Lynx avoidance [PDF] - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

and wolves). Lynx and bobcats travel and hunt with adeliberate and methodical walking pattern, rarelybounding unless chasing prey.Lynx tracks areapproximately 3–3¾inches long and 3½–4½ inches wide indirt and up to 4½inches long and 5inches wide in snow.Bobcat tracks areapproximately 1¾–2½ inches long and1¾–2½ inches widein dirt and up to 2½inches long and 2¾inches wide in snow.Both bobcats andlynx have 4 toe padson the front and hindfeet. Claw markstypically do notshow as they do withcanids. Because lynxhave more hair ontheir feet, their toepads are usually lessdistinct than the toepads of bobcats.LynxBobcatMontana FWPTracks are shown with shadedarea representing impression ofhair in the snow.11