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How do you tell a fresh animal track from an old animal track?
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It can be difficult to locate and determine the age of tracks made on dry, dusty terrain. However, if the ground is soft, you stand a much better chance of locating and dating them. Fresh tracks will have sharp, clean edges. You may also be able to make out detailed features, such as textured pads, dewclaw impressions, or wrinkles in the foot pad. The edges of older impressions will be more rounded. Prints will lack details, as mentioned above. Older tracks may also contain debris, such as, dust, pebbles, seeds, or anything else that may have blown, fallen, or been knocked into the impression. Older tracks will eventually become dull, misshapen, and fill with sediment and other debris.
Look for other clues like, scat piles along the trail. Fresh scat is a sure indication that the tracks are also fresh. Look at the grass along the trail. If it is laid down, or broken, it's likely to be a recent trail. Recently broken or damaged plant life will often show signs of discoloration or will secrete sap or fluids. In Autumn, dry leaflitter on the ground will be crushed along a trail. If the pieces of a broken leaf are still close together, that's an indication that it was recently crushed, as the wind will eventually scatter the pieces apart the longer they remain that way.
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