Bobcat tracks?

[WapitiTalk1]

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

Well, that about does that (can't argue with a cat in the truck) .  OK, I'll concede.... probably a small lion then.   

[KFhunter]

most likely a small lion with a slim to none chance of it being a lynx 

[WapitiTalk1]

I was just reflecting on my years in Montana where we actually had snow every year.  Seems if my old memory serves, the lion tracks were always 4" or wider, and, the B cat tracks were around 2" wide.  Oh ya, there were those big fuzzy footed lynx prints that always screamed "put a set here, put a set here... now" 

[horsehunter509]

I just measured the foot on a 20 lb female bobcat that I have tanned and hanging on the wall and it is just over 2 inches. I could easily see a bigger Male bobcat being 3 inches

[WapitiTalk1]

I just measured the foot on a 20 lb female bobcat that I have tanned and hanging on the wall and it is just over 2 inches. I could easily see a bigger Male bobcat being 3 inches

Yes!  I'm back in the guessing contest 

[Okanagan]

Have seen a fair number of lion tracks smaller than 4” across, some considerably smaller.  They are born little and grow to 4” or bigger.    My first impression was that the track in the original query is cougar.

However...  gait and length of stride is the only way I can tell a young lion from a big bobcat sometimes.  Smaller lion tracks are usually with a momma but not always.  For many reasons a younger cougar may be on its own.

The photo below is of the second largest bobcat track I've noticed.  The cartridge in the photo is a hand-loaded .243 with a 95 grain Nosler Partition loaded long.  Standard .243 is 2.7 inches so call this one 2 ¾ inches.  Sorry that I don't have photos of its gait, but it was a bobcat, no doubt.  Afterthought:  it was not a lynx.  It was coastal, far from lynx country.  I have tracked many lynx and this was not lynx.

[slavenoid]

Snow was hard so I could only find those two clear tracks. The two tracks we're about 100 yards apart with only the blood trail in the middle and faint  possible tracks.

[lewy]

Original tracks are lion 

[Humptulips]

most likely a small lion with a slim to none chance of it being a lynx 

Zero chance of it being a lynx if near Yacolt.
Two things make that a cougar track. First the size, way to big for a bobcat. The second is the weight. That snow is crusty and the track is not melted out meaning it was made on that crusty snow. That would take some weight. I doubt a bobcat would even leave a print on that type snow.

[boneaddict]

Zero chance of Lynx period.   It’s a young Lion.

[cbond3318]

Since I had the same wonderings this last weekend, what say you on these? Single set , no companion. Soft fresh snow. I originally convinced myself Bobcat but now I wonder.

[idaho guy]

Original picture definitely lion I think yours is a small lion too cbond pretty small though

[Oh Mah]

Were there by any chance any sign of the tail hitting the soft snow anywhere in the tracks cbond?Reason i ask is if cougar its a small one tail should drag on the snow even more than a large cougar.If no tail tracks i'm pretty confident in saying them tracks are bobcat tracks. 

[WapitiTalk1]

Were there by any chance any sign of the tail hitting the soft snow anywhere in the tracks cbond?

No, cuz it had no tail 

[cbond3318]

Were there by any chance any sign of the tail hitting the soft snow anywhere in the tracks cbond?Reason i ask is if cougar its a small one tail should drag on the snow even more than a large cougar.If no tail tracks i'm pretty confident in saying them tracks are bobcat tracks. 

No tail drag. I just thought it strange as small as they were it was by itself. Missed each other by maybe 30 minutes.