I've tracked animals off and on in Flat Rock over the past few years, often with my friend Ron. Snowshoe hare, deer, dog, coyote, mouse, and various bird tracks are common. I know Ron has seen moose tracks, and we've seen bear scat one time. I've studied up on bobcat tracks so I'd know when I found one....and a few weeks ago I did. I was ill-prepared that day, trudging through snow in boots when snowshoes might have helped a little, and I had no camera, so I had to resort to my phone's rudimentary camera. Regardless, I've run this photo by a few knowledgeable outdoorsmen, and can tell you, with 95% certainty, that this is a bobcat track. I'll save the 5% for a particularly large and lucky housecat that has strayed far from home and avoided becoming a coyote's meal.
I returned a couple of weeks later, and followed fox prints for a while, then moved on to some deer tracks that led to some deer beds. Mixed in among the deer tracks were (I think) some more bobcat tracks. I can't say for sure, because as I moved in my snowshoes to kneel down to look up close, I managed to kick snow onto the tracks.
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