Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: Ghostrider on December 31, 2012, 04:23:59 PM
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Found this on my property. Was about half the size of my shoe print. I think it's a cougar. Any thoughts?
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7K0ZBJ_rvAE/UOIsTAfCLmI/AAAAAAAAJsc/G7lqavTHpy0/s800/DSC_0793.jpg)
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Nope. K-9
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How big of a k9 could it be? My male german shepherd's print was about half this size when I compared them.
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Think I see a claw mark on the toe on the right side . I agree ..Nope .
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k9 for sure :tup:
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We will call it a wolf then ... :dunno: :chuckle:
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cats wont have their claws visible in the prints like that
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That's what I thought, too, but I think the claw mark is just a depression in the dirt. I saw a Cougar in this same part of my property last winter. I have two goats in a shed close to where this print was found. Here is the unedited picture before I rotated and cropped it.. Maybe this shows better size...
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-swc-sYqMG5I/UOIv5h98l_I/AAAAAAAAJs8/g_7QuaSAf6o/s800/DSC_0793_2.jpg)
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How big of a k9 could it be? My male german shepherd's print was about half this size when I compared them.
I have to agree that this is a K-9 print. Saint bernards, leonberger, and malamutes are just a few breeds that I can think of that have a muc larger paw than a shepherd.
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i see all 4 claw marks very distinctly... 100% canine
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Not a cat
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Ok ok ... I've been outvoted.. For arguments sake, I'll agree it's a k9 of sorts.
I'm going to have to resort to setting up a game cam for further verification.
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i see all 4 claw marks very distinctly... 100% canine
Yup I see all four claw marks clearly as well.
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Nope. K-9
:yeah:
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this is the best way to tell if its cat or canine. If you can draw an x through the print without intersecting the back (large) pad then it is k9. If your x goes throught the pad its a cat
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Here's a photo of a coyote and a cougar track side by side. The coyote is in the upper right, and the cougar is at the bottom of the photo. It shows the drawing an X thing that BLRman was talking about.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi194.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz213%2Ftoddr96%2FIMG_0180_zps28bd76ad.jpg&hash=89a8b51af44b448afa8730eeeea2a253478697fa)
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The only time i have seen claw marks in cat tracks they were in snow and you could just make out the tips.
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Yup K-9 100%