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Wolf or cat?
« on: September 11, 2016, 03:14:05 PM »
Only one set of tracks following along a cattle trail. North Huckleberry near 231.

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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2016, 03:18:52 PM »
K9. Possibly wolf

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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2016, 03:34:05 PM »
This is away from any houses. No large dogs around. My first thought was a lab but its private property.

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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2016, 03:52:56 PM »
Only one set?

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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2016, 04:00:17 PM »
looks like cougar to me.  Hind foot.

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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2016, 04:03:13 PM »
looks like cougar to me.  Hind foot.

The more I look at it out of zoom it looks kitty ish

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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2016, 04:41:46 PM »
Yeah. Only one set. No deer seen all day.

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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2016, 06:56:48 PM »
what is that? about 3 inches wide? wolf I think might be a bit bigger cat Couger would or should be 5 inches wide or so, but if young maybe.? Coyote?
any droppings?
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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2016, 08:37:01 PM »
That is a cougar track, and it's actually two tracks (the hind slightly behind and on top of the front).

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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2016, 09:00:52 PM »
That is a cougar track, and it's actually two tracks (the hind slightly behind and on top of the front).


 :chuckle: :yike: Really, so sure from a sht pic and description... Better than me  :tup:

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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2016, 11:24:18 PM »
That is a cougar track, and it's actually two tracks (the hind slightly behind and on top of the front).


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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2016, 12:08:41 AM »
 :dunno: 1st one is a cougar
seconds a wolf
3rds obviously a coyote  paw
I say cougar now after looking at these pics
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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2016, 01:21:04 AM »
Cougar
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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2016, 09:31:01 AM »
looks like cougar to me.  Hind foot.

The more I look at it out of zoom it looks kitty ish
Yeah, for the canines generally I've seen that the middle toes tend to be really similar and positioned almost identically.  For yotes, the middle toes are usually way forward in the track compared to everything else.

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Re: Wolf or cat?
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2016, 05:50:29 PM »
Cat of some kind, no visible claws, probably lynx, bobcat or baby cougar

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