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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: Ghostrider on December 31, 2012, 04:23:59 PM

Title: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: Ghostrider on December 31, 2012, 04:23:59 PM: 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)
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: MtnMuley on December 31, 2012, 04:25:59 PM: Nope. K-9
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: Ghostrider on December 31, 2012, 04:31:09 PM: How big of a k9 could it be? My male german shepherd's print was about half this size when I compared them.
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 31, 2012, 04:31:16 PM: Think I see a claw mark on the toe on the right side . I agree ..Nope .
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 31, 2012, 04:31:41 PM: k9 for sure :tup:
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 31, 2012, 04:32:07 PM: We will call it a wolf then ... :dunno: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: deaner on December 31, 2012, 04:32:23 PM: cats wont have their claws visible in the prints like that
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: Ghostrider on December 31, 2012, 04:38:30 PM: 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)
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: christopheri on December 31, 2012, 04:39:15 PM: Quote from: Ghostrider on December 31, 2012, 04:31:09 PM
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.
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: deaner on December 31, 2012, 04:42:35 PM: i see all 4 claw marks very distinctly... 100% canine
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: Tman on December 31, 2012, 04:46:48 PM: Not a cat
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: Ghostrider on December 31, 2012, 04:46:54 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: bankwalker on December 31, 2012, 07:13:42 PM: Quote from: deaner on December 31, 2012, 04:42:35 PM
i see all 4 claw marks very distinctly... 100% canine

Yup I see all four claw marks clearly as well.
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: BullMagnet76 on December 31, 2012, 07:15:36 PM: Quote from: MtnMuley on December 31, 2012, 04:25:59 PM
Nope. K-9

:yeah:
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 12, 2013, 09:43:57 AM: 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
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: Todd_ID on January 13, 2013, 01:05:23 PM: 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)
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: throttlejocky20 on January 13, 2013, 06:33:46 PM: The only time i have seen claw marks in cat tracks they were in snow and you could just make out the tips.
Title: Re: Is this a Cougar print?
Post by: scree on January 13, 2013, 08:20:46 PM: Yup K-9 100%