Cat on the loose
09-16-2004, 09:26 PM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern IL&Southern IL
Posts: 963
Cat on the loose
I just heard here on the local news(ABC 7,Chicago IL)that a big cat is on the loose in Lynwood IL.People around here don't know that the DNR released bobcats a few years back.There was also a possible mountain lion spotted last spring In lake county,This one I find hard to believe but ya never know.Maybe they'll open up a bow season for these critters
09-17-2004, 05:27 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Northern Illinoise
Posts: 2,464
RE: Cat on the loose
There was a big hoopla around here a few months ago when there were multiple sightings of a big cat in the North Shore and Libertyville areas. There were a few blurry pictures of it in the paper at one point, but nobody ever determined what exactly it was. Most people's feelings were that it was someone's pet that either escaped or was released into the wild.
09-17-2004, 08:16 AM
#7
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Georgetown, Texas
Posts: 528
RE: Cat on the loose
Have had a mountain lion in my area for the past 2 years. We find where he has sharpened his claws and where he has taken Deer and Pigs. Last season one of our guests spotted him at last light stalking a young doe. He shot and missed right when the cat jumped at the Deer, so he says. I hope we see him this year, he may end up on the wall.
09-17-2004, 10:17 AM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Modena Wi
Posts: 1,444
RE: Cat on the loose
I hunted in Hamilton county Ill. in 2000. Met a local who was driving around with a couple of hounds in his truck. He told me the DNR had released twenty cats in that area. I said ya right, but than I found several sets of fresh tracks which were made by one huge cat. I think he was hunting for them as I seen his dogs from my stand a few times that week........Dabow
