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I've been asking ph's for quite some time what is the best way to judge leopard tracks and what to look for and have been told many things. I've heard various opinions bout stride length vs leopard length, depth of track in hard loose sand etc. The one thing thats seems to be of popular thought is that the front track length and width is a definite way to judge the age of a leopard the areas of limpopo, mozambique, botswana, zimbabwe, zambia etc. however from what I hear is that certain cats like those leopard in the cape have smaller tracks so the size estimating based on tracks has to be downsized in these regions. My question for all you guys is this. What do you think is..... what do you think are the most important aspects to a track that tell you the age/size of a cat? What are the measurements we are looking for?
Here is a picture of what seems to be a conclusion of what may very well be a good guide to follow in determing that you are looking at an older male. Please go easy on me as this is just a question and I'm completely curious as my wife and I have an upcoming leopard hunt.
Is this fairly accurate? would you agree or disagree that this would be a large male? what other measurements can you obtain from tracks that will tell you more about the leopards tracks you are following?
Thanks in advance
Here is a picture of what seems to be a conclusion of what may very well be a good guide to follow in determing that you are looking at an older male. Please go easy on me as this is just a question and I'm completely curious as my wife and I have an upcoming leopard hunt.
Is this fairly accurate? would you agree or disagree that this would be a large male? what other measurements can you obtain from tracks that will tell you more about the leopards tracks you are following?
Thanks in advance
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