Cougars
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location:
Posts: 14
Cougars
Hey guys. I know this is probably ALL over the MidwestThreads, but I just thought that you might like to know that cougars are coming back to central/southern Illinois. I wish I could get a picture up for ya but my computer is stupid. =P
#4
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location:
Posts: 714
RE: Cougars
ORIGINAL: Love to Bear Hunt
Hey guys. I know this is probably ALL over the MidwestThreads, but I just thought that you might like to know that cougars are coming back to central/southern Illinois. I wish I could get a picture up for ya but my computer is stupid. =P
Hey guys. I know this is probably ALL over the MidwestThreads, but I just thought that you might like to know that cougars are coming back to central/southern Illinois. I wish I could get a picture up for ya but my computer is stupid. =P
#6
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location:
Posts: 714
RE: Cougars
ORIGINAL: HOGHUNTINGUNLIMITED
stop waistin your time with the camera you can get plenty of pics after the shot
stop waistin your time with the camera you can get plenty of pics after the shot
#7
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: N. Illinois
Posts: 552
RE: Cougars
Well dont forget, for those of us in Illinois,,, I am sure they are never in season, but I could be wrong. I saw one out by the mississippi river in august of 06. It had a der hind quarter in its mouth running down the bank. I would of loved to get a shot at him, but had a fishin rod in my hand.
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location:
Posts: 160
RE: Cougars
Its open season on cougars in the state of Illinois as far as the DNR is concerned they are not native and can be killed. Got that word straight from the state capital DNR office cause we had one we watched catch a fawn in 06
#9
RE: Cougars
Rumors of a cougar in Macoupin Co. IL near Gillespie Lake have been around since the early 80's. I myself have never seen one, but I know personally a few different guys that have in fact that do hunt this area. My Uncle for example lives near the lake and one evening heard sounds of what sounded like a woman screaming. He got on the phone to our local taxidermist that frequently does big game hunts and held the phone out the door so he could hear the sounds. Surprisingly it was so loud that the taxidermist confirmed that it wasn't a woman and in fact a big cat of some sort. Not a bobcat either. So who knows. If one were to come into range while hunting, Im not sure if I would take a shot or not.
#10
RE: Cougars
I think that there have been two officially confirmed cougar sightings (including a dead one) in western Illinois. Since there are plenty of cougar sightings in Iowa and Missouri, it would make sense that they will eventually end up in Illinois, since they seem to be moving eastward.