Lion?

[CouesFanatic]

[bowhunter4life]

no, you should not see any claws in front of the pad

[firstcoueswas80]

agreed

[DEERSLAM]

Looks too round for a coyote track though. How big is it?

[hunter4life]

Nope, looks like a track from a canine of some sort.

[CouesWhitetail]

Canine. I think it looks rounder than it should because of the mud (the right front toepad pushed outward and back a little) and there is another track inside the bottom of the first track. So it rounded out that back and gives that track a little bit of an oval appearance.

[tkknc]

Did all the tracks direct register, fall on top of each other?

[monstercoues]

Definitely a Canine track. Don't be fooled about the claws showing part because a lion can in mud or snow sometimes show claw marks in a track. The best way to tell is the back or bottom of the pad will show three marks like a W shape. Another way to tell the defference is to draw a vertical line directly in the middle of the track. If both sides mirror each other its a canine, if both sides don't mirror each other its a cat track. A cat track will look like your hand in a sense, you should be able to see a thumb side,. If you cut your hand in half, both sides will not mirror each other.

[peckl1]

Is this what you mean by what a lion track should look like?

[GameHauler]

I agree.

Here is another Kitty.

Mike

 

[dogman68]

Definitely not a lion. Not even close.

[coueskiller]

Here is a pic of a lion track I cut yesterday if I can get the pic thing to work.......Here it goes....