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Arms identification indigenous to NW New Mexico

SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
edited May 2017 in General Discussion
Arms ... or paws? This print seen yesterday at the Sandstone Bluffs, El Malpais Nat'l Conservation Area.

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  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,285 ******
    edited November -1
  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,281 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not a cat. Big dog of some kind. Cats don't leave claw marks and have a double lobe in font of the heel pad. This ones a single lobe.
  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by NeoBlackdog
    Not a cat. Big dog of some kind. Cats don't leave claw marks and have a double lobe in font of the heel pad. This ones a single lobe.


    +1

    Large dog
    RLTW

  • SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's probably 4" across. So a wolf or coyote? 150 pounds?
  • 84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 10,461 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's one of them there Chupacabras.
  • US Military GuyUS Military Guy Member Posts: 3,646 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That sure is a tiny knife blade. [:D]
  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks like some kind of Canine to me. Hard to tell as I'm not sure how big the knife is.
  • SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gerber Covert Folder. Gerber says the blade is 4.48", but I'm not sure how they are measuring the blade.
  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    coyote
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,281 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Way too big for coyote. Probably just someone's dog they had out for a walk unless you have wolves in the area, then wolf is a maybe.
  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well my cat ran away fro home a couple weeks back she should have been there by now.
  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by NeoBlackdog
    Way too big for coyote. Probably just someone's dog they had out for a walk unless you have wolves in the area, then wolf is a maybe.
    yeah on second look... dog.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290
    edited November -1
    Have you SEEN some of the Prairie Singers over there?
    Between the Malpais South of Grants, and the Southwest end by Datil/Pietown, run some of the best fed coyotes in the state!
    We've had 'em run almost 175 pounds in the last dog hunt I got roped into teaming up on. Not like a Great Dane, more like a freakishly buff 'yote.There's a rumor that somebody bred one of those Mexican Wolves with a CoyDog, and just from the size of a few that I've seen, it might be true.
    If it's not a Coyote print; it's a Golden Retriever. A fat one.
  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    4" across would be far too big for a coyote.
  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,281 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gunnut505
    Have you SEEN some of the Prairie Singers over there?
    Between the Malpais South of Grants, and the Southwest end by Datil/Pietown, run some of the best fed coyotes in the state!
    We've had 'em run almost 175 pounds in the last dog hunt I got roped into teaming up on. Not like a Great Dane, more like a freakishly buff 'yote.There's a rumor that somebody bred one of those Mexican Wolves with a CoyDog, and just from the size of a few that I've seen, it might be true.
    If it's not a Coyote print; it's a Golden Retriever. A fat one.

    175 pound coyotes? No. 60, regardless of where, you are is a big 'yote.
  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by NeoBlackdog
    quote:Originally posted by gunnut505
    Have you SEEN some of the Prairie Singers over there?
    Between the Malpais South of Grants, and the Southwest end by Datil/Pietown, run some of the best fed coyotes in the state!
    We've had 'em run almost 175 pounds in the last dog hunt I got roped into teaming up on. Not like a Great Dane, more like a freakishly buff 'yote.There's a rumor that somebody bred one of those Mexican Wolves with a CoyDog, and just from the size of a few that I've seen, it might be true.
    If it's not a Coyote print; it's a Golden Retriever. A fat one.

    175 pound coyotes? No. 60, regardless of where, you are is a big 'yote.


    You'll find plenty of 60 pounders around Melrose, or west around Yeso, maybe near Jal near all the drilling.
    Cruise the Malpais; find Grants & go South- ya can't miss it. Or start in Mule Creek (down by Glenwood/Bayard & a bit south), & head up to Magdalena. Keep an eye out, there's some biggun's yonder!
  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,693 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Chime in, HeDog!!!
  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 84Bravo1
    That's one of them there Chupacabras.



    A Pureto Rican legend translocated to Mexico by The X Files, and now running around NM. Yeah, that's it.

    Large Canid, can't get closer than that. Wolf, Coyote, Dog are the possibilities.
  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Some of you guys need lessons in geography![:p]
  • SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for clueing me in, everyone.

    I'll tell anyone who believes me that it is a canine of some sort, leaving out the "dog" part. Yes, it could have been a dog, being 50 yards from the parking lot, as you say it is possible. The prints were close-spaced but there were newer boot prints near them.

    El Malpais is in the western, almost central area of New Mexico. I think. Almost wish I was driving back the same way.

    But I'm headed north next, for some camping in Zion N.P.
  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    El Malpais is about 70 miles east of the Arizona/New Mexico state line, so western NM. You should stop and have a peek at Mesa Verde on your way to Utah if you have the time. Safe travel.
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