Unknown footprints.

The Big Fella

Well lads I was out on one of my local permissions rough shooting today when I came across these footprints. Its all I seen all day and they could be seen everywhere I looked. There would be sheep not to far away so I'm assuming its sheep, I'm just curious to know what yee think they are? Thanks

tomcat220t

Goat ?

The Big Fella

The farmer doesn't have any goats.

dev110

I'm thinking the same as Tomcat.
Look like goat

daithi55

it looks like tracks ive seen in poland but im not naming it for fear of your thread been ransacked with so called sightings here there an everywhere lol

gunisfun

deer probably red small doe

The Big Fella

daithi55 wrote: »

it looks like tracks ive seen in poland but im not naming it for fear of your thread been ransacked with so called sightings here there an everywhere lol

Please dont daithi55, them Leitrim boys would have a field day.:D

kemen

looks like goat to me..

LB6

http://www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bear-tracker.com/pig.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.bear-tracker.com/wildpig.html&h=361&w=335&sz=11&tbnid=1qlQo2S3s-dQWM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=84&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpig%2Bfootprints%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=pig+footprints&docid=KJyZtFrgE035hM&sa=X&ei=Tc4MT-v9N5O4hAf85rCzBA&ved=0CD4Q9QEwBQ&dur=378

http://www.google.ie/imgres?q=wild+boar+footprints&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=DI7&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1366&bih=635&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=KLoUxrPQ3ixQgM:&imgrefurl=http://www.arkive.org/wild-boar/sus-scrofa/image-G80426.html&docid=TmM5mlq7_qTS5M&imgurl=http://cdn1.arkive.org/media/7F/7F28AD94-DDC9-4D72-AE61-8563305BF1AC/Presentation.Large/Wild-boar-footprint-in-mud.jpg&w=650&h=433&ei=HNAMT-_9J9GHhQeXrdnIBA&zoom=1

LostCorkGuy

Looks like boar prints ? Saw similar ones in france , maybe a feral pig even

bazza888

wild boar ofcourse,sure the countryside is crawling with them!:D
it could be a deer or sheep with the hoofs(whatever the technical term is) overgrown/curling

johngalway

daithi55 wrote: »

it looks like tracks ive seen in poland but im not naming it for fear of your thread been ransacked with so called sightings here there an everywhere lol

:eek: Communists?

kemen

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-2490315/stock-vector-footprints-of-european-hoofed-animals-each-two-paths-grey-is-deep-black-is-not.html

id still go with goat! too narrow for a sheep and too straight for deer imo

dev110

I think LB got a match for the small prints on the bottom pic.

LB6

about how long were they?

kemen

dev110 wrote: »

I think LB got a match for the small prints on the bottom pic.

not really cause in the OP the hoof is fully split, the boar print both sides are connected

LB6

i'm even doubting myself now - the original pics are 2 semi-circles with the curves back to back, where as in mine, they're 2 semi-circles are not back to back curves.. The search goes on! :rolleyes:

dev110

Just looking at these two:





They look fairly similar

tomcat220t

They seem more curved on the out side ?
Hard to tell
The op prints seem more straighter on the out side ?

Hibrion

Can you give us the scale and what county you are in? That will help pin it down.

Neither picture shows hog prints, as there are no dew claw prints to be seen in the mud. In that ground and with tracks of that depth, hog prints would be immediately recognizable.

I don't think they are reds either. They are usually a bit more square.

The bottom pic is very blurry, but you have several animals there.

To give you a better answer, I'll need scale.

dev110

It is a pity the picture wasn't sharper. Very hard determine

It wasn't me!

Looks like a deer with a hoof growth deformity or a goat.

landkeeper

looks like an auld ewe to me same as i look at every day round our place

Hibrion

landkeeper wrote: »

looks like an auld ewe to me same as i look at every day round our place

You are more than likely correct.

tomcat220t

landkeeper wrote: »

looks like an auld ewe to me same as i look at every day round our place

May or may not be a goat but most certainly not a an auld ewe,imo!

kemen

sheep hoofs are wider at the rear an narrow towards the toe whereas a goats hoof is more the same width from rear to front!!

Longranger

Giant muntjac;)

Grizzly 45

The Devil??:eek:

Tackleberrywho

The Big Fella wrote: »

Well lads I was out on one of my local permissions rough shooting today when I came across these footprints. Its all I seen all day and they could be seen everywhere I looked. There would be sheep not to far away so I'm assuming its sheep, I'm just curious to know what yee think they are? Thanks

I myself am no expert tracker.

I reckon that it is a fallow Doe track and a fawn at foot.
The print I'd guess is less than a few hours old judging by the clearly defined shape on a day that rainfall was average to heavy.

I'd also reckon the deer was running due to the distance between hoof marks.

I think Fallow deer due to hoof shape and size, I have tracked goats, Sika and red and none of them fit the bill.

Don't get me started on boar in Ireland :eek:

By any chance was the area slightly marshy, perhaps with rushes?
Quite close to a place where there was heavy cover?
A deciduous or conifer woodland?

look for hair on the barbs of barbed wire, fallow deer hair is tubular and if bent will stay bent.
Goat,Sheep,Cow hair is more wool like and will not be tubular.

However this is my best guess based on your info and my limited stalking experience.

landkeeper

size would give a better clue ,was there any dung around i'd still go with sheep especially as the op says there were sheep nearby and the tracks were everywhere and they were all he saw all day
most ewes get their feet trimmed in the autum/winter that leaves sharp defined edges to a print such as the 1st pic

terminator2

feral camel:D

terminator2

if there was any dung around you could get tack to taste it and he would be able to tell what resturant it last ate in and what was on the menu last night :D:D

The Big Fella

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I myself am no expert tracker.

I reckon that it is a fallow Doe track and a fawn at foot.
The print I'd guess is less than a few hours old judging by the clearly defined shape on a day that rainfall was average to heavy.

I'd also reckon the deer was running due to the distance between hoof marks.

I think Fallow deer due to hoof shape and size, I have tracked goats, Sika and red and none of them fit the bill.

Don't get me started on boar in Ireland :eek:

By any chance was the area slightly marshy, perhaps with rushes?
Quite close to a place where there was heavy cover?
A deciduous or conifer woodland?

look for hair on the barbs of barbed wire, fallow deer hair is tubular and if bent will stay bent.
Goat,Sheep,Cow hair is more wool like and will not be tubular.

However this is my best guess based on your info and my limited stalking experience.

Well its beside boggy land with nothing but silver birch trees growing there. Il have a look again later today when I get a chance. Heres a few more photos.

dev110

The second pic looks like a fallow print....I think

tomcat220t

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I myself am no expert tracker.

I reckon that it is a fallow Doe track and a fawn at foot.
The print I'd guess is less than a few hours old judging by the clearly defined shape on a day that rainfall was average to heavy.

I'd also reckon the deer was running due to the distance between hoof marks.

I think Fallow deer due to hoof shape and size, I have tracked goats, Sika and red and none of them fit the bill.

Don't get me started on boar in Ireland :eek:

By any chance was the area slightly marshy, perhaps with rushes?
Quite close to a place where there was heavy cover?
A deciduous or conifer woodland?

look for hair on the barbs of barbed wire, fallow deer hair is tubular and if bent will stay bent.
Goat,Sheep,Cow hair is more wool like and will not be tubular.

However this is my best guess based on your info and my limited stalking experience.

You could be on the money,Tack.
Makes sence when ya put it like that;)

hunterpajero

big fella you said you were on your rough shooting ground,have you seen deer around the area before or has the farmer ever said he saw any?with the tracks everywhere as you say if it was deer they most be an established herd around not to far away

The Big Fella

Went back for a look today and I spoted these two lads in the field. They turned out to be two fallow deer. Good on the lads that got it right.;) I also see there are alot of sheep and boar stalkers on boards lol.

Tackleberrywho

Great bit of detective work there Big fella

poulo6.5

The Big Fella wrote: »

Went back for a look today and I spoted these two lads in the field. They turned out to be two fallow deer. Good on the lads that got it right.;) I also see there are alot of sheep and boar stalkers on boards lol.

so it is a camel then.... brilliant:p:p:p

that had me on the edge of my seat :rolleyes:

Grizzly 45

Just a future heads up ...As a help to us all? If you spot another set of tracks.Can you put somthing beside the pic for scale?IOW so we have a rough idea of length..Say a rifle/shotgun shell,penknife etc or anything just give a size idea?;)

ssl

Any ideas???

terminator2

obviously a dwarf but you would have to taste his **** to be sure:D:D

terminator2

im biting my lip here

landkeeper

terminator2 wrote: »

im biting my lip here

yes i think when it comes to animal id statements we had all better bite our lips

4gun

poulo6.5 wrote: »

so it is a camel then.... brilliant:p:p:p

that had me on the edge of my seat :rolleyes:

looks more like another of them white goats we saw above in Offaly in October....

jay.b

so it was fallow? i was thinking chupacabra maybe? ah well:rolleyes::p

PippaSpaniel

They are sheep tracks for sure a deers tracks are usually coming into a point not like those. they are pointing out. i will take a pic of some deer tracks and post them up.

Dusty87

Im sure the tracks were already known by a few before the thread was even put up pippa.

PippaSpaniel

That is a deer track not like the other picture!! I have should went thru the whole thread before i said a sheep!!

djflawless

yea been seeing them prints the past week. .and the animal that left them. . Roe's

The Big Fella

Dusty87 wrote: »

Im sure the tracks were already known by a few before the thread was even put up pippa.

Yes the lads where quick to point out they were fallow before I found out what they were then I posted the pick of the fallow deer I seen that day!