COUGARS ARE HERE
06-09-2008, 07:43 PM
#171
Giant Nontypical
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RE: COUGARS ARE HERE
i am not hearing of any sighting here in clinton county lately.
3 years ago ,a ton of sightings.
i think it may be do to gas prices, i dont know but just guess as almost all sighting i have heard were along dirt roads in SPROUL forest.
3 years ago ,a ton of sightings.
i think it may be do to gas prices, i dont know but just guess as almost all sighting i have heard were along dirt roads in SPROUL forest.
06-10-2008, 06:55 PM
#176
Nontypical Buck
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RE: COUGARS ARE HERE
Droptine,
How about posting links to these biologists, the verified photos of NJ cougars and any other proof your research has uncovered.
Proof of them in the Catskills here in NY would be interesting as well.
Steve
How about posting links to these biologists, the verified photos of NJ cougars and any other proof your research has uncovered.
Proof of them in the Catskills here in NY would be interesting as well.
Steve
06-10-2008, 08:10 PM
#177
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RE: COUGARS ARE HERE
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
We have them in NJ...Mostly the North-East. But we have seen them as far as Central NJ....
I was doing some research on why we are seeing more and more sightings and obviously the developing of prior rural areas/forests is a major contributor.
In NJ, biologists said that our sightings are due to mothers teaching kittens to hunt. They travel vast distances before returning to the catskills for the winter.
Pretty interesting. The ones we saw were nowhere near the size of the ones shown on TV, but they were cougars nonetheless.
We have them in NJ...Mostly the North-East. But we have seen them as far as Central NJ....
I was doing some research on why we are seeing more and more sightings and obviously the developing of prior rural areas/forests is a major contributor.
In NJ, biologists said that our sightings are due to mothers teaching kittens to hunt. They travel vast distances before returning to the catskills for the winter.
Pretty interesting. The ones we saw were nowhere near the size of the ones shown on TV, but they were cougars nonetheless.
they are moving ,i feel from state to state as you said.
we see them in spring/summer and late fall, but it seems that no tracks to much are found in winter.
i still feel they move to areas where they want to be in winter.
we have 1 cougar that is being heard in hammersly fork area and confirmed tracks.
where we have sighting, they disappear ,then reappear in few years.
only can mean that cougars are moving a lot more than we think do to food and weather and other cougars.
06-10-2008, 11:26 PM
#179
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RE: COUGARS ARE HERE
ORIGINAL: silverback 53
Just received this, don't know if it's real or not.
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:47 AM
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This was hit by a truck on Mill Creek Road.
This is a BIG cat!
A friend sent this to me. The mountain lion was killed east of Altoona and south of State College , Pa. northeast of Raystown Lake between Mt. Union and Huntingdon , Pa. .. One doesn't think about big cats being in this eastern part of the country. Game commissions have denied it for a long time.
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Just received this, don't know if it's real or not.
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:47 AM
[/align]Subject: Mountain lion killed east of Altoona PA
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This was hit by a truck on Mill Creek Road.
This is a BIG cat!
A friend sent this to me. The mountain lion was killed east of Altoona and south of State College , Pa. northeast of Raystown Lake between Mt. Union and Huntingdon , Pa. .. One doesn't think about big cats being in this eastern part of the country. Game commissions have denied it for a long time.
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If its true there is a mount of this cat somewhere.This guy is a Taxidermist.