im with ya, ive never seen on yet, but have seen evidence of them. and talked to people that say they have seen them.when we first moved here in mo in the late 70's a gentleman whom i respected a lot came to see my grandfather.i was just a kid. he was kind of a city feller raised in the country, but lived city once he was of age.he was wandering around some of the remote areas of our newly purchased farm.he told me he saw a large cat like animal with a long tail.i was young at that time but had been trappin for a year or two.what he described was a couger.which he knew nothing about as he was from wisconsin.i showed him a pic of a gray fox, as they have a cat like face,no he said that wasnt it,i showed him a pic of a coyote, no that was def not it!i showed him every furbearer in MO and he said, no none of them.when i showed him a pic of a couger, he empahatically said yes thats what it was!he had no reason to lie. now mind yu this was a older gentleman known for his honesty, did not even know they were not supposed to be here.this was in the 70's.now ill have to say ive hunted for 30 sum years on this and surrounding farms and never seen one or tracks.now i have talked to fellows that i trust and they say they saw one.i live about 60 miles north of spirithawk in newton county.there was one a farmer shot out of a tree that his dogs treed in his cattle herd in mid MO this spring i think.have you heard of that one?im still lookin for my first one! happy hunting!
