i need to figure out what kind of animal tracks were in my yard. pleeease :-)?

Question

they look exactly like black tailed deer tracks....but that species of deer isnt in Illinois. any help? thank you so much!

thank u for your answers. i dont think it is a white tail deer because those are normally 2-3 " long. the prints in my drivway are 10-12" long.

Answer 1

you need to post pics online if you want an accurate answer.

Answer 2

You are right that the Black-tailed Deer is not indigenous to Illinois:

"The Columbia Black-tailed Deer is found only along the coastal mountain region (from Queen Charlottes in British Columbia south to California). These deer prefer grassy fields at forest edges, recently burned or logged-over areas (where the bracken grows quickly). They are mammals that belong to the Order Artiodactyla which is characterized by a 4-chambered stomach, molars, and toes that form hooves. Most of these are herbivores that have cartilage front upper teeth.

Columbia Black-tails are considered by many experts to be a sub-species of Mule Deer. They share many similarities but are much smaller than a mule deer and their ears are smaller too. The ranges of the two sub-species overlap in a few places."

But the White Tail, which is very similar, is:

http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/whitetaileddeer.htm

Answer 3

Well if it had two prints like ( ) sort of thing then it probably was a white tailed deer but if it isn't like that please try and type up something similiar to what it looked like and I can help...I too live in Illinois

Answer 4

Maybe white tail or mule deer I never heard of black tail deer.

Answer 5

Take a picture of it and maybe go on line to see foot prints of species and see what exactly it is from. I hope this helps

Answer 6

Deer are all over they are losing land it could be deer