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Cat tracks or fox

  • 22-10-2013 9:27am
    #1
    dwighet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭


    Lads I found these tracks in the mud by my duck shed...The ducks were locked in for the night..

    Are they cat or fox???? there are cats next door..But there is also foxes around..
    [IMG][/img]005_zpsfaea578a.jpg
    [IMG][/img]006_zpsd2aaa10d.jpg
    Im thinking cat as I cant see any sign of claws..


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  • #2
    aaakev
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    They look like cat to me. Fox tracks usually have a nail at the front of the tow


    Edit: just noticed ypu said that under the pics too! Id agree with you


  • #3
    dwighet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    aaakev wrote: »
    They look like cat to me. Fox tracks usually have a nail at the front of the tow


    Edit: just noticed ypu said that under the pics too! Id agree with you

    That's what I was thinking too...I have a load of snares in my ditches..Have caught a few and also lost a few ducks..Its 2 for 2 at the moment...Ive snared 2foxes and lost 2 ducks over the last 18 months..


  • #4
    Tiercel Dave
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    I'd go with cat too. The fox has a 'thinner' print, the two outer toes are more behind the centre two. With the cat the toes are 'side by side'! Dave


  • #5
    Vegeta
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    Pad and toe orientation looks more like cat too. I'd be going with cat


  • #6
    aaakev
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    dwighet wrote: »
    That's what I was thinking too...I have a load of snares in my ditches..Have caught a few and also lost a few ducks..Its 2 for 2 at the moment...Ive snared 2foxes and lost 2 ducks over the last 18 months..

    Are ya doing anything about the cats or are they not causing a problem?


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  • #7
    dwighet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    aaakev wrote: »
    Are ya doing anything about the cats or are they not causing a problem?

    The cats are fine...I don't like em but I like my neighbour so I just throw a few rocks at em when there around...they get the message..


  • #8
    madred006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 631 ✭✭✭madred006


    dwighet wrote: »
    The cats are fine...I don't like em but I like my neighbour so I just throw a few rocks at em when there around...they get the message..
    You mean in their direction :-)


  • #9
    Grizzly 45
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    Pussy cat.Giveaway is no claw impressions.

    "If you want to keep someone away from your house, Just fire the shotgun through the door."

    Vice President [and former lawyer] Joe Biden Field& Stream Magazine interview Feb 2013 "



  • #10
    dwighet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    madred006 wrote: »
    You mean in their direction :-)

    No..at them...Usually I don't miss..If I didn't get on with the neighbour they`d get the .22...And end up in the **** tank..
    Cats are no addition at all.


  • #11
    welsummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 395 ✭✭welsummer


    cat tracks. fox tracks are more pointed


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  • #12
    del 243
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    cat tracks im getting one lying up at a feeder caught it on a trail camera the chancer


  • #13
    FISMA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭FISMA


    I would say cat as well.

    Here is a nice visual.
    paw_prints.gif


  • #14
    One shot on kill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭One shot on kill


    Nice to have cats around ducks and chickens. It keeps mice a rats at bay.


  • #15
    Tawny Owl
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    One shot on kill wrote: »
    Nice to have cats around ducks and chickens. It keeps mice a rats at bay.

    Can I ask how do the cats get on with the Birds?;).


  • #16
    FISMA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭FISMA


    Tawny Owl wrote: »
    Can I ask how do the cats get on with the Birds?;).

    Like cats and dogs!:P


  • #17
    One shot on kill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭One shot on kill


    Tawny Owl wrote: »
    Can I ask how do the cats get on with the Birds?;).


    Mine are grand to be fair now the cat likes stalking the chickens. But I've never seen her touch one. Sure you have be up in my place the all run wild around the place. No a bother. It the horse there all worried about.

    FISMA wrote: »
    Like cats and dogs!:P

    I would of said like cats and chickens. :D


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