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Offline jlk

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Not strange, but an exception
« on: December 02, 2003, 07:08:22 AM »
My son-in-law and myself were to go hunting on a management area in northern Alabama on friday, but we got rained out (rain and 25-30mph winds).

He went back on Monday and did not see a deer, but he did see a mountain lion (none in Alabama)(yea right). It came to within 40 yds of him, and he watched it for about 200yds.

He was trying to get his camera out of his pocket to take a picture of it, but he couldn't get to it in time.
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Offline L-Roy

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None in Arkansas, either,
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2003, 08:05:47 AM »
but two of my hunting comrades had lions within less than 50 yds. of their bear stamds this fall!  (May have been the same lion, both times, same area.)

One bedded down about 45 yds. out and snoozed the afternoon away before leaving for greener pastures.  Other was just passing thru.

No camera with either hunter!
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Offline michbob

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MI mountain lion
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2003, 02:51:07 PM »
Funny, but up here in northern lower Michigan, people have reported mountain lion sightings for years.  Our Dept. of Natural Resources always says they are mistaken, but wildlife biologists have found tracks, kills, and droppings that are supposedly from mountain lions.  I wonder who's right, a biologist or a DNR desk jockey? :grin:

Bob.
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Offline 1911crazy

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Not strange, but an exception
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2003, 04:07:55 PM »
I have seen mountain lion tracks for years in the higher elevations in Vermont and they have been coming lower and I finally got to see one near my camp(awesome).                            BigBill

There are people who think they don't exsist??? They think they were pets that were released??  These big 200lb cats are real I have seen them they ain't nobody's  pets why would they be in the higher elevations for so many years??  I feel much better now that my neighbor is seeing them too.
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Offline jlk

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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2003, 01:29:38 AM »
I have seen two in the wild and both crossed the road in front of me. They were in different parts of Alabama though.

One was in the old Butler Management Area and the other was in Autauga County.

There has been some sightings of them within 5 miles of my house. A female and kittens. These were seen by more than one person.
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Offline Dan Mich Trapper

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« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2003, 12:51:16 AM »
Hey michbob , I was talking to a DNR employee and asked him his thoughts on cougers in Mi. He told me "well I never seen one " . He didnt say they werent there but just that he never saw one . He DID say , there is something out there . He also told of some of the reports where they were called cause someone hit a couger with there car , when the DNR showed up the found it was a huge coon .
 A park ranger in the Sleeping Bear Park did report seeing one though , so that should count for something .
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« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2003, 03:06:07 AM »
Aye, and there's the rub.  No disrespect to the DNR intended; I've worked as an environmental consultant, and alot of the people I've dealt with are top notch.  But when you see articles in some of the outdoor publications regarding such issues, the stock response is to often "not here".

There's also the tendency to dismiss any sightings as mistaken identification, i.e.: not a cougar, a bobcat;  not a bear, a dog;  etc.  Stupid mistakes do indeed occur;  my favorite was when a woman near Ironwood(?) ran into the sheriff's office and reported that she'd hit a lion!  Lions being rare in the UP of Michigan, they investigated to find out it was a bobcat.

That's just my thought on the matter.
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