Cougar or Bobcat?

[reiley99]

I was riding a few weeks ago and seen some big cat tracks by a torn up deer carcass by l'anse I would say they're 5 to 6 inches acrossed

 

[lesledhead]

Here's the picture from Dowagiac, MI. It makes you wonder how long they have been around and are just now being noticed because of the increase use of trail cameras.

Did a little google search, found the real story on that image hardwater. It's not a fake photo, but it's not in Michigan either.

http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/

Back to this story, the more I look at the pic, the more I'm leaning towards bobcat.

Tony

 

[HardwaterHoosier]

^ weird we got the pic the same day this post was started. Good job on the research!

 

[polarisrider1]

So have we ruled out a german shepard? Neighbors siamese mix cat? Cougar? Bobcat? Dogman?, Catdog? Fake pic? Or are we still at square one?

 

[Sled Solutions]

I say Cougar.

 

[scott_d]

cougar

 

[jakerides]

I got an interesting picture on my trail cam.
Cougar or Bobcat?

Could be a Canadian Lynx. They are a bigger relative to the bobcat. I have seen them out west.

 

[dear_lodge]

Bobcat

 

[anonomoose]

Here is a clue....look closely at the ears...bobcat ears are not located quite in the same place as cougar flaps.

 

[polarisman_98]

Could be a Canadian Lynx. They are a bigger relative to the bobcat. I have seen them out west.

I had a guy look at it and first thing he said was Lynx too. Could be...