Trail cam picture of mountain lion in SC
 

As for the black panthers the US, the majority of people are skeptical. I said in the forum "black panthers in the hunting woods," that there are black panthers in SC, and I know its hard to believe. Well, this atleast proves that there are big cats in SC. Ya see this pic?

This was caught on a trail cam about 40 miles to northwest of Columbia, SC. I was given the special opportunity with 4 other people to hunt on an Outfitter (not yet, but very soon to be) about 6 miles down the road from this spot. The outfitter owner (also has sighted black panther on his 3000 acres) said it was true, and of course, I was skeptical. But after stopping at a local home-business store and saw this picture on the wall, I couldnt beleive it. I asked the owners, and they vouched for the outfitter owner.

Of course sightings are just sightings without pictures. As for what me and my family saw, the only reasonable answer I can come up with is a black panther.

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A couple of things that bother me about this pic is:

#1) I don't think a cougar could get this close to a deer without the deer picking up on this threat, and the cat seems to not be in a "pursuing mode", just merely curious.

#2) I don't think this is a whitetail rump. As far as I know, SC only has whitetails.

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did you know that one of the cougar's most common prey are deer? a cougar could easily stalk a deer without it knowing. they need that ability to survive. it's designed for it.

And like always, there is room for suspicion. but i know this is real, so i'm sticking to my story. and by the looks of the deer, the rump doesn't look like a mulie, it's not a blacktail, it's not a key deer... i don't know what else it could be other than a whitetails. it looks to be a whitetail to me.

*as for the edit, I left out a few words

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It looks more like a mule deer than a whitetail to me.

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I would have to say that a lion might (maybe) be able to get that close without a deer knowing. But why would it? Once inside 20 yards, the lion would have it dead to rights. Not saying that this didn't happen, as it very well might have. But that is no whitetail! Rump and tail are all wrong to be a whitetail. Looks a lot closer to a mulie then whitetail. If you look close at the ear on the deer it looks very large, much like a mulie. But what do I know. Cool pic though!

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I understand where everyone is coming from. I don't curse anyone for being suspicious. I didn't believe it either! But the shop owner had a picture on his wall and vouched for the outfitter owner. These people don't even know each other. That's how I am convined this is real. The shop owner mentioned a newspaper clip of the incident, but I'm pretty sure this would be many newspapers across the state. As for the lion being so close, I have no idea why it got so close. And like I said about when family members and my buddy craig and me spotting that huge black cat, I have no other explanation than a black panther. Although, grandma has been giving house kitty steroids.....

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South Carolina, eh...??..

Funny, because I've seen that picture of the cougar behind the mule deer on the net about a dozen times in the last five years... Each time, it has supposedly taken in a different area... Recently somone posted it and claimed it was taken near my home here in western NY...That cat and that deer sure do GET AROUND, and it appears that the cat hasn't caught the deer YET...

Kinda like the coyote and the roadrunner.....:D.....

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Hey I know for a fact that picture is real. And to prove it, here is a picture of the pig I shot two months ago.

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The aft leg of that "mule deer", which as of December, were not exactly common in SC (not the Lowcountry anyway), looks like it came off a horse. Moreover, a lion would not be stalking that close to its prey, it would have pounced already.

That shot has made its rounds on the net. Obviously photoshopped, and relatively poorly at that.

Chris, I know you are excited, but you don't have to prove anything bro.

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That pic has been on the internet since the inception of the internet. It is bogus. There have been several variations of this pic. There have been pics of just the deer and just the cougar by themselves. This pic has been said to be taken in Illinois, Carolinas, Ohio, Maryland, and several other states.

One thing is definite. That deer is either a mule deer or a black tail. Neither of which exist East of Kansas.

However to what you saw, there are definetly cougars and panthersin the Carolinas.

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This pic has been around, cause its been on the wall here in Idaho, and was posted along time ago, so some one is circulating it as there own, and I know it wasnt taken in SC, because I have seen the original.....
Brett

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Hey! I took this pic from my digital cam while Snipe hunting in Texas...:D

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Wow... I'm really gettin the smack down on this pic being a fake. I'm startin to think they fooled me... But no matter what, there are big cats in SC. I've heard too many times, from game wardens and hunters alike, that a few preside at the weapons station. One game warden even told me that a deer hunter harvested one, but I think that would be in newspapers across the state.

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Im not putting the smack down brother, Just making sure the wool isnt pulled over your head, just lookin out for ya. I have never been to SC so I wouldnt know about the cat situation.
Brett

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haha Chris I was actually fooled by this picture one time too.
It's up in the gun shop beside my house. The owner told me that it was taken on a strip mine in my home county here in WV. But after gettin to lookin at it I noticed that wasn't a whitetail. but don't feel bad man, I was fooled by it at one time too. I"ll be the first to admit that lol

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No, no. Don't get me wrong! No offense when I said I was gettinthe smack down.;) I'm just glad I wasn't the only one fooled. Lookin at the deer, yall are right. Not a whitetail. The rump is different, and the ears are large like a mulies. I guess before I just didn't want to believe that this wasn't in SC!

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Ya you can see the tail is a mulie, and the cat is kinda small and linky.
Brett

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Definately not a whitetail. I could 100% say that at least. I dont know about the reality of the pic but doesnt look real.

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I'm sure alot of people are fooled by this pic. It's too bad that in the digital age we can't believe anything we see anymore. It used to be so hard to fake a picture, now anyone can do it. One more thing about the cat. I have to believe that if this were a real pic, the cat would be on top of that deer. Sure they can stalk within range to make a kill, but in this situation the cat is well within range and he still appears to be just lolly-gagging, no body posture evident that he intends to strike.

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I'll add one more giveaway- the trees. Southern Yellow Pines (loblolly, pond, slash, etc.) don't typically grow the drooping branches that can be seen in the background trees.

There was an outfitter here that had a pic of a mulie in velvet that had a plant that looked like our sea oats that grow on the sand dunes. He would tell people he took the picture on the beach and had lots fooled for a while....

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Just google up mule deer images


You'll see that rump belongs to a muley.

those deer don't exist in the wild in SC.

This pic has been around. It is fake.

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I will say this much, lions do toy with deer, it keeps them in the game. They will kill for fun after awhile.
Brett

I personal seen a big cat
 

I got a call from my girlfriend at work and she went to go feed our puppies outside in dalzell outskirts of sumter sc and she seen a big brown cat that was about 20 yards from her and she ran back inside and called dnr who said its probably a land cougar. DNR said they don't stay in the same spot long and when I got home I was kinda like yeah right well I go to the bathroom and she yells its another one. I stand up and there is a junkyard behind my house and I see a medium size cat sitting on a white junk car about 3 foot tall. I run to get my gun and by the time I get outside its gone. I walk up to the car and there was footprints on the car where the cat was. And a few nights before I heard a wierd noise in the woods sounded like a cat but its not no meow sound but you could tell it was a cat. A week later a co-worker tells me he heard something like I did in the woods by his house. Sounds likes a cat fighting noise or somekind of call they make, but do not let dnr fool everybody they know there here.

Maybe it was the land Shark? It can strike anywhere, any time! It can disguise it's voice too! And it usually preys on young women.

If it is a Florida Panther that wandered north, be advised it is a $50,000 fine and up to a year in jail for shooting one (federal). Not the type of thing you'd want to advertise if it did happen.

They can cover a lot of territory, there are regular stories about the odd Cougar showing up many hundreds of miles from their home range.

Why do people feel the need to recycle pictures that have been in the internet for years and try to pass them off as legitimate? I have seen that picture at least a dozen times over the years, each time trying to be sold as a current picture by the poster or posters friend. I have to wonder if those who post the picture in the east don't know the difference between a Mule deer which that is and a Whitetail as others have pointed out As far as black cougars, there are none, there never have been. There are black leopards and black jaguars but there has never been any record of a black cougar.

Won't be long before somebody starts advertising the sale of a Jackelope farm.

Yep Chris you got snowballed. That pic could not have been taken in SC. AS the others said that deer is a mule deer and they don't reside in SC.

I am sure Chris figured that out back in 2007. If not we got alot of convincing to do.

Yeah, kind of funny how all these old posts keep getting dug up by new posters isn't it?

If it is a thread I am sure I never read before I start from the beginning and usually tend to look at the date a thread was started as well. I have no issue with reviving a topic that still has relevance, this topic may have had relevance to the individual who nerco'ed it. But I do see it happens alot by new members who only do one post and never come back.