ORIGINAL: DougE
First of all the trapper is full of crap.I was on hand at least 4 times prior to 1986 when coyotes were killed in deer season.The PGC did not state 20 years ago that we had no coyotes so right off the bat,he's full of it.We still have snow.Any mountain lions being spotted would surely leave tracks.
doug, that was not nice..he at least signed his name in paper..as for tracks,maybe they are seeing tracks..
lycoming co.is hot right now, sighting are abundant there in last 2 months..
most of sighting that were confirmed by me, ole sproul,were from june to dec..i believe each person that told me what they saw..
the people i talked to this was the time they saw a cougar..including me..
here is another one,MOST of sighting were in middle of dirt roads while driving,the cougar would stop, look back, then run, tail flapping..SAME as my sighting..
also MOST were in daylight ,just at sunrise or before dark..
i just got off the phone with a construction foream..he rides the beech creek rd to get to work..he hunts, is 62 years old ,been in woods all his life..he said he saw cougar 3 TIMES on that road,that is clinton/centre county..all sighting were 20 yards in front of his truck in the road and cougar had a long tail..
THERE IS YOUR CONFIRMED SIGHTING..if these are DOMESTIC CATS as pgc is saying, boy, they are really in some wild areas ..
doug, if you want to help, find out why most of sighting are from june /dec..maybe cougars leave and return in spring or maybe that timeframe is when most of us are in woods..