large paw print harvey dam+redfin

A mate and I went to harvey dam this morning to have a go for some redfin, we done well for a change and got around 20 fish albeit small fish. But the thing that has stuck on my mind was a large print we found in the mud. I have attached the photo and was hoping someone here could id it for me or point me to a good source. 

Edit: The print was aprox 4in long and 5in wide, found in hardened mud

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mmm

Thu, 2014-09-18 19:01

 no claw marks means not a dog print. Are there any panther sightings that way! You never know

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 Lots of Panther stories from

Thu, 2014-09-18 19:16

 Lots of Panther stories from Jarradale and south. "Stories?" One of my best mates is convinced he has seen one. Some of the feral cats get huge, but maybe not 4 inch paws.

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 i was listning to 92.9 in

Thu, 2014-09-18 19:21

 i was listning to 92.9 in the car and a guy said that he has seen a black panther there and also they were talking about a circis crashing so maybe a big cat escaped

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Today Tonight will be all

Thu, 2014-09-18 19:26

Today Tonight will be all over that .. I’m thinking the infamous Drop bear ( Thylarctos Plummetus )

 
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 Those things are scary as

Thu, 2014-09-18 21:19

 Those things are scary as ****!  Had one drop down onto a kangaroo about 50m away from me once... will be scarred forever with the image of it ferociously decapitating the roo permanently burned in my brain

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Looks to have claw gouges

Thu, 2014-09-18 19:28

Looks to have claw gouges down leading edge of each pad. No other prints fore or aft? Big whatever it is

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 Only one print?

Thu, 2014-09-18 19:32

 Only one print?

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 We've heard plenty of

Thu, 2014-09-18 19:34

 We've heard plenty of stories of large cats around the area but obviously no proof. Compared it to alot of dog prints and it definitely look more feline. There was a couple more prints but on hard clay so very hard to make out, this print was aprox 1m past a small ridge which leads me to believe it jumped the ridge and slipped in the mud.

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Does anybody know of an

Thu, 2014-09-18 19:58

Does anybody know of an aninal tracking forum that I may be able to find the answer on?

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maremmas

Thu, 2014-09-18 20:03

 send in the maremmas theyll hunt em down! Ill bring my 2 down snowy hates cats!!

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""looks"" like a cat print to

Thu, 2014-09-18 20:16

""looks"" like a cat print to me (nothing like a dog).

 

Saw a large tan cat (at least 2 metres long not including tail) walk across the road in front of my car near swan reach in SA around 10 years ago.  All I know is it was no feral cat. 

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Track down Darren Monks on

Thu, 2014-09-18 20:39

Track down Darren Monks on FB...not sure if he is on here. He was hot on the heels of big cats down south and always had plenty to say about them on the old Hotbite forums, as he is a keen hunter as well as fisho.
Big John would probably know him.

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 Just having a quick search

Thu, 2014-09-18 21:09

 Just having a quick search on the net there are quite a few sitings of 'large cats'. Print does look slightly more feline than canine.

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 thanks guys ill keep looking

Thu, 2014-09-18 21:10

 thanks guys ill keep looking into it

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 did u see any other prints

Thu, 2014-09-18 21:25

 did u see any other prints next to it?

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 there is the small one you

Thu, 2014-09-18 21:35

 there is the small one you can see in the bottom right corner, there was some other large prints around it but on hard clay so it was hard to make them out

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Just noticed them after you

Thu, 2014-09-18 21:37

Just noticed them after you pointed them out. Could it possibly have young?

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Nannup Tiger

Fri, 2014-09-19 07:06

Could be an offspring of the famous Nannup Tiger.

There was a couple of sightings reported about 40 odd years back and when they did a search all they found was a sheep with the rear half shorn and painted in tiger stripes.

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 good feed of reddies there

Fri, 2014-09-19 07:07

 good feed of reddies there

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Pigs? There are plenty of

Fri, 2014-09-19 07:55

Pigs?
There are plenty of deer's about the place as well.

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No

Fri, 2014-09-19 08:51

It's not a pig or deer print sexton.

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Yeah didn't think so, thought

Fri, 2014-09-19 09:35

Yeah didn't think so, thought it might of been worth a guess haha.

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Hmmmm

Fri, 2014-09-19 09:27

Interesting. I suggest you send an PM to Glenn Moore on this site. I know he is a fish expert, but might have someone (I am sure there would be) there at the WA Museum with a feline interest. At least this would get some answer.

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 I have sent a few pms and

Fri, 2014-09-19 10:05

 I have sent a few pms and emails to people so now waiting on a response will keep everyone posted

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 Quokka with a club foot 

Fri, 2014-09-19 12:54

 Quokka with a club foot 

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 Phukn big black cat. Been

Mon, 2014-09-22 08:08

 Phukn big black cat. Been camping, fishing & riding east of Harvey a few times a year for the last 15 or so years & have come across the beast (beasts?) twice. Once I was pegging along a track & one leapt clean across the track about 50m in front of me & disappeared into the bush. Wasn't no feral, bloody thing was as long as the 4b track was wide. Near on shat myself, pinned it & got the hell outta there. Second time was fishing, stalking the side of a big pool & noticed movement at the waters edge on the opposite bank. Sure enough there was a bigg ass black cat having a drink at the edge of the river. It just stared at me for a few seconds then took off. I took off back to camp to, just in case it was heading to a nearby crossing with intentions of finding out how I taste.

Mate of mine has seen it to. Nobody else believes me but I know what I saw. Never camp there without my rifle anymore & I always carry it with me when I'm fishing the area to.

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Have you heard any news back

Wed, 2014-09-24 09:01

Have you heard any news back about the paw print mate?

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big pig dog

Wed, 2014-09-24 19:30

with massive feet ,,or the pink panther,well done on redies.

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Hippo

Wed, 2014-09-24 19:45

Looks like a hippo print to me.

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 Myself and 2 mates seen a

Thu, 2014-09-25 07:52

 Myself and 2 mates seen a panther just coming i to australind years back. Absolutly not a do

estic cat. We repoted it to all the right people. The best part was seeing my mates faces after. Especially a real sceptic. 

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very interesting. thanks for

Thu, 2014-09-25 18:21

very interesting.

thanks for taking the time to take a photo and post.

if ever encounter strange spoor again try and place a lure or something alongside for scale.

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Is there any muslims down

Tue, 2014-09-30 21:31

Is there any muslims down there?

Could be one of them, they are reportedly spreading and I wouldn't be surprised if they were trying to take over the dam.