[2004ZREX]

this is NO HOAX... I found this track in my back yard today, and I am concerned due to the size,depth etc.
I live in a relatively rural area in Broken Arrow, OK I am not a hunter but this paw print is seriously large and I am concerned for the pets and small children in my area
CAN YOU HELP?
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[MutinousDoug]

I get an error when trying to download your pics.

[kludge]

I am concerned due to the size,depth etc.

Yup, I would be too!

http://www.bear-tracker.com/cougar.html

http://www.bear-tracker.com/caninevsfeline.html

Do you have a dog? that barks?

[kludge]

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fixed the photo links for ya!

[2004ZREX]

thanx for the assist
yes I have a DEAF 14 yr old Dalmatian whose eyes are not good - cataracts >> starting to fail... I take her outside for all potty trips
I came across those tracks yesterday in the afternoon, ...they WERE not there yesterday morning
We already have a pack of coyotes that migrate through our area each night we hear them come from wherever they "reside" and then on the return trip about 3 hrs later
SO now I am thinking I need to be carrying when I take my dog out?

[kludge]

Yes, and I would let your neighbors know...

and welcome to the forum!

[2004ZREX]

thanx much


I have been a lurker, forgot my ID when i changed jobs and they monitored all Internet activity :what:, :banghead:
now at a different job with a little more freedom .....:neener::cool::D

[Grizzly Adams]

If my old eyes aren't failing me there appear to be claws on these tracks which would indicate that this is one big CANINE.

[2004ZREX]

with 185 gr HP's going to be sufficient?

I can't quite picture myself going out witha a long arm >> AR15 in .223 or .308, or a .30-30

[Grizzly Adams]

I don't know of any canine that it wouldn't stop if place properly.

[2004ZREX]

there's no gap between pad and point, which would indicate canine, it is all continous imprint no gap etc

[2004ZREX]

this all explains the strange animal "scream" I've heard a couple times at nite when I have been up to use the bathroom or whatever

[zinj]

That's a dog track.

[MakAttak]

I would say canine as well.

[Bigdtc]

Looks like my Great Dane's tracks.

[Cosmoline]

Dog or a big coyote. Too small for a wolf and not a bear at all, for whatever that's worth.

Imagine finding tracks bigger than a size 13 Danner boot. That's what it's like up here lol

[Harvster]

this all explains the strange animal "scream" I've heard a couple times at nite when I have been up to use the bathroom or whatever

Though certainly not the source of your track, foxes make an awful crying growling noise as they roam around at night.

http://www.angelfire.com/ar2/thefoxden/call.wav

[Savage Shooter]

Looks too me to be a large dog track I would say a great dane, st brenard, or a large hound my neighbor has a large hound and his tracks are that big. Its a big some gun what ever it is.

[koja48]

A BIG dog . . . carry what you're carrying, but DO carry it. My dogs are family . . .

[Bear Tracker]

Sure appears to be canine. Cougars can leave claw marks, but typicaly do not. Pad woud be the give away. Dogs have "D" shape (hump toward the toes), cats have "C" shape (open side toward the toes). Stay alert when walking a pet. Cougars know they are easy prey, and big dogs, not under owners control, can be an issue anytime, any where. Carry pepper spray (bear spray in cougar country like BB, OK). That way you don't have to kill someones beloved 'escaped' pet, or watch your dog be torn apart or killed while you watch. If nothing else carry a stout walking stick. Cougars are shocky so a blow to the head, neck, back, legs etc, usually will send one in search of easyier pickings.
JMTC
Bear

[MCgunner]

I was thinking Great Dane....or maybe Velociraptor, but there's too many toes for a Velociraptor. :D

[XDKingslayer]

Definately Chupacabra...