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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: RileyH on November 10, 2020, 03:23:06 PM

Title: Wolf or Cougar?
Post by: RileyH on November 10, 2020, 03:23:06 PM: Ran across this track in the field, we've seen cougar in the area over the years but never seen a wolf although they're supposedly a few miles away. Never hunted for any form of predator beyond coyote so I am not good at identifying their tracks.

Track seemed huge for a cat, ~5-1/4" long and ~3-1/4" wide roughly taped. Long gait and the tracks only ever landed near each other when it appeared to stop. I was in the area of this track for several days and never heard any howling beyond coyote.

If it's a cat, I assume it's a big one and worth going back out to look for...

Thanks for any input!

(https://i.imgur.com/c7CzJwu.jpg)
Title: Re: Wolf or Cougar?
Post by: Oh Mah on November 10, 2020, 04:32:15 PM: def. canine. :tup:
Title: Re: Wolf or Cougar?
Post by: meatwhack on November 10, 2020, 05:32:47 PM: I’d call that a Cougar. It’s way too rounded to be a wolf.
Title: Re: Wolf or Cougar?
Post by: Taco280AI on November 10, 2020, 05:34:51 PM: It looks like there are claw marks, if so, canine
Title: Re: Wolf or Cougar?
Post by: Tenkara on November 10, 2020, 05:35:59 PM: Quote from: Taco280AI on November 10, 2020, 05:34:51 PM
It looks like there are claw marks, if so, canine
:yeah:
Title: Re: Wolf or Cougar?
Post by: csaaphill on November 10, 2020, 06:36:01 PM: :yike: That's big is there any scat?
my first guess was cougar but the others are probably correct.
Title: Re: Wolf or Cougar?
Post by: 724wd on November 11, 2020, 04:11:40 PM: Dee Oh double-Gee! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Wolf or Cougar?
Post by: Axle on November 11, 2020, 05:27:50 PM: For sure a mutt.