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Originally Posted by Lakesrider
Found them in my yard today. Much bigger than the usual fox and squirrel tracks. Spaced exactly 2 feet apart.
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Lakesrider
They are Coyote track. Somtimes the outside nails on the paws/pads do not always leave marks. As you can see in the pictures below that Coyote tracks are in line similar to yours in your yard. you can also see the charts show your Coyote Vs. Bobcat tracks. From looking at your pictures I can see that the snow was some what wet by the compacted foot print of your boot so when the Coyote passed by your home the compacting snow, melting and ground conditions did not allow the paw/pad of the animal to spread (as if it were traveling on harder snow covered ground or mud like the pictures below) from its body weight leaving behind a perfect track. you can also see on the chart that the markings from the pads of the Coyote paw match your marks very well. I have been hunting Coyote for some years now and when I was told how to identfy and track you first always look for the middle two nail marks of the track it identify the Coyote.
Hope this helps you.