How to recognize bear signs
Question:
Raises an interesting question in my mind. Domestic cats like to cover their scat, hence litter boxes work. They make the same motions even if they have nothing to cover it with. Cougars are the same genus as domestic cats. Do they also cover, or make covering motions? If so, you would expect to see scratch marks. Does anyone know? — "You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time and that is sufficient" Mark Twain (I think) Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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> Raises an interesting question in my mind. Domestic cats like to cover > their scat, hence litter boxes work. They make the same motions even if > they have nothing to cover it with. Cougars are the same genus as domestic > cats. Do they also cover, or make covering motions? If so, you would > expect to see scratch marks. Does anyone know?
yes DScottY Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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There is a good reference out called "The Complete Tracker" by Len Mcdougall. It contains info on tracks and scat for most North American wildlife. The scat you described is more consistent with mountain lion than bear. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi: > I was out scouting for deer this morning. I came across some very > unusal scat. These scat had hear in them, so the animal that left this > scat must have been eating fur bearing animalms. I was wondering if > anyone know what bear or mountain lion scat look like. These scat are > way too big to be coyotes. They must either be mountain lion or bear. > Is there a web site where they teach you all the different looks of > scat of different animals? > Or can anyone tell me in words how to tell bear, and mountain lion > scat? I tried to look at tracks, but the scat was a bit too old, and > no tracks could be found. > please help. cheers. > Share what you know. Learn what you don’t. > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi: > I was out scouting for deer this morning. I came across some very > unusal scat. These scat had hear in them, so the animal that left this > scat must have been eating fur bearing animalms. I was wondering if > anyone know what bear or mountain lion scat look like. These scat are > way too big to be coyotes. They must either be mountain lion or bear. > Is there a web site where they teach you all the different looks of > scat of different animals? > Or can anyone tell me in words how to tell bear, and mountain lion > scat? I tried to look at tracks, but the scat was a bit too old, and > no tracks could be found. > please help. cheers. > This won’t really help…but it will keep you smiling. > "National Parks Alert" > Alaska Department of Fish and Game is advising hikers, hunters, and fishermen > to take extra precautions and keep alert of bears while in the field. We > advise that campers wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to > startle bears that aren
