creek. I know what this critter is due to a bunch of tracks I found the next day. The cam was on a hill and was about two feet up on a tree.

Take a guess and see if you're right.


  (http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad183/wclooper/Cdy00016.jpg)
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Post by: SCATTERSHOT on March 25, 2012, 06:18:00 PM
Maybe a raccoon?
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Post by: Terry Green on March 25, 2012, 06:18:00 PM
Opossum
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Post by: woodslinger on March 25, 2012, 06:20:00 PM
I second the raccoon.
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Post by: BOHO on March 25, 2012, 06:22:00 PM
bear
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Post by: dragonheart on March 25, 2012, 06:27:00 PM
Opossum
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Post by: VTer on March 25, 2012, 06:29:00 PM
A Chupacabra!
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Post by: Guru on March 25, 2012, 06:30:00 PM
'Coon
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Post by: JimB on March 25, 2012, 06:34:00 PM
I would call it a coon also.
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Post by: adkmountainken on March 25, 2012, 06:41:00 PM
George Jones....
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Post by: Gray Buffalo on March 25, 2012, 06:44:00 PM
Opossum
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Post by: adkmountainken on March 25, 2012, 06:45:00 PM
ears not high enough and hair not long enough for a coon.
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Post by: emt137 on March 25, 2012, 06:50:00 PM
Bigfoot
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Post by: rastaman on March 25, 2012, 06:51:00 PM
'possum..
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Post by: Wapiti Chaser on March 25, 2012, 06:57:00 PM
Bear cub
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Post by: GRINCH on March 25, 2012, 06:59:00 PM
possom
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Post by: Keefer on March 25, 2012, 07:01:00 PM
"Rosie Odonnell"?
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Post by: wooddamon1 on March 25, 2012, 07:06:00 PM
Possum?
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Post by: threeunder on March 25, 2012, 07:08:00 PM
Woodbooger!!!
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Post by: SEMO_HUNTER on March 25, 2012, 07:10:00 PM
I'm almost 100% sure that it's one of the Kardashians, but can't tell which one.   :goldtooth:  

I'm gonna say opossum
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Post by: mcgroundstalker on March 25, 2012, 07:11:00 PM
My Cousin Vinny!

... mike ...  :D  ...
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Post by: kwc on March 25, 2012, 07:13:00 PM
opossum
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Post by: Mudd on March 25, 2012, 07:17:00 PM
If the ears were a little longer I'd say it was a jackalope that had already send his antlers.

Maybe a possum? Or maybe two different critters that just happened to set the camera off at the perfect time.

God bless,Mudd
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Post by: lpcjon2 on March 25, 2012, 07:18:00 PM
opossum, ears are small,coons have bigger ears, and the neck is graduates into the body a coon stand angled up.
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Post by: wood carver 2 on March 25, 2012, 07:31:00 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Keefer:
"Rosie Odonnell"?
Nah! Not as mean looking .
Dave.
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Post by: JMR on March 25, 2012, 07:37:00 PM
That pic looks pretty "squatchy" to me! My second guess would be a coon
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Post by: VTer on March 25, 2012, 07:49:00 PM
Beaver.
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Post by: eminart on March 25, 2012, 08:31:00 PM
I second "beaver".
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Post by: stiknstringer on March 25, 2012, 08:36:00 PM
Hog?
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Post by: smokin joe on March 25, 2012, 08:39:00 PM
Bigfoot.
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Post by: Zbone on March 25, 2012, 08:41:00 PM
The angle is deceiving, but without a doubt, a coon.
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Post by: Zradix on March 25, 2012, 09:07:00 PM
opossum
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Post by: TimDougan on March 25, 2012, 09:11:00 PM
I think its a grinner!
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Post by: Friend on March 25, 2012, 09:25:00 PM
A bobcat.
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Post by: Hummer3T on March 25, 2012, 09:34:00 PM
Opossum

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Post by: stujay on March 25, 2012, 09:35:00 PM
I'll second the jackalope.  :bigsmyl:
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Post by: tracker1 on March 25, 2012, 09:44:00 PM
That looks like a greaser to me (Possum)
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Post by: awbowman on March 25, 2012, 09:52:00 PM
First guess was Opossum
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Post by: Coonbait on March 25, 2012, 09:54:00 PM
Coon is my guess.
Glenn
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Post by: Pettit877 on March 25, 2012, 10:09:00 PM
Coon or possibly a fisher
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Post by: on March 25, 2012, 10:12:00 PM
thats a coon, to much hair on the ear for a possum.
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Post by: Stump73 on March 25, 2012, 10:35:00 PM
Quote
Originally posted by emt137:
Bigfoot
X2
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Post by: mongoose on March 25, 2012, 10:43:00 PM
possum for sure  :campfire:
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Post by: Earl E. Nov...mber on March 25, 2012, 10:51:00 PM
My mother-in-law???
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Post by: Dawnpatrol on March 25, 2012, 11:24:00 PM
Rattlesnake
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Post by: centaur on March 25, 2012, 11:31:00 PM
Jaguar...oops, sorry, wrong thread.
Stay thirsty, my friends.
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Post by: JamesKerr on March 25, 2012, 11:34:00 PM
It's either a possum or a beaver.
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Post by: Redfeathers on March 25, 2012, 11:56:00 PM
Opossum
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Post by: Looper on March 26, 2012, 12:00:00 AM
Good guesses. Here is a another picture to give some size perspective. In this picture, you can see the cargo pocket of my buddy's pants as he reaches around the right side of the tree. He's standing, not kneeling. I would guess that the critter's ear is a foot or two past where the cargo pocket is.
 (http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad183/wclooper/Cdy00002.jpg)
Again, the picture of the critter:
 (http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad183/wclooper/Cdy00016.jpg)
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Post by: JB on March 26, 2012, 12:04:00 AM
coyote.
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Post by: Sockrsblur on March 26, 2012, 12:05:00 AM
Black bear :)
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Post by: Looper on March 26, 2012, 12:05:00 AM
Oh, and it's not a possum, a beaver, a jaguar, or a bobcat.
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Post by: Zradix on March 26, 2012, 12:12:00 AM
one of the wolves got out of the sanctuary.
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Post by: Looper on March 26, 2012, 12:49:00 AM
Some have already guessed it, but here is another photo. This picture was taken on the trail about 10 yards away:
 (http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad183/wclooper/2012-03-18161904.jpg)
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Post by: Yolla Bolly on March 26, 2012, 01:02:00 AM
They grow big possums in that county, I hear.
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Post by: Bernie B. on March 26, 2012, 03:50:00 PM
I was going to say opossum, until I saw that last photo with the track.  Now, I'm just glad I don't hunt in your area!     :help:

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
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Post by: JamesKerr on March 26, 2012, 10:03:00 PM
I am not to good with tracks so I still don't know what it is.
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Post by: Looper on March 27, 2012, 02:32:00 AM
It's a young black bear, probably no more than 125 pounds. I found several scratched up trees within a 100 yards of that track.
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Post by: BrownA5 on March 27, 2012, 12:01:00 PM
That's a big possum!
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on March 27, 2012, 12:19:00 PM
Put some carp and some donuts 20' out in front of the camera and lets find out!!!
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Post by: SEMO_HUNTER on March 27, 2012, 02:39:00 PM
After I saw the pic of the height of the camera in comparison with the pant leg I was getting ready to change my answer to bear or hog. Then the pic of the track said it all....bear.
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Post by: east272 on March 28, 2012, 12:28:00 PM
a bear
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Post by: Blacktail101 on March 28, 2012, 03:12:00 PM
it has to be a old bear dont you see the gray hair and i know what gray hair looks like lol
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Post by: stujay on March 28, 2012, 03:22:00 PM
Don't see it must be a ghost!  :saywhat:
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Post by: Zbone on March 31, 2012, 12:21:00 PM
Anyone who has ever skinned a possum knows they do not have hair on their ears.
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Post by: Mike Gerardi on March 31, 2012, 01:00:00 PM
Quote
Originally posted by KentuckyTJ:
Put some carp and some donuts 20' out in front of the camera and lets find out!!!
Thats what I'm sayin..  :thumbsup:
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Post by: JamesKerr on March 31, 2012, 03:44:00 PM
Very cool pictures!
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on March 31, 2012, 05:07:00 PM
Gol Darn that's a big Field Mouse. I wasn't going to say anything until I saw the track!   :readit: