COUGARS ARE HERE
02-22-2008, 11:44 AM
#32
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RE: COUGARS ARE HERE
ORIGINAL: butch910
Near our camp,located in Hamilton County a dead deer was found 40 feet up a tree. All of a sudden the deer were hanging out in town. What else could cause that ???? Last year we had a wolf run across road in front of us. This year we counted 7 moose on our land. There are no fences around state borders.
Near our camp,located in Hamilton County a dead deer was found 40 feet up a tree. All of a sudden the deer were hanging out in town. What else could cause that ???? Last year we had a wolf run across road in front of us. This year we counted 7 moose on our land. There are no fences around state borders.
There are lots of reasons the deer could bearound town.
02-22-2008, 06:35 PM
#34
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Location: Moravia NY USA
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RE: COUGARS ARE HERE
Moose have wandered thru - there is a small pop in the Adirondacks.
More the a little hard to identify a wolf from a coyote, dog etc running by at night.
Deer in tree the same 2nd(3rd, 4th 5th .....)hand story all NY reports are.
Steve
More the a little hard to identify a wolf from a coyote, dog etc running by at night.
Deer in tree the same 2nd(3rd, 4th 5th .....)hand story all NY reports are.
Steve
02-22-2008, 06:52 PM
#35
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RE: COUGARS ARE HERE
i also saw WOLF on rt144 near snowshoe,pa.centre county
he was a long one with a real long tail,longer than the coyotes we get,we got 12 coyotes as of end of jan here in clinton county,wmu2g.
that wolf i would say went 80 pds..
it was rusty color.it was HUGE.
he was a long one with a real long tail,longer than the coyotes we get,we got 12 coyotes as of end of jan here in clinton county,wmu2g.
that wolf i would say went 80 pds..
it was rusty color.it was HUGE.
02-23-2008, 01:04 AM
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RE: COUGARS ARE HERE
ORIGINAL: sproulman
i also saw WOLF on rt144 near snowshoe,pa.centre county
he was a long one with a real long tail,longer than the coyotes we get,we got 12 coyotes as of end of jan here in clinton county,wmu2g.
that wolf i would say went 80 pds..
it was rusty color.it was HUGE.
i also saw WOLF on rt144 near snowshoe,pa.centre county
he was a long one with a real long tail,longer than the coyotes we get,we got 12 coyotes as of end of jan here in clinton county,wmu2g.
that wolf i would say went 80 pds..
it was rusty color.it was HUGE.
LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS!
OH MY!
02-23-2008, 09:00 AM
#37
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RE: COUGARS ARE HERE
ORIGINAL: sproulman
i also saw WOLF on rt144 near snowshoe,pa.centre county
he was a long one with a real long tail,longer than the coyotes we get,we got 12 coyotes as of end of jan here in clinton county,wmu2g.
that wolf i would say went 80 pds..
it was rusty color.it was HUGE.
i also saw WOLF on rt144 near snowshoe,pa.centre county
he was a long one with a real long tail,longer than the coyotes we get,we got 12 coyotes as of end of jan here in clinton county,wmu2g.
that wolf i would say went 80 pds..
it was rusty color.it was HUGE.
02-23-2008, 11:06 AM
#38
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RE: COUGARS ARE HERE
I realize the thread was started concerning mountain lions, but talk of wolves caught my eye.
I took part in a deer drive just outside of Attica, ny, in 1977. Anyone familiar with that area & that year knows it was one of the harshest, coldest, falls/winters on record. One hunter fired a shot, claiming to miss a deer. Only several weeks later did I find out that the hunter took a beautiful timber wolf, thinking it was a large coyote.
It is believed that it crossed down from Canada over frozen Great lakes. That same winter, one was darted in Grand Island and released.
I saw the wolf pelt mentioned above. It was tanned by the hunter, who also was a trapper. Checked around at first to get a full body mount, until he was told about the 10,000$ fine that would come with it. To this day, the pelt hangs on his basement wall. It's huge, beautiful.
I took part in a deer drive just outside of Attica, ny, in 1977. Anyone familiar with that area & that year knows it was one of the harshest, coldest, falls/winters on record. One hunter fired a shot, claiming to miss a deer. Only several weeks later did I find out that the hunter took a beautiful timber wolf, thinking it was a large coyote.
It is believed that it crossed down from Canada over frozen Great lakes. That same winter, one was darted in Grand Island and released.
I saw the wolf pelt mentioned above. It was tanned by the hunter, who also was a trapper. Checked around at first to get a full body mount, until he was told about the 10,000$ fine that would come with it. To this day, the pelt hangs on his basement wall. It's huge, beautiful.
02-23-2008, 04:39 PM
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RE: COUGARS ARE HERE
On a bear hunt in Alberta a number of years ago, one of the hunters in camp shot a wolf. It was estimated at about 130 lbs., if I remember correctly. Long way from the 80 lbs. Sproul reports. Must have been a long, hard journey down here....
02-23-2008, 07:25 PM
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RE: COUGARS ARE HERE
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On a bear hunt in Alberta a number of years ago, one of the hunters in camp shot a wolf. It was estimated at about 130 lbs., if I remember correctly. Long way from the 80 lbs. Sproul reports. Must have been a long, hard journey down here....
On a bear hunt in Alberta a number of years ago, one of the hunters in camp shot a wolf. It was estimated at about 130 lbs., if I remember correctly. Long way from the 80 lbs. Sproul reports. Must have been a long, hard journey down here....
so, it may have weighted more than 80 pds but i was taking that 47 pd coyote and doubling it.
my dog is 81 pds and that wolf was a lot longer.so yes, it could have been way over 80 pds,i dont know..
i know this, it was rusty red color.it was real LONG.......
a little off topic, my friends are grouping together and will come to your area and hunt down the coyotes for you.
if anyone is interested, PM me and i will give you phone number to call.