I'm stumped.

[Bill]

Got this pic a few hours ago in my red clover. To small to be a deer. Well, a grown one anyway.

No spots like a fawn would have.
Ears seem to big for a cat based on the clover flowers.
Way to clean to be a yote.

Maybe it's a little person deer.

.??????

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[Bill]

Sorry screwed up the blown up pic.

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[Native Hunter]

I'm stumped too Bill. Looks like cat ears, but I can't tell for sure. Keep us posted.

 

[browndog]

Looks like a red fox to me.

 

[wklman]

I would say grey fox walking away.

 

[Bill]

Fox would make me happy.
We used to have lots of them until the yotes showed up. I'd take 100 foxes over 1 coyote any day.

 

[browndog]

Fox would make me happy.
We used to have lots of them until the yotes showed up. I'd take 100 foxes over 1 coyote any day.

You got that right. I'll post a vid soon to back up that statement up.

 

[Fall guy]

Juvenile red fox in hunting mode. Just has ear expanded and rotated giving wide look. I see them clover fields all summer long mainly snacking on inspects.

 

[wiscwhip]

I would agree, red fox. I would have said bobcat, but the rear end and color doesn't look right for that. That said, it doesn't have the black on the back of the ears like a normal adult red fox, so Fall guys thought of juvenile would make sense. Also, seems like too much orange on the rear to be a grey fox.

 

[Bill]

Thanks.

I can see fox now.

 

[Turkey Creek]

I have seen plenty of red fox up close and I am having a hard time convincing myself that it is a fox. Body proportions just are not right, though pictures can distort things enough sometimes. I am leaning towards a really ugly bobcat.

 

[wiscwhip]

If it was a cat, with those colors, I would be more inclined to say crouching young cougar vs bobcat? Tail could be hidden by the foliage? Young males can travel a loooong ways this time of year into areas they don't normally frequent?

 

[Bill]

See I was perfectly happy to accept fox. :)

It does seem to have awful short hair to be a fox. Cougars are myths around here but I guess anything could happen.

 

[wiscwhip]

See I was perfectly happy to accept fox. :)

It does seem to have awful short hair to be a fox. Cougars are myths around here but I guess anything could happen.

;)That's what everyone says until they get one on trailcam.o_O

 

[wiscwhip]

Disproportionately small head, large "high" rump, somewhat similar to the pic, maybe...................

 

[bueller]

I do think the body looks too long to be a bobcat or fox.

 

[Bill]

It might be. Wish I got more pics of it. Just the one and if it's a cougar he's 100 miles away by now.

 

[Fall guy]

That is red fox bouncing around in field kicking up insects. His but just happens to be airborne in pic.
Never seen bobcat with red fir.

 

[Bill]

If it's a fox I should get more pics of him over the coming months.
I actually hope it is. I'd like to see them return.

 

[Native Hunter]

You stole my red bobcat. You could at least return the collar and antenna.