The deer tracks turned into cat tracks.

Hey there Dbmax, Is that a 'fastback' in your avatar? Purrrrty! Anyway, I'm not sure where Clinton is. I'm in NM. Right after I purchased our land, I was out walking, and ran across what were surely a mountain lions tracks. Each paw was larger than my fully extended hand and outreaching fingers. Enormous!!! I was not aware that we had mountain lions where we live. Yet, after seeing those tracks, I started to ask around. No one seemed to have ever seen a big cat in our neck of the woods. A few months later, while driving home, all manner of vehicles were parked on the side of the frontage road, gaping and gawking at a big cat that had been killed while crossing the highway. Seeing a big cat in a zoo is one thing. Seeing one two feet away is quite another. What a magnificent creature. I was saddened to see such a beauty killed by traffic. Suffice it to say, not long after we completely fenced our property. I sure didn't want another big cat getting into any kind of mischief with my dogs.