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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: jasnt on February 17, 2010, 04:09:49 PM

Title: is this a cougar track?
Post by: jasnt on February 17, 2010, 04:09:49 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi208.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb118%2Fbrokeandhearted%2Fmedia2.jpg&hash=ddec5813036a0f3fed1ec7d6f36ee0af2fdbd164)

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi208.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb118%2Fbrokeandhearted%2Fmedia1.jpg&hash=e5835acd175a1dbfe7cd73e60344ebdc38967b69)
Title: Re: is this a cougar track?
Post by: bonecrusher on February 17, 2010, 06:31:53 PM: hard to see the track but it looks like a cat
Title: Re: is this a cougar track?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on February 17, 2010, 06:38:53 PM: very hard to see but based on what i see yes. i cant see the tell tale m on the back pad and no claw marks so i say yes.
Title: Re: is this a cougar track?
Post by: jasnt on February 17, 2010, 10:54:43 PM: sorry about the pic. quality it was taken with my cell phone as i was scouting for a good tree for yote hunting from my tree stand this track was 1/2 mile from my home
Title: Re: is this a cougar track?
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 17, 2010, 11:03:13 PM: Looks like it. Where do you live? :P
Title: Re: is this a cougar track?
Post by: huntergreg on February 17, 2010, 11:55:11 PM: I just had a question? Is it true a cat track had kinda a crown look to it compared to a dog. looks like 3 humps on the back of the track and a dog track has a smooth line around the back. I dont know how to really explain it. :dunno:
Title: Re: is this a cougar track?
Post by: jasnt on February 18, 2010, 12:07:11 AM: Quote from: rainshadow1 on February 17, 2010, 11:03:13 PM

Looks like it. Where do you live? :P
i live north of spokane and slightly NNE of deer park
Title: Re: is this a cougar track?
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 18, 2010, 10:08:45 AM: Quote from: huntergreg on February 17, 2010, 11:55:11 PM
I just had a question? Is it true a cat track had kinda a crown look to it compared to a dog. looks like 3 humps on the back of the track and a dog track has a smooth line around the back. I dont know how to really explain it. :dunno:

You've got the idea. The toes are more a line of 4 across the front of the pad. Cannine are kind of a slightly squared pattern of 4 in front of the pad. You can draw an X in a Cannine track without touching anything. You can't in a cat track.

Lots of longtails North of Spokane.
Title: Re: is this a cougar track?
Post by: Kain on February 18, 2010, 11:36:09 AM: This site explains it pretty well.

http://www.bear-tracker.com/caninevsfeline.html (http://www.bear-tracker.com/caninevsfeline.html)
Title: Re: is this a cougar track?
Post by: jasnt on February 18, 2010, 12:27:00 PM: thanks kain that helped explain it