Hunting Washington Forum

Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Elkaddict on August 08, 2015, 08:17:56 PM

Title: Cat scars?
Post by: Elkaddict on August 08, 2015, 08:17:56 PM: After checking my trail cam this morning, this new smaller bull showed up. If you look Right behind his shoulder there are lines under the fur. Old cat scars? He never came to the camera in the other direction to see if they are on the other side too. What do you think?
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: Jason on August 08, 2015, 08:39:40 PM: I'm going to say that's not cat scars :dunno:
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: heronblu on August 08, 2015, 09:11:24 PM: Maybe he got raked by another bulls tines last season?
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: buckcanyonlodge on August 08, 2015, 09:57:32 PM: I'd call that bull Lucky
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: 2labs on August 08, 2015, 10:00:02 PM: Looks like he's gotten on his thigh also! Cat :twocents:
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: jrebel on August 08, 2015, 10:01:31 PM: Quote from: buckcanyonlodge on August 08, 2015, 09:57:32 PM
I'd call that bull Lucky

Looks like a "Delicious" to me.....but most animals I see are called "Delicious" so maybe "Lucky" would help identify him. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: sled on August 08, 2015, 10:12:47 PM: I'm on the fence. Almost look like veins to me showing through the summer hair, but also looks like a paw rake.
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: dreamunelk on August 08, 2015, 10:47:32 PM: Not likely cat. Inconsistent with normal attack of cat. More likely the other suggestions or could be anything.
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: Expedition Scout on August 09, 2015, 07:25:06 AM: Assuming you are referring to the marks on the front shoulder and not on the back leg (agree veins in summer coat). I would go with cat since you have four scars and each runs parallel until they swing back up like the cat was bucked off as the claws sliced through. It would have had to happen when the bull was a calf and the scars much closer together or that is one big cat! :twocents:
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: Elkaddict on August 09, 2015, 07:38:15 AM: Thanks for the thoughts. When I have seen scars before they are usually darker/no hair. But these marks are uniform in length and distance apart. My other thought was maybe squeezing under barbed wire as a calf? Puzzling.
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: Dhoey07 on August 09, 2015, 10:03:19 AM: Scars?
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: Torrent50 on August 10, 2015, 10:25:53 AM: Those are awfully far apart for a cat. I would think maybe getting raked by a fence or some nasty thick crap that they seem to disappear into every time I am around.
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: Rufus on August 10, 2015, 10:29:35 AM: Sasquatch?
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on August 10, 2015, 11:36:52 AM: I can't rule out cat by any means, but my gut says fence. Based on checking out several horses over the years reported as cougar attacks, one was, all the rest were cuts from busting through or past wire.
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: DoubleJ on August 10, 2015, 11:41:40 AM: Only way to have better knowledge of what it is, is to shoot it this fall and inspect it closely
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: Dhoey07 on August 11, 2015, 07:30:27 AM: Quote from: DoubleJ on August 10, 2015, 11:41:40 AM
Only way to have better knowledge of what it is, is to shoot it this fall and inspect it closely

I vow to try my best!
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on August 11, 2015, 11:01:37 AM: Quote from: Rufus on August 10, 2015, 10:29:35 AM
Sasquatch?

Yep all the way. Would a MOD please move this thread to the BIGFOOT THREAD. Thanks.
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: Jonathan_S on August 11, 2015, 11:39:07 AM: If that bull was raked by a cat then the size of the scratches points to the Sabertooth variety.
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: jasnt on August 11, 2015, 12:49:35 PM: Could be it got raked by a cat/bear when it was a calf. Scars spred apart
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: Jonathan_S on August 11, 2015, 12:52:32 PM: Maybe...cats are pretty darn effective though. Tough to imagine a calf that small getting away.
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: jasnt on August 11, 2015, 02:01:18 PM: Quote from: Jonathan_S on August 11, 2015, 12:52:32 PM
Maybe...cats are pretty darn effective though. Tough to imagine a calf that small getting away.
maybe mom helped. All just speculation anyway. Possibilities are endless
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: jasnt on August 11, 2015, 02:03:42 PM: This one dosent look like it's too effective a hunter :chuckle:
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: Jonathan_S on August 11, 2015, 02:05:24 PM: Quote from: jasnt on August 11, 2015, 02:01:18 PM
Quote from: Jonathan_S on August 11, 2015, 12:52:32 PM
Maybe...cats are pretty darn effective though. Tough to imagine a calf that small getting away.
maybe mom helped. All just speculation anyway. Possibilities are endless

Exactly, maybe it was just some human prevert who built some Hugh Jackman Wolverine claws to aid in his deviancy.

Yeah that cat is kind of scrawny :tup:
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: jasnt on August 11, 2015, 02:07:29 PM: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Cat scars?
Post by: Heavyfoot on August 15, 2015, 05:53:43 AM: Barbed fencing scar- it's on his leg as well.