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Topic: Tracks on my hike, cat?  (Read 1722 times)

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AlsHobieOutback

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After a workout I decided to do a trail on my way home. Noticed these fairly big tracks and got me thinking maybe it's a mountain lion? Any ideas?
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Looked at some tracks online dont seem to be similar to a mountain lion.  Maybe just a big dog?
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Looks like dog to me. Cats don't leave nail marks.


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Looks like dog to me. Cats don't leave nail marks.
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Yeah, now at least I know what to look for  :smt044 I thought the nail marks were claws but I forget cats claws retract  :smt005
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Was doing a light hike on the coast one time and stopped to look out over a field below. A fairly large buck deer jumped high out of thickets at high speed bounding and weaving. Large dog looking creature high bounding in hot pursuit. I was like wtf kind of dog is that big and agile?

Got back to the trailhead lot and the suspected culprit appeared - looked like one of these guys...
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Borzois are such goofy looking gentle dogs. I was surprised to learn that they were bred to kill wolves.


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Borzois are such goofy looking gentle dogs. I was surprised to learn that they were bred to kill wolves.

https://youtube.com/shorts/mpX08trCRm8?si=9EI22xAlw5rbq2Px

I didn't know dogs could fly. Pooch was Amazeballs. Achieving superman flight statuses.

I was hiking with a companion that day and she didn't comment much a do upon it so I slightly questioned what I had seen. We proceeded the hike in an opposite direction of course.

Up close in the lot, size stature was impressive but maybe a tenderly non aggressive looking animal. From a field viewpoint in action it was a beast.


 

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