Like mule deer hop

Vs white tails run

I blame a walking bear

@wolfwood Many quadrepeds step in their own tracks

I’d imagine the two would look different so it may be the same with other little critters

When animals walk through snow sometimes they just get stuck in the pattern of the first two feet so they don’t have to break more trail

Following the trail there weren't any instances of the pattern breaking, like missteps

It was a consistent 1,2,1,2

Did you take a picture

If ur on a reservation it could be a 3 legged dog

Spooky

@Jordan - MD scroll up a bit

watch a cat walk in deep snow sometime

That was I was thinking a cat

Yeah that's what I thought of too, a cat taking really dainty steps

@wolfwood so the steps were small?

Still a freaky result looking like a baby walked thru my yard

isnt MT montana? I would assume its a deer

They almost look human sized

Coyote or bobcat tracks partially snowed in is my guess

@wolfwood photos?

Each footstep was about 3" front to back

above pic is bobcat

Oh I see you posted below.

Ian did you scroll up a bit past the gnome discussion?

Yeah I got it now ty

Looks like what dover tom posted...

Yeah

Bit of a relief no doubt.

This is the edge of what I'd call suburbia, haven't been here long, unsurprising some wildlife would stroll thru. But I expected different patterns.

(Going right past my bedroom window while I sleep)

😃

Maybe I should keep my old laptop and set up a motion capture again.

Put a trail cam out there, you’d probably get some interesting stuff on it. The pic you posted showed a depression in the show that looks like a game trail

Trail cams are so cheap these days

So remember that feet / legs / paws enter/exit snow at angles.

At least compared to. What they used to. Cost.

Your"print" is print plus the leg moving around

Good trackers back in the day could tell the difference between whites and Indians based on the heel strike and out-toeing in the print

I'll have to remember to check out some trail cams