there are panthers in nc why cant there be mt lions in ny seriously i found a research page about panthers in nc and none in my county have been reported for 10 years but my dad has seen 3

Why would you post I have a pic, with no pic? C'mon lets see it or this will be thirty pages of opinions again..

Huntingal89 is pretty feared also.[8D] I said I saw one in NY when I was a kid but everyone told me I was crazy. That was 50 years ago.

oh dear lord G man, you haaaaad to do it, its been so peaceful lately too [X(]

Barofsoap, where in NY was the sighting of the cougar? I'm here to tell you, I believe through experience he may have seen one.

Oh I see you guys in NY have this sort of conspiracy theory going around too, just like us in PA. I've heard lost of stories starting "I know this guy who saw a Mt. Lion" But I have yet to see any proof besides the occasional ver bad cast of a track. Do I think their could be some in PA and NY? Yes I do but I don't think there are near as many as people think there are and I really don't believe the stories that the states are shipping them in and releasing them.

i dont care if you guys belive me or not, ive seen one with my own 2 eyes, im going hunting in the area where they have been spotted on thanks giving weekend, and im going to try and shoot one

OK, I didn't want to do this,BUT!!! I live on the border between VT and NY and just the other night when I was leaving my ground blind, guess what I saw??? Am I 100% sure? I don't know what else it could be.
It was light enough to see quite clearly. As I stepped less than 5 yards from my blind I caught movement in a clear cut not 35 yards ahead of me. What caught my attention was the way this animal moved. It didn't jump, it didn't run, it loped. This animal was within 30 yards. It hunkered down and quickly realized I was something out of the ordinary and took a quick bound into the woods and was gone.
Now look, I'm not some idiot that doesn't know the difference between a bob cat and a mountain lion. I have seen plenty of bob cats. Last year a well seasoned friend and hunter saw a mtn.lion during the day. Not far from here last year a farmer lost a few calves that were left with large gashes which he flatly states were not caused by coyotes. His hired hand said he saw a mtn.lion. When they called the powers to be and explained the sightening, the remarks are always the same. " They don't live around here", or " Do you have any concrete proof?"
Do I have pictures of this animal? No!!!. But, I know what I saw.

abarof...no pics???..any hoo...DEC never denied the existence..pumas,cougars, panthers, mt. lions..( all the same animal called by these various names) have been inNY forever..The originalindigenous peoplesof NY called them "cauter" or 'katter"., which roughly is translated to cat.. The solitary nature of this animal and its habitatlends to its seemingly invisibility...after all whogoes up 4 - 8000ft up mountains daily to actually seeone???? Except hunters without cameras or residents without cameras..like Abarsoap's kin.....

Very easy to argue when NO evidence of claims is ever presented.
It will remain a myth and coffee shop rumor until claimed sitings are verified.

Simple to end the arguement - just post the verifiable evidence.

Now this is just funny.
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