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Old 09-15-2006 | 07:43 AM
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DougE
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Default RE: Big Cat Picture from Penna.

Cougardaville,I never said you had pictures of blurry bobcats and claimed they were mountain lions.However,I've seen at least three different posts on this website where people claimed these bobcats were proof that mountain lions existed in Pa.I've looked at your site many times and never saw any type of concrete evidence that mountain lions exidted in Pa or NY.There certainly was no evidence of a wild breeding population.You claim there's a huge population without proof of one animal.Even if there were a few,that would hardly constitute a huge population.You also claim that the DEC or some other organization is releasing cougars.That's nothing more than slander.Every year there's stories of cattletrucks loaded with coyotes and mountain lions being released in Pa.Some stories even involve black helicopters.I can't believe people could be so gullible.

Will mountain lionms ever show up around here?I have no idea butI do know that no state organization will be illegally stocking them.Besides,getting a wild breeding population to take off is extremely hard to do.You'd have to stock a whole bunch to keep the population from inbreeding.Your website is certainly entertaining but it's hardly proof that mountain lions exist.Show me a dead body and I'll be convinced.Until then,be a little more responsible with what you post for the public to read.

I have horses of my own and Iknow what a barbed wire fence can do to them,that's why I would never consider putting the stuff up.I went out to feed them at lunch time yesterday and I noticed my mare had two small gashes on her one hindquarter.I have no idea how the got there because there's nothing in that pasture that she should have been cut by.The horses occassionally nip at eah other but this didn't look like a bite mark from another horse.Either way,I doubt it wasa mountain lion attack or any other predator for that matter.

Please expound on whatyou feel was wrong in my last post or howI don't know what I'm talking about.You obviously don't know what the law states in Pawith regards to hunting.You also apparently have no clue what it takes to get a law changed in Pa.The PGC could not act on it's own and institute a season on mountain lions.Besides,Why would they?They don't exist unless there's a fewescaped pets out there.You talk about proof on your website but you don't provide any.Adead horse that was partially eaten by another animal doesn't prove a thing.Did they find any mountain lion hair on the animal or on the scene?

We have close to a million hunters roaming the woods during the fall and winter.No mountain lions have ever been shot.None have ever been picked up on the road.If there was a huge population,tracks would certainly be popping up all over and be easily verified.Unfortunately for you,you have zip.I hunt in Coloradoin an area with a heavy concentration of cats.their sign is seen all over the place.The guys that I hunt with have lived there their whole lives and only ever saw a live cat one time.How come people continue to see them all over the northeast but no one can confirm their existence.I admire your tenacity on the subject but you need a dose of reality and some concrete proof.
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