Bobcat tracks?

[slavenoid]

Ran across these today. First time I found some kind of predator tracks and blood so it peaked my interest.

[slavenoid]

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[Jonathan_S]

Look like young lion tracks to me.

Those are quite a bit bigger than the tracks from a 40# tom I caught earlier in the year 

[WapitiTalk1]

Sure looks like bobcat tracks to me.  Seems Mr. Kitty had a snack....

[bearpaw]

Definite lion tracks, way to big for bobcat. 

[Jonathan_S]

Even a grown bobcat has dainty feet.  the spacing of those toes doesn't look right for a bobcat anyway.

[BKMFR]

Cougar all the way, to big for Bobcat.

[slavenoid]

The reason I thought bobcat was because his tracks ended at a down tree. I found no tracks on the tree or on the other side. It looked like it crawled underneath the tree in a tiny little opening and traveled parallel under the tree. I could have easily missed something though 

[WapitiTalk1]

It "may" be a very young/small cougar but my guess is still bobcat.  That snooz can is about 2 1/2" wide for comparison.  Remember, those tracks will appear a big larger than live in the soft snow.   

[boneaddict]

Young Lion

[WAcoyotehunter]

Cougar all the way, to big for Bobcat.

yep

[KFhunter]

I could be a lynx,  how hard was the snow when it was made?  I've come across lynx tracks and they look like poof ball tracks due to all the hair on their feet, the gait is different than a mt lion with the tracks spaced close together...the body's on a lynx are much shorter than a lion, so the gait is compressed compared to a lion which is spread way out with the long body.


It's not bobcat, too big.  Without seeing a gait I know it's a Cougar sized track and it's for sure 100% feline.


It doesn't seem heavy enough for a mt. lion unless it's starved and weighs next to nothing.   Or the snow was hard.

try to include a gait with track pictures, that helps as much as a close up shot of the toes and pads.

I'll include a lynx tracks below, without a gait for reference it can be difficult to tell from a cougar or a lynx other than weight, lion being 4 to 8 times the weight of a lynx with nearly the same size feet.

[WapitiTalk1]

A cougar track is roughly 4+" wide and would look bigger in the soft snow.  I'm still saying it's a bob kitty using the snuff can as a comparison. 

[KFhunter]

I don't have a snuff can, but I got a bob in the back of my truck I could measure the track?

appears to be about 1 1/8 inches across, don't think I've ever seen a bobcat track go over 2 inches across...damn sure not 3+