douge, again you are twisting my words,you should be a reporter..

first, i only put out question,COULD COUGARS BE LEAVING SOME AREAS OF PA IN WINTER?as was said, they migrate long ways..this could be reason of no tracks in snow in some areas that cougars were seen before in june/dec..as i said, my research has most of sighting from june /dec..

lycoming co.is being exception right now but it may be do to cougars being close to homes there that they are seen more,i dont know..

maybe as someone said,as pgc wannabess said we dont go into woods to far,so how can we find tracks..BUT most of sighting i have documented were almost all on dirt roads in REMOTE areas of clinton,centre/potter/cameron co..

i did have 3 confirmed sighting in hyner near a farm,in bitumen near homes,just outside lock haven..by confirmed, i mean i TRUST that those people saw cougar..another was in the paper by local woman that writes articlesbut that picture was a BOBCAT not cougar..

1 to my knowledge, 1 in hyner,pa. was investigated by clinton county wcobut i did not hear finding..

you keep bringing up the tracks in snow theory,i have not seen a cougar track but how many people know what cougar track is anyhow?

if there is snow and cougar is reported in that area earlier,then only few reasons,1 is he left, other is he does not rome out of the WAYBACK,boy, i hate that word,areas and we dont get off roads as hunters,ha..

if cougars are around dirt roads in remote areas in june/dec,then why would they not be there in winter..coyotes all are walking roads,so i would say cougar will also..

only reason i could give is they LEFT and went elsewhere for winter,places that may have warmer weather and more winter food..like deer, they get off tops of mountains when weather is bad,could be cougar does same thing,i dont know..

this is only guess,dont come back and say, SPROUL you are all over place..