What Is It??

Hillcountry · 02-26-2018, 04:27 PM

Looks like a smallish fat bobcat or a hefty bob tailed house cat. Doesn’t seem to move like a coon...no greens for a woodchuck to eat now...no badgers in NH that I know of.

Tallyho · 03-01-2018, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Hillcountry

Looks like a smallish fat bobcat or a hefty bob tailed house cat. Doesn’t seem to move like a coon...no greens for a woodchuck to eat now...no badgers in NH that I know of.

We had badgers that burrowed in the banking along the canal of the hydro-electric station where I worked in northern NH.

Airedale1 · 03-01-2018, 02:16 PM

Raccoon for sure.

Hillcountry · 03-01-2018, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Tallyho

We had badgers that burrowed in the banking along the canal of the hydro-electric station where I worked in northern NH.

Really? Have to look that up!

20mile · 03-01-2018, 09:06 PM

It is a porcupine 100%

Hillcountry · 03-01-2018, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 20mile

It is a porcupine 100%

I dunno...it has a walking gait unlike a slow porky in my opinion...rear legs too long as well.

swnoel · 03-02-2018, 07:30 AM

Thanks for the laughs... the dumbing down of America has been a success!

MikeF-NH · 03-02-2018, 08:07 AM

could have been either a racoon or a porky but I would lean toward a racoon based on: speed of walk (porkies tend to walk slower than that), how it walked, I'm pretty sure I see ears, the missing tail seems more obvious toward the end of the shot. Also I would expect a racoon to be more likely to be exploring the waters edge than a porky. Cases could be made for either though. Also just looked up "porcupine tracks in snow" and porkies seem to drag their feet and bellies in the snow so again...leaning toward racoon.

ishoot308 · 03-02-2018, 10:49 AM

Here's another visitor that came by last night...

https://video.nest.com/clip/70d4bc07...7e2fc56b6a.mp4

This is definitely a fox!

Dan

Hillcountry · 03-02-2018, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ishoot308

Here's another visitor that came by last night...

https://video.nest.com/clip/70d4bc07...7e2fc56b6a.mp4

This is definitely a fox!

Dan

Lol I think he went out on your breakwater and pooped on a rock like foxes love to do.

ishoot308 · 03-02-2018, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Hillcountry

Lol I think he went out on your breakwater and pooped on a rock like foxes love to do.

Lol! Your probably right! There was actually two of them. My other camera captured them playing in the yard together.

Dan

Hillcountry · 03-02-2018, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ishoot308

Lol! Your probably right! There was actually two of them. My other camera captured them playing in the yard together.

Dan

We have a pair of greys that are in the yard daily usually before we’re out and about but the tracks are ever present...

Hillcountry · 03-02-2018, 10:00 PM

Also have the grey fox’s sinister, big brother too...

ishoot308 · 03-05-2018, 10:20 AM

The unidentifiable critter in my first post and one of his/her brother or sister came around for another visit last night. It was a definitely a coon!

Tis had it correct right off the bat!

Dan

tis · 03-05-2018, 01:41 PM

Thank you! The way it walked was the biggest reason I thought it was a coon.

Hillcountry · 03-05-2018, 05:43 PM

Cool! Glad you got it nailed...that lack of tail had me going...

Barney Bear · 03-05-2018, 07:43 PM

Finally, the mysterious visitor has been unmasked. ✌🏼

03-01-2018, 02:16 PM	#3
Airedale1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Laconia Posts: 595 Thanks: 557 Thanked 1,569 Times in 274 Posts	Raccoon for sure. __________________ "The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." Nelson Henderson (1865-1943)

03-01-2018, 09:06 PM	#5
20mile Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 20 mile bay Posts: 87 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts	It is a porcupine It is a porcupine 100% Attached Images

03-02-2018, 10:49 AM	#9
ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 6,336 Thanks: 2,412 Thanked 5,333 Times in 2,083 Posts	Another Visitor Here's another visitor that came by last night... https://video.nest.com/clip/70d4bc07...7e2fc56b6a.mp4 This is definitely a fox! Dan __________________ It's Always Sunny On Welch Island!!

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Hillcountry Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: In the hills Posts: 2,420 Thanks: 1,677 Thanked 786 Times in 466 Posts	Also have the grey fox’s sinister, big brother too... Attached Images

03-05-2018, 10:20 AM	#14
ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 6,336 Thanks: 2,412 Thanked 5,333 Times in 2,083 Posts	It Was A Racoon The unidentifiable critter in my first post and one of his/her brother or sister came around for another visit last night. It was a definitely a coon! Tis had it correct right off the bat! Dan __________________ It's Always Sunny On Welch Island!!

02-26-2018, 04:27 PM	#1
Hillcountry Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: In the hills Posts: 2,420 Thanks: 1,677 Thanked 786 Times in 466 Posts	Looks like a smallish fat bobcat or a hefty bob tailed house cat. Doesn’t seem to move like a coon...no greens for a woodchuck to eat now...no badgers in NH that I know of.

03-02-2018, 07:30 AM	#7
swnoel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 529 Thanks: 83 Thanked 194 Times in 118 Posts	Thanks for the laughs... the dumbing down of America has been a success!

03-02-2018, 08:07 AM	#8
MikeF-NH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 318 Thanks: 2 Thanked 120 Times in 80 Posts	could have been either a racoon or a porky but I would lean toward a racoon based on: speed of walk (porkies tend to walk slower than that), how it walked, I'm pretty sure I see ears, the missing tail seems more obvious toward the end of the shot. Also I would expect a racoon to be more likely to be exploring the waters edge than a porky. Cases could be made for either though. Also just looked up "porcupine tracks in snow" and porkies seem to drag their feet and bellies in the snow so again...leaning toward racoon.

03-05-2018, 01:41 PM	#15
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,805 Thanks: 759 Thanked 1,468 Times in 1,024 Posts	Thank you! The way it walked was the biggest reason I thought it was a coon.

03-05-2018, 05:43 PM	#16
Hillcountry Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: In the hills Posts: 2,420 Thanks: 1,677 Thanked 786 Times in 466 Posts	Cool! Glad you got it nailed...that lack of tail had me going...

03-05-2018, 07:43 PM	#17
Barney Bear Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 962 Thanks: 495 Thanked 274 Times in 175 Posts	🐾 Finally, the mysterious visitor has been unmasked. ✌🏼