I laugh every time I hear of people seeing tracks. I hunt in one of the most heavily populated cougar areas in the US, and most people that I take hunting can not tell the difference between wolf, dog and cougar tracks. There are differences that most will not pick up on. I grew up hunting in the southern teir and these rumors have been going on for years and years. As far as cougars controling the coyote population, I dang near peed myself laughing when I read that one. I suppose that one got by the insurance companies who introduced the coyotes to control the deer population. If a cougar and coyote got in a tussle over a fresh kill, The cougar might kill the coyote, but I have yet to see one chasing a coyote down. Cougars will not waste their time and energy chasing and killing something that is of no benefit to them. I am not saying that cougars may be there or not and will remain neutral on that topic, but I do however get a real kick out of reading these cougar threads and the theories that some come up with!!!! Some are blessed at spotting cougars I guess, because I see one on average every 6-8 years, and log 50+ days a year in the Idahoback country. Let me know how you do it becasue I would like 1 or two more cougar rugs on the wall. Have a great day!!