Check out this cat track

[houndsman]

Ihttp://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i331/shanewbrady/DSCF1121.jpg spotted this track on the hwy while doing 120 kl per hr.
Sometimes those big cougar are hard to miss .
I was on my way to mcbride & I dident have my dogs with me.

[wicket]

wow tough luck.

[Philcott]

The french in me would say, "tabernac" that's a big one.

[BlacktailStalker]

Is that a walking track ? I carry a small tape to measure pads and stride... Takes out the guess work.
I'm sure you'll be looking for him !

[bowhunterbruce]

is that one recent ?

[CanuckShooter]

How big would you estimate the cat is that left that track????

[huntcoop]

What is that antiquated thing beside the track? :mrgreen:

[MB_Boy]

What is that antiquated thing beside the track? :mrgreen:

I think it is a piece of technology used to help determine the relative age of a track. :mrgreen: :wink:


A houndsman's trade secret. :-P

[huntcoop]

I think it is a piece of technology used to help determine the relative age of a track. :mrgreen: :wink:


A houndsman's trade secret. :-P

Thanx, makes more sense now but I had read that doggy guys used these...

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[SHAKER]

Funny how we can do that eh! Tear'n down the highway and out of nowhere slam on the brakes, jump out and I.D. a cat track while your passengers are still trying to pick themselves up off the floor of the truck.

[adamgarbett]

Funny how we can do that eh! Tear'n down the highway and out of nowhere slam on the brakes, jump out and I.D. a cat track while your passengers are still trying to pick themselves up off the floor of the truck.

Lol how true, my old lady always has to remind me that we are not hunting when I start to swerve of the highway looking for wild life on the hillsides or peoples yards and such.

[Nait Hadya]

goodeye,probably 100-120 lbs.

[houndsman]

That track is from a huge tom not a 100 she cat.

[killer]

Good spotting thats what i call highspeed hunting....

[west250]

Good spotting thats what i call highspeed hunting....
Cover more ground that way!

[Nait Hadya]

ok maybe 125 lbs tops. i'd run it.

[houndsman]

You know I have been runing cat for 35 years & the cat that left that track is a lunker, not one of those little dinks that you flat landers run.
It looks like the moose that are over there dinks to.

[SHAKER]

Come on now... you cat hunters just take it easy! We all know the other side of the rocks is only good for Whitetailed Rat Deer. LOL
Just kidding guys.

[Nait Hadya]

well hopefully you will catch a few soon and then you'll have a better idea of their size,relative to their tracks.LOL

[91Jason91]

wow big looking track

[huntingmom]

Ihttp://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i331/shanewbrady/DSCF1121.jpg spotted this track on the hwy while doing 120 kl per hr.
Sometimes those big cougar are hard to miss .
I was on my way to mcbride & I dident have my dogs with me.

So... how did you manage to see this track going 120 km/h? Do you have eagle eyes or something? By the way.... he looks like one nice big kitty.

[BlacktailStalker]

well hopefully you will catch a few soon and then you'll have a better idea of their size,relative to their tracks.LOL

How big was the track of the "mature tom" you posted on BGH that still had arm bars ? :lol: :lol: :lol: ;)

[Nait Hadya]

bigger than that lol

[horshur]

the main pad on a large cat will be about 2 3/8's inches wide. The claw pads are not static and can make the print look larger or smaller relitive to how the cat is walking on them. It is always a good idea to look at several tracks to get a general size of the cougar. The track posted looks even larger then it is because the toe pads are spread but is a large Tom track that does not look to be melted out much at all. Melting can make it look larger. I guess Nait needs to know the lenght of that cell phone to put it in perspective.

[BlacktailStalker]

2 3/8"s is bare minimum for a 'big' tom, off the Island. Saw and treed a female that was 2 2/8"s believe it or not, we guessed her to be over 110lbs which is 30 more than any BIG she over here.
Anyways 2 3/8's is here is equivalent to 2 4/8"-5/8" and yep, they get as big as 2 6/8" and one which was so, reiterated to me, went 15 11/16"s (yeah it can be rounded to 2 3/4" but its a game of 1/8"s when you're really into this shit... add in the strides, taking into consideration the grade the cat is walking on and you can be pretty damn close as to what you're looking at before you're looking at it :cool:)
A 2 5/8" will get any houndsman wet in the pants.
Heres one!
15 9/16"

http://i1024.photobucket.com/albums/y305/TaylenJames/379022_10150976253920018_565570017_21524876_104524 752_n.jpg

[Nait Hadya]

the main pad on a large cat will be about 2 3/8's inches wide. The claw pads are not static and can make the print look larger or smaller relitive to how the cat is walking on them. It is always a good idea to look at several tracks to get a general size of the cougar. The track posted looks even larger then it is because the toe pads are spread but is a large Tom track that does not look to be melted out much at all. Melting can make it look larger. I guess Nait needs to know the lenght of that cell phone to put it in perspective.

i'm gonna guess it to be 1.9 " in width.......

[SHAKER]

So... how did you manage to see this track going 120 km/h? Do you have eagle eyes or something? By the way.... he looks like one nice big kitty.

Even half blind cat hunters can spot a track at speed......It's just what we do! I don't even have hounds anymore and I'm still watch'n the sides while cruise'n down the highway and cause'n premature wear on my brakes!

[houndogger]

2 3/8"s is bare minimum for a 'big' tom, off the Island. Saw and treed a female that was 2 2/8"s believe it or not, we guessed her to be over 110lbs which is 30 more than any BIG she over here.
Anyways 2 3/8's is here is equivalent to 2 4/8"-5/8" and yep, they get as big as 2 6/8" and one which was so, reiterated to me, went 15 11/16"s (yeah it can be rounded to 2 3/4" but its a game of 1/8"s when you're really into this shit... add in the strides, taking into consideration the grade the cat is walking on and you can be pretty damn close as to what you're looking at before you're looking at it :cool:)
A 2 5/8" will get any houndsman wet in the pants.
Heres one!
15 9/16"

http://i1024.photobucket.com/albums/y305/TaylenJames/379022_10150976253920018_565570017_21524876_104524 752_n.jpg

Looks like flat land Alberta does have some nice toms...

[Jagermeister]

Just how do you figure that it is an Alberta cat? Houndsman said he was on his way to McBride. So if he was coming from the Shuswap, he would not be in Alberta unless he was taking the great circle route.

[houndsman]

The phone is 3.5 '' if thar realy matters.

[houndogger]

Just how do you figure that it is an Alberta cat? Houndsman said he was on his way to McBride. So if he was coming from the Shuswap, he would not be in Alberta unless he was taking the great circle route.
Just check out what I quoted....understand now?

[finngun]

Lol how true, my old lady always has to remind me that we are not hunting when I start to swerve of the highway looking for wild life on the hillsides or peoples yards and such. .
http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/shades_of_green/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by SHAKER http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/shades_of_green/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?p=1091463#post1091463)
Funny how we can do that eh! Tear'n down the highway and out of nowhere slam on the brakes, jump out and I.D. a cat track while your passengers are still trying to pick themselves up off the floor of the truck.

thats why it is good idea make sure everybody wear a seatbelt-----and roll of ducktape is always handy...:mrgreen::-D

[budismyhorse]

You houndsmen make sheep hunters look like beginners when it comes to offside communication between peers.

Makes for great reading though! Keep at it...

[Jagermeister]

Just check out what I quoted....understand now?Nope!


Looks like flat land Alberta does have some nice toms...
Still eludes me. But it doesn't really matter.