cougar shot in chicago

heavy hitter · 04-14-2008, 08:03 PM

at 6:00 tonight police shot a cougar on the north side of chicago.

Rob/PA Bowyer · 04-14-2008, 08:15 PM

Okay? Story, link to story, news report? Zoo?

MN/Kyle · 04-14-2008, 08:17 PM

April Fools?

Austin/WI · 04-14-2008, 08:17 PM

Wow! There seems to be more and more sightings of cougars every year in this part of the Midwest.

BowHuntingFool · 04-14-2008, 08:17 PM

Looks like its true so far!!!!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...tory?track=rss

MN/Kyle · 04-14-2008, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Police cornered the cougar in the back yard of Ben Greene

Not the first thing on my to-do list. Cornering a cougar? No thanks.

Quote:

He said he then ran into his house and watched police chase the cougar on foot.

These guys are crazy

Rob/PA Bowyer · 04-14-2008, 08:21 PM

They should be charged with the unlawful killing of a big game species, protected in IL.

Austin/WI · 04-14-2008, 08:23 PM

Jeezus it took them 10 shots to drop him?! Send them back to the range!

10 shots in a residential neighboorhood = very bad. At least no kids were hurt.

dukemichaels · 04-14-2008, 08:25 PM

Ya.. I heard about it the other day and it was in this mornings Daily Herald.

All I could think was great.. on top of the constant thoughts that a alien is gonna kidnap me while I'm walking to my treestand in the dark.. but now I have to be on alert for Cougars too.[

] Son of a....

RockinChair · 04-14-2008, 08:38 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in my readings cougard sightings are being documented more and more often in the midwest and east. Actually, several years ago there was a sighting' of a cougar in Virginia. No visual evidence, just a blurry still photo. Still, this was before photoshop and it looked EERILY similar to a big cat. It really is scary. These cats can kill up to 30 deer per year, individually.