texashuntingforum.com logo
Main Menu
Advertisement
Affiliates
Advertisement
Newest Members
TraeMartin, Beatixre, MooseSteed, Trappernewt, casyoo
71987 Registered Users
Top Posters(All Time)
dogcatcher 110,788
bill oxner 91,416
SnakeWrangler 65,413
stxranchman 60,296
Gravytrain 46,950
RKHarm24 44,585
rifleman 44,461
Stub 43,764
Forum Statistics
Forums46
Topics536,987
Posts9,719,149
Members86,987
Most Online25,604
Feb 12th, 2024
Print Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2
cougar tracks across my trail. #6929317 10/23/17 01:01 AM
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 199
W
waderaider1 Offline OP
Woodsman
OP Offline
Woodsman
W
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 199

walking back to my camper i came across some mountain lion tracks on my tank dam. left camper at 6 to sit in pop up. walked across the dam and no tracks. started raining at 7am. stopped at 8am. headed back to camper at 10:15am came across a whole trail of tracks. 4" long and wide. came in by my camper walked across the dam them back went down thru my food plot and into the woods. Creepy. was a 2 hour window for it to do this. no wonder the deer are scarce this year.

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929336 10/23/17 01:15 AM
S
Shecrappiekilla
Unregistered
Shecrappiekilla
Unregistered
S
Dog.

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929351 10/23/17 01:23 AM
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 11,857
S
Simple Searcher Offline
THF Celebrity
Offline
THF Celebrity
S
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 11,857
Claws out tends to be a canine. Cats walk with retracted claws.


[Linked Image]

"Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929363 10/23/17 01:31 AM
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 473
T
Taz Offline
Bird Dog
Offline
Bird Dog
T
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 473
Quick way to tell is 2 lobes on the back=Dog. 3 Lobes on back is cat

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: Simple Searcher] #6929364 10/23/17 01:31 AM
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 4,471
4
4Weight Offline
Extreme Tracker
Offline
Extreme Tracker
4
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 4,471
Originally Posted By: Simple Searcher
Claws out tends to be a canine. Cats walk with retracted claws.


This ^^

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929375 10/23/17 01:33 AM
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 473
T
Taz Offline
Bird Dog
Offline
Bird Dog
T
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 473
Mountain lion tracks are very easy to tell due to their extremely large feet by comparison

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929385 10/23/17 01:35 AM
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 473
T
Taz Offline
Bird Dog
Offline
Bird Dog
T
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 473
look like dog to me

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929416 10/23/17 01:47 AM
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 29,609
S
SapperTitan Offline
Taking Requests
Offline
Taking Requests
S
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 29,609
Everyone thinks every track is a dang lion

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: SapperTitan] #6929426 10/23/17 01:50 AM
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,486
5
5Redman8 Offline
Veteran Tracker
Offline
Veteran Tracker
5
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,486
Originally Posted By: SapperTitan
Everyone thinks every track is a dang lion


EVERYONE has one on their lease and if not, the neighbor saw one last week and he is a professional trapper so he knows one when he sees one
hammer


AVOID.....Luna Canyon Outdoor Adventures Chacon NM Elk Hunting. Owner James Duran

https://www.huntnorthnm.com/

PM for details
Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: Taz] #6929437 10/23/17 01:56 AM
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 25,138
Creekrunner Offline
THF Celebrity
Offline
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 25,138
Originally Posted By: Taz
Quick way to tell is 2 lobes on the back=Dog. 3 Lobes on back is cat


Good info. Thanks. And a good way to help the guy, 'stead of just tearing him down.


...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929606 10/23/17 04:24 AM
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 15,612
Q
QuitShootinYoungBucks Offline
THF Celebrity
Offline
THF Celebrity
Q
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 15,612


[Linked Image]

https://web.archive.org/web/20170223065011/http:/www.rrdvegas.com/silencer-cleaning.html
Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929628 10/23/17 06:33 AM
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 199
W
waderaider1 Offline OP
Woodsman
OP Offline
Woodsman
W
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 199
funny

the interwebs shows pictures of mountain lion prints looking exactly the same. what kind of dog makes a 4"X 4" print? most of the diagrams shows dogs with 2 lobes and the lion 3 lobes on the big pad thats what i based my conclusion as photos of lion prints in soft mud showed claws.


Last edited by waderaider1; 10/23/17 06:37 AM.
Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929665 10/23/17 11:04 AM
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 199
W
waderaider1 Offline OP
Woodsman
OP Offline
Woodsman
W
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 199
ok most likely dog. just none of the neighbors are aware of a dog that could leave such a large print.
old man Krenick looked at em and said large cat. all of our fawn crop are gone. no fawn with any does from this year and i have only seen deer about once a week on various cameras on my property in the last month and my neighbors are seeing the same thing. none of us are taking doe this bow season. we do have large breed of coyote which i believe are a hybrid. 65#+ and sable red but their prints are not that large typically 3.25 by 2.75. I will just have to keep an eye out.

thanks for the help.

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929695 10/23/17 11:42 AM
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 8,719
C
cameron00 Offline
THF Trophy Hunter
Offline
THF Trophy Hunter
C
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 8,719
Originally Posted By: waderaider1
ok most likely dog. just none of the neighbors are aware of a dog that could leave such a large print.
old man Krenick looked at em and said large cat. all of our fawn crop are gone. no fawn with any does from this year and i have only seen deer about once a week on various cameras on my property in the last month and my neighbors are seeing the same thing. none of us are taking doe this bow season. we do have large breed of coyote which i believe are a hybrid. 65#+ and sable red but their prints are not that large typically 3.25 by 2.75. I will just have to keep an eye out.

thanks for the help.


I love how "no neighbors are aware of dog" = obvious cougar.

A dog, even if you've never seen one on the property, is still like a zillion times more likely than a friggin' cougar.

"All our fawn crop are gone" also points to dog or dogs as cougars don't stay in one place long.

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929704 10/23/17 11:50 AM
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 8,719
C
cameron00 Offline
THF Trophy Hunter
Offline
THF Trophy Hunter
C
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 8,719
"Oh man, we found some pretty big tracks out by the tank. Probably a dog, but can't be sure."

"Joe, we haven't seen a dog in a couple of months out here."

"You mean...MY GOD...Siberian Tigers must have swam to Alaska following their prehistoric routes from where the land bridge used to be and continued their path down to Texas. It's the only way."

"No arguing that."

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929723 10/23/17 12:13 PM
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 478
H
Hunter Daddy Offline
Bird Dog
Offline
Bird Dog
H
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 478
Are you sure that ain't a bear track?!!?

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: 5Redman8] #6929727 10/23/17 12:17 PM
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 60,262
BOBO the Clown Offline
kind of a big deal
Offline
kind of a big deal
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 60,262
Originally Posted By: 5Redman8
Originally Posted By: SapperTitan
Everyone thinks every track is a dang lion


EVERYONE has one on their lease and if not, the neighbor saw one last week and he is a professional trapper so he knows one when he sees one
hammer


We had one last year and neighbors trapped one also. Webb county


Donate to TX Youth hunting program.... better to donate then to waste it in taxes

https://secure.qgiv.com/for/gtgoh/mobile
Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929739 10/23/17 12:40 PM
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,010
W
Western Offline
THF Celebrity
Offline
THF Celebrity
W
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,010
I have a cast I took of a lion track in Colorado, it was in semi soft silt/pea gravel type soil. Even in soft material, a cat can fully retract the claws while just walking along.

Now if I can figure out how to post a photo from my phone, I think you will see the clear difference.


If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..

"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln

Dennis

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6929794 10/23/17 01:26 PM
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 8,217
Double Naught Spy Offline
THF Trophy Hunter
Offline
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 8,217
Mud usually makes tracks look bigger as does soft ground.

What dog could make 4x4 tracks? Great Dane and a few others.


Hogdalorian - Si vis pacem cum sus, para bellum.
My Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/HornHillRange
Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: 5Redman8] #6929830 10/23/17 01:50 PM
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 11,655
C
colt45-90 Offline
Texas colt45
Offline
Texas colt45
C
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 11,655
Originally Posted By: 5Redman8
Originally Posted By: SapperTitan
Everyone thinks every track is a dang lion


EVERYONE has one on their lease and if not, the neighbor saw one last week and he is a professional trapper so he knows one when he sees one
hammer
you forgot the black part


hold on Newt, we got a runaway
Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6930660 10/24/17 12:46 AM
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 199
W
waderaider1 Offline OP
Woodsman
OP Offline
Woodsman
W
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 199
i concede and yall are still pathetic with your BS. by the way tpwd was taking cougar print castings behind the houses along Salado creek between nacogdoches and wetmore rds. in San Antonio last yr. so in lee county with a population under 17,000 cougars would be rare per se. cougars are more prevelant than you think. they have been in lee county since i was a kid. seen tracks on this same dam before through the years since i was a child and have even heard them. but it is probably just a large dog i shouldnt be concerned. have a nice day.

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6930700 10/24/17 01:13 AM
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 199
W
waderaider1 Offline OP
Woodsman
OP Offline
Woodsman
W
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 199

i think this one would be to small to make dog tracks like that.

this cat would be to small either. and yes im sure we have a great dane, great peranese or bull mastiffs, st bernards etc. running around.

regardless i have my own place to enjoy and i am constantly supprised by what things turn out to be.

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6930713 10/24/17 01:20 AM
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 4,800
T
TexasKC Offline
Extreme Tracker
Offline
Extreme Tracker
T
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 4,800
I know mountain lions aren't really very vocal but I heard what I took to be a ML on our place in Lee county. I've heard lots of sounds in the woods but that one sent a chill up my spine. You hear stories about lions all over Texas and Lee county is no exception.


In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6930747 10/24/17 01:42 AM
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 199
W
waderaider1 Offline OP
Woodsman
OP Offline
Woodsman
W
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 199
i think it was 2 yrs ago during deer season one was reported to have attacked a horse in Loebau just north of Giddings and was spotted near Lexington. i know we are experiencing high fawn mortality this year and last. last year half the doe were with fawns in tow. this year none and only one yearling doe from last season seems to have survived. my neighbors are observing the same thing as none of us are hunting does this season.

Re: cougar tracks across my trail. [Re: waderaider1] #6930753 10/24/17 01:45 AM
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 4,800
T
TexasKC Offline
Extreme Tracker
Offline
Extreme Tracker
T
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 4,800
PM sent waderaider1


In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
Page 1 of 2 1 2
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

© 2004-2024 OUTDOOR SITES NETWORK all rights reserved USA and Worldwide
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.3