What animal made this track?

[BRTreedogs]

Awful big for a bobcat.
And oval.
Knowing the spacing from back to front foot would help.

I think because of the rounder toe pads it’s a fat dog with a recent nail trim.

 

[Jason Snyder]

Not every dog track will show claws and some cat tracks will.

This is a dog track.

 

[omicron1792]

I used to get tripped up on claw marks.

If you see claws it pretty much rules out a cat.

If no claw marks, it has been about 50/50 cat or dog for me.

 

[journeyman713]

Looks a lot like defensive lineman marks, probably Vikings, those guys get lost easy.
Poor guy, he prolly don't even know the season is over.

 

[tkhuntsman]

I found a set of these tracks on one of the muddy trails on my farm. Any idea what animal made this track? That’s an ADI 69-grain .223 round for reference.

I have my theory, but I would like to hear some other ideas. I should have taken more pictures.

Defiantly K9 but not big enough for Wolf so large coyote or it's a mesium domestic dog.

 

[tkhuntsman]

There were no visible claws on any of the tracks. My larger dog walked through the same gap in the fence and her nearby tracks had distinct claw/toenail marks. She may be quite a bit heavier though.

Edit - I agree that it’s probably a canid though.

Claws don't need to be visible especially in mud but the heel pad has 2 lines which make it K9 cats have 3 lobes.

 

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[RockAndSage]

There were no visible claws on any of the tracks.

Between this, and the lack of the double/triple lobes you see on cat prints, I'd put money on it being a feral or semi-feral dog. Coyotes rarely have claw marks, because of being on the move and digging all the time - claw marks are highly indicative of a house dog on the loose.

Here's another graphic (might have even picked it up from Rokslide at some point) - look at the raised portions of mud in the photo between the pads. Looks much more like the X shape of a dog.