Track Differences

[Harmy]

Yesterday I was out and found a great wallow. It was loaded with tracks and was super fresh with all kinds of mud and new tracks where I could see fresh and wet mud in the trail leading away from the site. I was super psyched until I had to run away...

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So, just what are the differences between a large elk track and a moose?
I really can't tell the difference.

[WapitiTalk1]

Moose tracks are more pointed in the front than elk tracks.

[Freebird134]

I don't think elk tracks get in the range of moose tracks. Moose tracks are ridiculously large. I used to encounter a lot of moose in my elk and deer hunting areas in Idaho, and there is just no comparison. When it's 5 or 6", it's a moose.

Mud will make stuff look bigger, in my experience. If that is the case, I'd try to backtrack out of deep mud and look at tracks in other substrate.

[Lefty]

Size
The back of the moose is more squared and wider in the back,.. not like moo cows but wider , elk tracks looks more refined

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