Snow keeps a record of those who have traversed its crumbly surface. Deer and fox that I never ... a hole in the barn because of the telltale mouse tracks that lead from a nearby bush, across ...

1. Find what look to be fresh deer tracks. Beside them, make a palm print in the snow, then press its edges. Now, press the edges and midline of the hoof print. If the track is hot, the snow will ...

I have also seen numerous deer-mouse tracks scampering over the snow. The brown-white mice leave these marks; you can spot their tracks because they are the only hopping mammals that drag their ...

In reality, they likely belong to the western deer mouse. As the animal hops across the snow, its larger hind paws land in front of the two smaller front paws. Following at the rear is a track ...

Among the deer, squirrel and weasel tracks, I found the hopping gait of deer mice. While some small mammals stay under the snow, this one travels over, leaving its hopping tracks with a tail marking.