Name That Critter

[smarandr]

Sorry about the poor quality, but whatever this thing is was moving at the edge of the effective flash range, and I've done my best to clean up the shot. It is moving from right to left at the edge of the mid-ground.

The camera is placed in a sage and grass covered draw between two heavily timbered ridges at about 7,500' if that helps. I think it kind of looks like a fox, but I've never come across a fox in that kind of habitat before. Maybe it's a fisher or marten or something like that--I really don't know.

 

[Lawnboy]

It's obviously "el chupacabre"

 

[6speed]

I would guess fox. I have seen foxes in some of the craziest places in this state. From inside houses to 10,000 foot rock outcroppings.

 

[tarheel]

It's obviously "el chupacabre"

I vote for the old goat sucker too.

 

[WV Hunter]

 

[sweetnectar]

What WV Hunter said. Otherwise it looks like the spots on a fawn.

 

[noharleyyet]

I'm with Ray and WV.

 

[Big luke1981]

My vote is for fox.

 

[danr55]

Easy, That the great North American Gilly. You know the critter they skin to make Gilly Suits.. That's why it's so hard to see.

 

[cadman59501]

I think I could see more in my kids sonograms

 

[grizzly5028]

Id say fox, or something that goes bump in the night

 

[MN Public Hunter]

Its a Porcupine

 

[mtmiller]

Gd wolves.

 

[pointingdogsrule]

Its a Porcupine

I agree with MN... first thing I thought of was a Porcupine. Second was a badger.... do you got them out there??

good luck to all
the dog

 

[huntRme]

I vote for the old goat sucker too.

ditto that.

 

[DavidKeenan]

Idk. Porky martin I took one of a black bear a couple evenings ago it turned out like that too. Not enough light left and to far for flash. I could tell what it was, but no one else could.

 

[smarandr]

Tell me about it. The camera is set to take a three picture burst, so when you scroll through the burst in picasa quick enough it's almost like a movie because you can see what is different from frame to frame. That's the only reason I was able to spot it.

 

[Gunner46]

a Duck ? Maybe, a Duck in the desert hiding behind a cactus, that looks like a Rag-Horn standing behind it ????? No ! No ! It's a Naked Chick, in the desert, hiding behind a cactus, looking like a Rag-Horn standing behind it, trying to pretend to be a Duck !