5 toes

mike martell · Post by **mike martell** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:51 am

for all the lion hunters out there....just curious how often you have discovered a lion that had 5 toes. either discovered after a harvest or looking at tracks and how common it actually is or if a certain area has more than others....thanks

FullCryHounds · Post by **FullCryHounds** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:36 am

Seen a few with three toes, got one right now I'm mounting. Never seen one with five.

Mike Leonard · Post by **Mike Leonard** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:29 am

Actually nearly every cougar has 5 toes. Yep I was corrected on that one time but what we call the killer claw up the inside of the legs was or is considered a toe of sorts but I never thought so. LOL!

007pennpal · Post by **007pennpal** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:36 am

Could be inbreeding.

mike martell · Post by **mike martell** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:48 am

dean,
three toes would look fairly normal but five toes looks crowded or splay. my buddy stumbled on to the track while out bobcat hunting the last weekend of season in the good snow we had, you would drool over what we see in oregon and say ....yup...its a smoker lion and drive off.....maybe we can find a young computer whiz who can figure out how to post a picture of this track in the snow.

mike martell · Post by **mike martell** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:51 am

sean, missed your post typing....inbred?...you are probably right on the money....after all it is close to sweet home oregon....lol

mike martell · Post by **mike martell** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:54 am

this is why i don't try posting pictures...lol..

FullCryHounds · Post by **FullCryHounds** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:20 pm

Mike, can you email the picture to me? I can get it posted if you can.
fullcryhounds@msn.com

Big Mike · Post by **Big Mike** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:40 pm

Seen lots of three toed lions but never a five

clb · Post by **clb** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:04 pm

dogman68 caught this one last year with5 toes

FullCryHounds · Post by **FullCryHounds** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:10 pm

Here's the pic of 5 toes.

mark · Post by **mark** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:25 pm

Ya Dean i thot it was pretty rare. Ive looked a few tracks in my life and this is the only one ive ever seen. It was only a mile and a half from my house. Probably a 60 to 80lb female

BigGameHunter · Post by **BigGameHunter** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:17 pm

JMO but look at that track again.....

Mike Leonard · Post by **Mike Leonard** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:35 pm

Big gamehunter you are on to something.Think I caught that too.

FullCryHounds · Post by **FullCryHounds** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:57 pm

When ever you see a double track, you usually can also see the double imprint of the main pad. If you look at this track, the LH (outside) edge of the second toe in from the left is lined up with the edge of the main pad. If what you guys are thinking, wouldn't you see another imprint of the main pad lined up with the outside edge of that pad on the far LH side. Wow, I hope that made sense, it made me dizzy typing it.
I'm assuming the guy that took this picture looked to make sure she wasn't stepping in her other track.

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