RE: Confirmed Cougar Sighting in Southern Illinois
The way I see it is they were once native to this area. Through restricted hunting they are making a comeback and are just coming back home. With the reintroduction of the grey wolf I am sure I will be seeing them in Southern Illinois in my lifetime. If they can shoot and kill a wild couger in the suburbs of Chicago then I see no reason they are not in the remote areas of the state.