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2:34p, 4/5/26
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Ok guys on the all knowing OB.
What is this?

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2:38p, 4/5/26
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2:43p, 4/5/26
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I'm calling raccoon.
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In reply to BrazosDog02 • 3:00p, 4/5/26
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I first thought that but the feet don't fit a raccoon imho.
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In reply to BrazosDog02 • 3:01p, 4/5/26
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It's in my buddy's pasture in Burleson.
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3:31p, 4/5/26
Coyote or dog with mange or burns that stripped the hair from the face and tail. The feet and lower legs looked to be burned as does the face. Nothing i know of should eat hair and not dig into the meat so I go.back to mange or other skin issue causing the loss of hair or burns of some sort.
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4:53p, 4/5/26
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I'm pretty sure it is an old Gray Fox.
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6:49p, 4/5/26
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Based on the appearances of the tail,snout, teeth, and legs; my vote would be a Virginia opossum.
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8:22p, 4/5/26
Song dog
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In reply to Gunny456 • 8:31p, 4/5/26
AG
Yeah, the missing hair looks pretty standard for a decayed animal to me. The wild pigs we shoot look just like this after about a week. I'm primarily basing my guess on the color of the fur. I would guess Possum, but possums don't have fur on their tail and this clearly does. The brown fur with dark roots is primarily my diagnostic along with the skull and tooth shape.

I dunno. I could be totally wrong. Itve been wrong before...a lot. I can check my wife's logbook for the count. HAHAH

A good thread for discussion nonetheless!!
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8:44p, 4/5/26
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Badger
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In reply to E-1_97_Guy • 9:22p, 4/5/26
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E-1_97_Guy said:
Badger
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That tail tough…
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9:32p, 4/5/26
My bet (though not a large one) would have been a 'coon but if you say the feet don't appear to be from one, then I am lost as to what else it could be. I am sure you know what 'coon feet look like, so dang!
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9:34p, 4/5/26
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A dead animal.
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10:37p, 4/5/26
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I'm firmly in the gray fox camp.

Snout is too elongated to be a coon or badger. Size looks to small to be a coyote. Fur color makes sense for fox.
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10:39p, 4/5/26
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It looks canine to me. I agree it's something with mange tho.
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10:58p, 4/5/26
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Aoudad, 100%
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In reply to Tarponfly • 11:18p, 4/5/26
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Tarponfly said:
A dead animal.


Can confirm, definitely dead.
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11:23p, 4/5/26
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I'm gonna say a badger too .. possibly a coon
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8:20a, 4/6/26
The canine teeth look more like tusks to me. They look similar those on a Javelina skull I have.....the hair and hide look similar to Javelina also.....except a Javelina doesn't have a long tail like that and Burleson is a little out of their range

And those look like paws instead of hooves
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10:15a, 4/6/26
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Got a close up of the paws/claws? That should tell you if it is indeed a coon.
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10:29a, 4/6/26
It was.....a yote
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12:12p, 4/6/26
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He had a biologist come out and look at it.
He said it was a very aged fox.
Looks like 87Flyfisher nailed it…..and so did Tarponfly cause it definitely is a dead animal.
I missed it too.
Thanks to everybody for input.
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In reply to Gunny456 • 12:25p, 4/6/26
that's some hellacious canines. I would expect them to be more curved to the back, but I have not seen many foxes dead or have or have I looked in their mouth I guess
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1:06p, 4/6/26
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Someone tried grooming a trash panda like a poodle and it went sideways on them
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1:18p, 4/6/26
What's it smell like?
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In reply to dudeabides • 1:30p, 4/6/26
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dudeabides said:
Based on the appearances of the tail,snout, teeth, and legs; my vote would be a Virginia opossum.

That's what Gemini told me, as well.
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3:45p, 4/6/26
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Quote:
What's it smell like?

What's it taste like?
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In reply to Rex Racer • 4:00p, 4/6/26
Wouldn't a possum not have hair on the tip of its tail?
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In reply to nealan • 6:42p, 4/6/26
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nealan said:
Wouldn't a possum not have hair on the tip of its tail?

One would think. The teeth don't look right either.
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In reply to nealan • 7:02p, 4/6/26
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nealan said:
Wouldn't a possum not have hair on the tip of its tail?


Does it identify as a possum? or just playing possum?
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In reply to HalifaxAg • 8:07a, 4/7/26
HalifaxAg said:
nealan said:
Wouldn't a possum not have hair on the tip of its tail?


Does it identify as a possum? or just playing possum?

That's a possumbility

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In reply to HalifaxAg • 6:16a, 4/8/26
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HalifaxAg said:
nealan said:
Wouldn't a possum not have hair on the tip of its tail?


Does it identify as a possum? or just playing possum?


It could have been Possible Possum.



Guess we'll never know, now that it's identified as a fox.

Maybe I'll check the *****Official Celebrity Death Watch Thread 2026***** over on the GB.
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