Well, yesterday I went out with my two dogs, we drove up to pretty high elevations in my Jeep, but did not find any Mt. Lion tracks. That was about a 3 hour trek. I didn't get out and walk at cause I wasn't feeling too well. Today I started feeling better, and about 1:30, I got the idea to go up this one canyon above town just for the heck of it. At 2:00, I saw some tracks up ahead in the road. It had only stopped snowing about 7 this morning, and I could see other tracks that were covered up, made by other animals. When I stopped the Jeep, my Redbone stuck his head out the window. He didn't bark, but I could tell he was on to something, as he started getting really excited, like when a brid dog gets "birdy." Well, I got my dogs out on the leashes, and looked closer at the tracks. We went along for about 100 yards, and the whole way my Redbone was baying like there was no tomorrow. My Walker/Blue Tick was only barking a little bit here and there. I was REALLY tossing the idea around of letting them loose, but decided not to because there was only close to 2 hours of good daylight, and I have to be to work at 6 in the morning. The cat wins today. I later measured the tracks, and they were about 2 1/2" at the widest point. Not as big as I have seen before, but definately bigger than my dogs' tracks. I figured it was probably a juvenile. There were also a lot of rabbit and deer tracks in the area, so I am pretty confident that the cat will at least be in the general area for a while.

Man that was exciting!! First time I have really got to listen to my dogs go nuts on a hunt!! I can't wait until Monday when I should be able to get a chance to go out again!!