Tracks

February 06, 2022

Tracks

One thing I love about snow is that they make tracking a bobcat easy. I mean really, how could I not?!?!

When I got all dressed the Pres asked where I was headed. Telling him "just out in the yard to get a little exercise. I want to see what was in the yard last night. There are tracks EVERYWHERE and I'm curious." So off I went.

Going out through the slider, I could clearly see the cat's tracks right from the stairs leading down into the yard. But wait, the angle wasn't right. Immediately thinking it had come from under the deck, I listened carefully...just in case it was beneath me. Nope...all good. What I did discover though after following it's complete path, the tracks under the deck is where it went after walking along the East side of the house. I mean it made the "rounds"!!

I followed it's tracks around our entire yard and when I got all the way to the fence-line that runs along the gravel road. There, I could see that it slipped between the slats and the tracks continued across the gravel road disappearing into the now freeze-dried herbaceaous growth.

Measuring the distance in it's stride, I can honestly say it was a decent size bobcat too!!