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Post by kevin k on Nov 28, 2009 22:02:19 GMT -5
heres a trail camera picture of a cougar getting a big buck buy a corn feeder a friend of mine sent me from newberry hate to be hunting by that that thing is huge  |
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Post by minst7877 on Nov 28, 2009 23:58:19 GMT -5
I will be in Michigans UP next week with the muzzle loader. The picture that they had a couple of months ago that finally convinced the DNR to admit that there were cougars in Michigan was taken about twelve miles from my buddies property that we hunt and camp on. We have already decided that we will have a firearm with us at all times when we are there. Better safe than sorry.
DC
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Post by kevin k on Nov 29, 2009 8:44:06 GMT -5
thats a very smart move i wonder how many are really here? i think id be the most worried about tracking at night with them around good luck on your hunt. kevin k
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Post by ozark on Nov 29, 2009 9:10:56 GMT -5
I wonder why, here and elsewhere, the authorities insist that these animals don't exist in the wild in a particular state? I know that there are a few here in Arkansas but they certainly are not thick. Game and fish, claims there may be a few that were intentionally or unintentionally released from captivity. Why is it illegal to kill these non existing cats? Its like the story of the two dead brothers who pulled their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise and came and killed these two dead boys.
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Post by petev on Nov 29, 2009 10:07:52 GMT -5
I feel that the state wildlife agencies are making a mistake by not admitting that wild-born cougars exist in the wild. It has sometimes caused resentment among those who have seen them, and some hunters could be less inclined to leave them alone when they see them, assuming that's what the state wants. "Why is it illegal to kill these non-existing cats.(Ozark)" pretty much sums it up. I am also more careful when tracking at night, in addition to having lots of coyotes around, and an increase in bear populations. But, to set the record straight, if having more wildlife, including predators, means dealing with a little more danger, I'll take the risk.
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Post by minst7877 on Nov 29, 2009 21:02:16 GMT -5
The predators that we have SEEN on his property include
Black Bear
Grey Wolf
Coyote
Bob Cat
We have to be extremely careful when camping here.
DC
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Post by tucker301 on Feb 2, 2010 21:59:10 GMT -5
It's from Cuddeback's website and was taken in Marion, TX. Last year, IIRC. Consider your chain as officially yanked. www.cuddeback.com/POW/pow.html Around number 19 from the left. |
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Post by tucker301 on Feb 2, 2010 22:03:25 GMT -5
Here's a screen cap.  |
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Feb 3, 2010 5:53:54 GMT -5
I have gotten this photo as a "FWD" on my cell phone....twice. In each message was a different message. One said it was photo'd in Batavia NY and I can't remember where the other one claimed to have been taken. Either way, this makes this picture a "hoax" and something is fishy.
However, I have heard enough accounts to believe that there are some scattered cats out there. Probably much more probable then let's say...bigfoot. ;D
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Post by petev on Feb 9, 2010 10:41:59 GMT -5
The ground around the feeder seems most consistent with the Texas environment. We have some sightings reported around here in N.Y., and it seems believable to me that some are out there.
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Post by youp50 on Feb 9, 2010 15:18:46 GMT -5
Feeders like that do not last long up here. Brer Bear sees to that.
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Post by Al on Feb 9, 2010 17:51:25 GMT -5
hey youp, can you guys bait up there? or was it banned statewide?
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Post by petev on Feb 9, 2010 18:05:10 GMT -5
Well, I've looked at the pictures several times, and keep thinking that something doesn't look right. The lion looks to me more like an African lioness, than a puma. I looked at pictures of the two on the internet, and feel even more that way now. Anyone else?
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Post by youp50 on Feb 13, 2010 6:09:07 GMT -5
Al,
Yea, its still legal. Amount is limited to a couple of gallons a day. Game Wardens do not gather it up and measure, but will write a ticket for gross violations.
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Post by swampmen on Feb 24, 2010 13:21:09 GMT -5
now that settle let me tell you we have wolfs in the lower by alpena also
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Post by Al on Feb 27, 2010 8:07:01 GMT -5
now that settle let me tell you we have wolfs in the lower by alpena also One of my buds has seen a pair over northwest of Cadillac twice now. Figured they'd make the crossing eventually. |
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Post by trooper1 on Sept 10, 2010 9:05:41 GMT -5
In the early 1990's some coast guard friends of mine would see wolves out on the ice in the straights of Mackinaw while flying. We new that it was just a matter of the ice freezing solid enough for them to cross. A few of years ago an Alpena trapper shot a wolf caught in his trap. He thought it was a coyote until he got closer to it. Also a wolf that was radio collard and released in the UP was found dead in a farm field in Indiana. I'm sure that there are a few mountain loins in the UP but their numbers are very low. Our wolf population needs to be kept in check or our elk population in the lower peninsular will be decimated.
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