Recent tracks sitings...cougar preferably

[airic]

I'd like to get some molds of tracks this weekend. I had some ideas on where I am going, but figured I'd tap into this resource as no other entity covers more ground in AZ.

So, a good cougar and bear track is what I need to get. In the last couple days has anyone seen any on a hike? Even within the last week may work. A ringtail too (the one on top of Piestewa aren't cooperating) would be handy. If anyone has come across a lot of tracks and they don't know them, that would be good too. Thanks hikers. -Eric

[CannondaleKid]

Gabriele and I were hiking the CC#4/Skunk Tank Loop today and saw a number of very fresh mountain lion prints along Skunk Creek on the Cave Creek #4 trail. They ranged from 3.25" to 3.5" across the pad at the widest part.

[airic]

Hey, thanks Cannon. That's good info. I'm heading out to Kofa this weekend, but a friend is going to go to Skunk Creek and get some fresh tracks. Appreciate it.

[Grasshopper]

So, a good cougar and bear track is what I need to get.

Have you found one? Looks like maybe some fresh cougar tracks to be found in White Canyon (south of Superior off Hwy 177)-->
http://www.hikearizona.com/photo.php?ZIP=176034

[Sredfield]

Looks like maybe some fresh cougar tracks to be found in White Canyon (south of Superior off Hwy 177)-->

[Dave1]

Mountain lions sighted on Scottsdale golf course

http://www.azcentral.com/community/scot ... ourse.html

A north Scottsdale couple feel lucky to have made a rare sighting of three mountain lions this week on the fourth hole of Desert Mountain Golf Club's Cochise Course.

Desert Mountain resident Linda Borman said she quickly snapped a few photographs on Monday afternoon after her husband, Ty, saw the mother and her two cubs lounging on the fairway of the 546-yard, par-5 hole.

slideshow Photos of the mountain lions in Scottsdale

"Ty has a habit of looking out the window in hopes of seeing something," Linda said. "They came out after the rain. I think because nobody was out on the golf course at that time."

Tom Cadden, public information officer for Arizona Game and Fish, said mountain lions live throughout the state, most commonly in rocky areas, where people don't usually see them.

According to the Arizona Game and Fish Department, Arizona's mountain lion population could be as high as 3,000. He said that part of the Valley is home to that species of cat.

"There are certainly some mountain lions in that habitat," Cadden said.

The Bormans have lived along the course - one of six private tracts surrounded by rugged Sonoran Desert - for six years. In that time, they said that they have seen all kinds of native wildlife: javelinas, bobcats, coyotes, diamondback rattlesnakes - but never mountain lions, until Monday.

Linda said the impressive cats hung around for about five minutes, seemingly undisturbed by her taking photos.

It was a "once-in-a-lifetime spectacle," she said.

Ty called it a " 'National Geographic' moment.'"

Linda said she took the first photos through a window because she didn't want to scare away the animals.

"Then I went outside to get a little closer; each time I clicked, they looked at me," she said. "The cubs seemed curious, but not afraid, and the mother looked very protective.

"My husband still hasn't come down from Cloud 9."

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/scot ... z1HgC2uV2r

[DarthStiller]

the engineering co. I used to work for did alot of design work up there 10 years ago when that was being built. That's not very far from Cave Creek Rd. or the 7Springs area. Makes you wonder about hiking up around there.

[azbackpackr]

So, looks like the feral cats have migrated to Scottsdale?

[The_Eagle]

I always been told that there is a high concentration of Cougars in Scottsdale.
Some hang out on the Golf courses,
some on the Tennis courts,
some at the bars.

They don't scare me.
. I'll continue to hike in those areas.

[kingsnake]

coanbru, you pumpkin, you beat me to it.

(It's wierd, but I am starting to self censor now ... )

[Tough_Boots]

@coanbru