mountain lion tracks @ Lexington WMA

[Droberts]

my wife is in her 9th month of pregnancy (3 weeks-ish to go) so i cant venture *too* far from the house (black kettle next year for sure) so i went down to slaughterville to see if i can find any turkeys.

no turkeys, but i did find these mountain lion tracks, pretty fresh possibly less than 24hrs. measured 27'' between a front & rear paw stride on a couple of them, must have been in mid run.

there looked to be two distinct sets, one adult, one juvenile - most visible in the video.

photos taken this friday, if you're out there walking around check your six now & then.

full pics, video & gps coords of prints @ http://davidproberts.com/2012/04/20/lexington-wma/.

 

[r00s7a]

What is it exactly that makes you think these are mt lion tracks and not bobcat? Just curious...

 

[Droberts]

they were about 4 inches across, bobcat is about 1-5''. even the juvie track was about 2.5'' wide. tear drop shaped toes too. most were about the width of the palm of my hand, one of them the toes seemed spread out a bit more, was wider than the front of my boot.

 

[The German]

Not a mountain lion, definatly a bear, probably polar bear.

Really though, looks more like a dog track, especially from the track at 1:23. http://www.pictures-of-cats.org/Mountain-Lion-Tracks.html. Scroll down to the chart with the 4 different prints. The pad part of the paw at 1:23 did not have the W shape.

I feel drunk now from watching the video.

 

[tran]

Thats a big dog track...

 

[Droberts]

not a single track had claw indentations.

 

[druryj]

Chupacabra tracks; little doubt about it.

 

[EFsDad]

I'm not saying yea or nay but I can say that our Lab get's her nails clipped every month.

But never a bad thing to watch your 6.

 

[Droberts]

yea i had the toenailess dog thought too, i just cant put this track anywhere near a dog's.

lex wma tracks


dog

 

[Okie4570]

Good comparison site.

http://www.bear-tracker.com/caninevsfeline.html