Comanche Dino PIc

So my dad went down to the deer lease to check the feeders and to see if any dove were flying around. Well he was working on a bow blind that is on the dried up creek and decided to randomly go walk it and he stumbled onto so dinosaur foot prints.

I have walked that creek multiply times and I never even noticed them, I thought this was pretty cool and here is the pic he sent me.

Cool!!!

man that's eff'in cool dude!! great pic!

That's neat!!! would love to find something like that

I'm a rabid arrowhead hunter. Can't wait until after deer season to scout out our new ranch for artifacts.

Neat find! Place in Blanco has them also. Selah Ranch IRRC is the name of the ranch.

Very cool

I saw some like that back home in a creek where a dinosaur skeleton had been found several years prior. Y'all might find more than just tracks.

Yeah on that same creek we have a 2 acre food plot that we are tilling up and I am curious if we find any arrowheads or anything.

next time i am down there which will be labor day weekend, I'll take a pic which can hopefully give yall a good idea on the size.

Yeah we will have to keep looking around, we have been on the property for 12 years and we are always finding some cool things. The owner of the ranch is received multiple offers to do excavations on our property because there is a myth about where these 3 creeks meet there is some kind of treasure or something.

Those tracks are a treasure, themselves. The ones I saw were appraised by a guy from the museum in Fort Worth. He quoted some six figure prices on them. He said finding someone to actually buy them is a different story, but that was the value on it.

that is pretty awesome, i don't think there is anyway I can move them so they are probably better off where they are

Time to pull out the old jack hammer. Not to mention that is a very cool find.

Jack hammer?? If anything, take a plaster cast of them, and then seal them so that they don't eventually wash away.

Wash away? Just how many years will that take considering how long they have been in that spot already?

Can you tell us how long they been there? You hunted that dinosaur after all didn't you...

You sure that isn't dried up mud and your pops isn't playing a good trick on you? lol

Really cool pics

I agree. I wouldn't attempt it, either.

That is a very cool find. I'm sure the landowner will think so.

It's possible. Some of the ones at Dino State Park are almost gone since they were found. has something to do with the sand/gravel/rocks flowing across when the river is moving

They won't wash away, however, they will fill in with mud next good flood. I found some on the Paluxy river bottoms years ago, in an area we would Duck hunt. They were the small, birdlike, velociraptor type. It rained and flooded the area. Next time I was down to show some friends, they were gone, covered up. They never believed me. I saw them. They looked like LARGE Turkey tracks.

Ranchman would have shot them as spikes. Great find. Don't remove them or otherwise deface them without landowners permission. Must be southern Comanche cty, lots of limestone.

Very cool. At least you know the land your on has held game for a very very long time. I wouldn't tell locals where you found the tracks as you can get unwanted visitors trying to cut out the tracks. But after deer season, I'd call the paleontology/archaeology department at UT or A&M to let them check it out at least. A find like this should be documented and studied.

I could see him playing a trick but that whole creek is a rock bottom for the most part, so I'll have to check it out when I go down there next time.

Yeah I was thinking after hunting season I could try to contact a paleontology/archaeology department and see if if they are interested. I would have to check the land owner, just to make sure he is fine with it.

Jack hammer?? If anything, take a plaster cast of them, and then seal them so that they don't eventually wash away. [/quote]
Wash away? Just how many years will that take considering how long they have been in that spot already? [/quote]

Yea we are south of Comanche about 15 mins or so, if you know where FM 1702 or Energy, TX, we aren't far from there


Can you tell us how long they been there? You hunted that dinosaur after all didn't you... [/quote]Ranchman would have shot them as spikes. Great find. Don't remove them or otherwise deface them without landowners permission. Must be southern Comanche cty, lots of limestone. [/quote]

And you might not be hunting next year because they are excavating your lease with spoons, I would be careful who I tell.

very cool

Limestone is a relatively soft, sedementary rock - if they are not covered by mud and gravel or something else, they will eventually wash away - especially in a creek bottom. Happens quicker than you would think - i've noticed significant changes in some spots on our place over the years. 'New' finds are usually in spots that are either high and dry, or have been more recently uncovered by shifting gravel or flaking of the top layers of limestone.

That is what the Ranger told us when talking with him. He stated the the earlier "tracks" found were almost gone, due to flooding and silt/gravel/rock in the water. Yes, some were covered, but some are also disappearing

Friend of mine had some on his family ranch and when the word got out they got stolen [with jack hammers] now just ugly sq. holes in the creek, I wouldn't tell nobody the exact location. if I was the land owner I would be pissed that you brought them up on a public forum, you could be with out a place to hunt. They are very cool though ,just my 2 cents.

I agree. The owner needs to know. Let him make the call.

why would he be pissed when I haven't even given a location, I guess I don't see big deal about talking about them.

I'm west of you off of FM 573. We've got a couple of creeks (dried) on our place, so now I'll have to go check them out. Sadly, never have found any arrowheads on the lease.

I don't either.

cool!

Once in a lifetime find. Congratulations and thanks for sharing!