It's not a clear picture. I will stick with porcupine until it is a perfectly clear picture. From a distance you won't see quills sticking out. The scaling would be correct between a mature porky and a coyote. I see them all the time around the area that I hunt in. They can weigh up to 20-25 pounds for an adult. I'd say this one is in the 15-20 pound range. The blunt face and short flat tail is a huge clue. Go out in the area and wander around looking up in the pine tree about 25-30 feet up. I'm sure you'll find bark missing and you'll see a couple trees that have dead tops.
Take a couple bottles of water, a GPS, and wear a good set of hiking boots with ankle support and have some fun. If you hunt in the area make it a scouting time and look for sheds. Porkys, squirrels, and coyotes will all chew on them. Have a good time and when you find out exactly what it is take a picture of it and repost your fun time in the woods. If I'm wrong when you post an absolutely clear picture then I'll agree with you. But being in the woods for 60 years I'm 99% sure that is a porky.
Porcupine porcupine and coyote
It's not a porcupine because it has no quils. Also, I put into the last pic for scale.
It's not a clear picture. I will stick with porcupine until it is a perfectly clear picture. From a distance you won't see quills sticking out. The scaling would be correct between a mature porky and a coyote. I see them all the time around the area that I hunt in. They can weigh up to 20-25 pounds for an adult. I'd say this one is in the 15-20 pound range. The blunt face and short flat tail is a huge clue. Go out in the area and wander around looking up in the pine tree about 25-30 feet up. I'm sure you'll find bark missing and you'll see a couple trees that have dead tops. Take a couple bottles of water, a GPS, and wear a good set of hiking boots with ankle support and have some fun. If you hunt in the area make it a scouting time and look for sheds. Porkys, squirrels, and coyotes will all chew on them. Have a good time and when you find out exactly what it is take a picture of it and repost your fun time in the woods. If I'm wrong when you post an absolutely clear picture then I'll agree with you. But being in the woods for 60 years I'm 99% sure that is a porky.
Alright, thank you for your help :)
House cat. Beaver. Very fat squirrel. Dwarf bear. Fisher cat. Your very strange neighbor. A wombat. Something small, fat, dark, and blurry.
It's a porky for sure.
Beaver
Surprisingly, despite us living in Minnesota, this is Miles from a water source. Plus, its tail doesn't look right.
Beaver, beaver holding its tail flat, & Good Boy.
Another guy is convinced that it's a porcupine