Lions in the yard

A buddy has a couple trail cams set out in the country. About a week ago he had 3 lions show up about 1 in the afternoon. We went out Wednsday it was raining to hard to call so we just scouted around. After a bite of lunch it quit raining and very near the cam we ran across 3 sets of fresh lion tracks (since it stopped raining) this one was pretty large. I thought to myself were out numbered and mabe out gunned haha.

That does not look like a lion track to me. Got any other pics?

Yeah, that looks more like a canid print. How about a game cam image with 3 lions on it?

looks canine.

stxranch, double, and harge57 I do have some more pics of the tracks but that is the best . Here are you experts some pics of the canines from his trail cam I was mistaken on the time of day but some nice puppies anyway.

Here are a couple more from that same day

So this is Arizona?

Nice animals. Are those saguaros in the background?

I would say don't go anywhere unarmed. But I think the better plan is to move.

Pretty awesome pictures.

Pretty awesome pictures.

Looks like a mother with last years cubs. She should be running them off pretty soon.
Nice pics.
I used to see a young male cougar a couple times a month on one of the gas wells that I serviced between Weatherford and Springtown about 6 years ago. He'd walk across the well pad while we were working,and pay us no mind at all.

You realize that the date on the time stamp that the 9 means SEPTEMBER and not October and that we are now in October? Those are pics from last month, not last week, according to the time stamp. As such, the equivocal tracks and pics do not correspond.

Nobody is saying that there aren't cats out there, only that your print doesn't look like a cat print.

Double I said nothing about being a expert I will leave that to you. I was just sharing a pic I thought everyone would enjoy. Then you ask for the cam pics i referenced so I called and ask if he would email them which he obliged. They see cats as well as tracks periodically on the ranch, they dont have any dogs that size and it is about 24 miles to town and there were 3 sets crossing a wash, which were about 3 and 8 feet apart. As to the month I was going by what he said. However I didnt grill him. I do know he had just went and pulled the pics off and there several hundered so im guessing that might be the discrepancy. Either way enjoy the pics.

Thanks standman fireman and hillbily

I don't put much emphasis on game cam dates, not everybody cares about the date. (I never set the date or time on mine.) So was Ranchdog right? Is it Arizona?

DL, don't you know that if you're on the THF that you are automatically a wildlife biologist?

Haha learn something new everyday

From the plants it sure looks like Arizona.

What do you know about mountain lion prints? What is your background and expertise? Not jack squat that's what.

There are hundreds of pictures that get posted without the correct date and time stamps.

Great pics. Thanks for sharing them.

DLFant, I bet most folks on the THF first thought this ranch was in Texas. Hang around awhile and you'll see your share of panther posts. Very cool photos.

I was deer hunting in the San Pedro Parks some 30 years ago and sat in some natural cover for the evening hunt. About 30 yards in front of me was an old fallen tree. After awhile a mountain lion came out and went up to the old snag and started catching and eating mice. It looked like a darned house cat playing with a toy.

I hot to enjoy watching it till it started getting dark. I wasn't sure what it would do if I just got up, so I shot a round right into the middle of that snag. I bet that cat is still running to this day, if not just in spirit.

This is a "Texas" hunting forum. The OP's info states "central Texas". He conveniently omitted location in the op and didn't show the pics which are obviously from an area other than Texas.

Personally I don't care where it's from, pictures of lions are always cool. But, with the info provided without the actual cat pics, you can't blame folks for assuming the cats were in Texas.

& thanks for sharing the ... My posts not worth would have ta agree with posters that say the pic with hand next to print is not a print of Mnt lion... That was my first thought when looking at it, & still is... As pappy once said: every one has opinions, my stinks < that statement tis complicated... Oh, ta THF... Tracks can get distorted, depending apone how old & were found... Even tougher judging by pic... My first though twas a yote track... Thread not about the track, of the lions in the back yard .... Thanks for sharing...

Great pics! Like some of the others, the dates don't bother me. I have screwed mine up many times and prolly still have some that aren't right.

Great pics, I'm always hopeful that I'll catch a lion on one of my cameras. I'm just north of Tyler, TX along I-20 and one of my neighbors is a pilot with his own airport. One day a couple years ago he was inspecting his plane before going for a flight and he saw a mountain lion watching him from a brush pile at the edge of his runway. He walked over to his barn, got his rifle and shot it. From what he said, it was over a hundred pounds and they had been seeing tracks for years, but this was the first time ever seeing it.

I'm on a new lease in Erath County this year and have been wondering if there are any around. It would be cool to get pics of one, but on the other hand it may make the walk to the blind a little different. There was one shot in the southern part of the county last year.
http://theflashtoday.com/2014/12/09/the-...n-erath-county/

I'm still curious where these photos were taken.

My parents live outside of Tucson near the base of Mt. Lemon. The mountain range behind them is loaded with cougars, to the point that they're starting to encourage people to hunt them. They did a count and were expecting like 10 and got 40, and it's a pretty small range. They also tried to reintroduce mountain sheep and they were all killed within a month by cougs. They're starting to show up close to town, so it's probably time to dial the population down a bit.

Cool pics, love big cats.

thanks for sharing..neat pics

I thought that too till I saw the saguaros.

To clarify I live in central Texas I am on a hunt in Az.The tracks are north of Tucson, I didnt relize I conveniently omitted location I thought I was just sharing a cool pic.

I could not tell the pics did not come out as clear when in the field from my iphone as I would have liked. I was using my hand as a size referance because the tracks were near the same size as it is without the thumb and fingers, which measures a bit over three & a half inches square.



The Track in that picture looks about a inch narrower than it was if you look close that is still part of it under the little nickle sized rock to the right. Here is another

Cool pics.

Don't worry about the nay sayers. Not everyone will hold your feet to the fire looking for proof of the truth. I have no reason to believe you are fabricating a lie or that you were attempting to fool people into a story that these pics were taken in Texas.

Awesome pics, thanks!

It's all just a matter of facts and perspective.....clarification is always a plus...."look at what I found on my lease in AZ".....jes sayin.....more common there than here....nobody beating anybody up...just not all on the same page....welcome to life....

Great pics, thanks for sharing. First pic, "Looks good kids, come out for a drink." Second pic, "Lap, lap, lap...Mmmm good water!" Third pic, "Hey! Where'd Mom go?" Fourth pic, "I'm over here, about to eat this camera."

Thanks for sharing some great photos.

Great cam photos and its always a kick to see something like this - thanks for sharing them

Great follow-up pics and info. No one ever doubted that lions exist, just those bad pics claiming to be lion tracks. I for one never said anything about them being canine. Would have cleaned up this thread from the get go with all the info that was pieced in as it went. Thanks for sharing the pics, finally.

cool stuff, thanks for sharing the photos

yessir ..... great pics

Cool pics. Glad I have never had those critters on my game cameras.