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Bobcat?

saddlepants

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Flute, look as his back leg. He has a paw that matches the circumference of his leg all the way up until the thigh gets into the big muscle. Foxes and most small frame dogs have tiny paws in comparison to the upper leg. Specifically foxes which have little to no meat on the leg below the hock.
 

saddlepants

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For comparison. The first is an ocicat - large housecat crossed with and ocelot
ocicat.jpg
Next is a Bobcat - see those back legs and haunches?
bobcat.jpg
Now of course the red fox - just for a good look at those back legs.
red fox.jpg

It very well could be a bobcat with a longer tail and appears even longer with the blur. There was a noticeable blur in that direction as shown by the retina reflection blur direction.
Haha...CSI-the hunting woods, lol
 

Fluteman

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You may very well be right SP. I honestly can't make out much of anything on it. I'm mostly basing my judgement on the tail and size.
 

jagermeister

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I just don't think the picture is clear enough to be certain about anything. Discussing paw-to-leg size ratios seems pretty far-fetched, considering the amount of IR blur going on. The back legs could be blurred just as much as the rest of the body and head, with the forward motion making them seem thicker than they actually are. I don't know what to make of it myself.
 

xbowguy

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You just may be right Hicks.....But it is a tad small compared to the Bigfoot we have in Licking County rotflmao
I still like my cat-nip idea....Would settle the pic controversy and give everyone more time to go hunting.....It is still deer season isn't it?