Puma in my area~ west Tennessee

[d.k]

 

[Alexis]

d.k :

* Anybody know why that is the one animal we call by, like, half a dozen different names? Just wondering. . .

Well then there are Chickens, or chooks, or fluffybutts, or whatever...

 

[kyle7630]

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Well then there are Chickens, or chooks, or fluffybutts, or whatever...

Yup, and then theirs the Hawk, red tailed hawk, chicken hawk, stupid hawk, SOB hawk, Murderous peice of S@*# hawk, M effer that had to kill my BO so I hope he flys into a f@#king tree and breaks his neck hawk, ect...

 

[wegotchickens]

d.k. in TN we have seveal roads that have umteen different names depending on where you are at any given moment. I think the cougar/puma/catamount/panther/mtn lion thing is the same. Regional differences determined what they called the big kitty. And it has made homes in that many regions.

What we all need to realize is that this is a highly adaptive critter that can make anywhere home, and hide well enough that the big-shots in government don't realize they're everywhere. So it's best to be careful and keep your eyes open no matter where you live.

I've heard a cougar scream. And my body was trying to hide before my mind even registered the noise. There were no prickles on the back of my neck until much later!

 

[tntstanifer]

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Well then there are Chickens, or chooks, or fluffybutts, or whatever...

Yup, and then theirs the Hawk, red tailed hawk, chicken hawk, stupid hawk, SOB hawk, Murderous peice of S@*# hawk, M effer that had to kill my BO so I hope he flys into a f@#king tree and breaks his neck hawk, ect...

LMBO! Knock on wood..........I haven't had a run-in with hawks yet. Even though they are all around us. Even a bald eagle about half a mile away. I do have a rooster that we're having a hard time with though. He jumped on my 2 year old daughter yesterday. I was actually hoping the puma aka mountain lion aka panther would eat him! If we do see the cat again and we get a chance....he's dead. I don't let my kids out of my sight now. Well, I never did let the kids out of my sight, but now I keep them closer to me.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

Last fall in my "neighborhood" we had a farmer posting notices that something (he surmised a mountian lion, because of the wounds) had savaged two of his horses over the period of a week. (even after he moved them closer to the house, and took other precautions).

Now, I'm in south central Kentucky, about 100 miles from both Louisville and Nashville. When I lived in Michigan there were way too many reports of a mountain lion running around up there, too.

I am of the opinion that the "Experts" know absolutely Jack about what Mother Nature decides to do. I'd believe my own eyes before I'd believe someone trying to downplay for crowd control.

Peace -
Meriah

 

[wegotchickens]

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And I laugh at the thought they are 'reintroducing' pairs for coyote control. I think that more than likely they are just adding to the current cougar gene pool in any given area.
And with coyotes moving into residential neighborhoods for the easy pickin' there, the cougars are bound to eventually follow them...

 

[mangled]

I laugh, as well. Mountain lions will follow the prey, and around here, it means right down to the garbage cans, chicken coop, and dumpsters around town, where you'll find the mange-ridden coyotes around here...

While at the Farm Show, I walked past a PA State Game Commission booth and stopped to chat with the "good old boys" manning their posts.

I asked them what the laws concerning destruction of nuisance mountain lions were, especially if I see them around my chicken coop.

I was told that ANY destruction of a mountain lion with "federal" tags was a crime, and I would have to prove that the animal had indeed damaged or destroyed my livestock, which, BTW, doesn't include chickens.

They basically laughed at me when I told them I had seen one in my front yard about 6 months ago. Why, little lady, you couldn't have seen a mountain lion, they just aren't around, and besides, they're very secretive creatures by nature. Why, ma'am, I bet what you saw was just a large bobcat, it's so easy to get the two confused.

I asked them if the introduced mountain lions had radio collars, and was told no, but they have a highly visible yellow ear tag. I said highly visible, huh? It'll give me something to aim at through the scope of my 30.06. And then walked away.

So, SSS applies if I see one of them skulking around here.

And, BTW, the lovely female I saw in the early morning hours off my front deck had no ear tags, and I got a good look.

The so-called "experts" around here are bloody morons.
Em

 

[tntstanifer]

You know, now that I think about it.............my Mom lives in Madison GA. We lived with her for a few months while having a house built back in 95. I can remember hearing what sounded like a baby screaming & crying. My Mom said that there had been "rumors" that they had released 2 panthers into the area. I haven't heard anything like that around here though. Only coyotes howling. I'll have to camp out one night and check out the sounds.

 

[ivan3]

The MODNR has been discounting observations and reports of sign/siting for years. A woman I worked with, who hailed from Bozeman, MT., had a home on the blufffs along the Missouri River just south of I70. She told me she and her husband heard Mountain Lions on occasion while sitting in their hot tub on their deck (1981). There have been several reports of horse's flanks being raked by claws, in Southern Boone County, that fit the bill.

We do a lot of fossil hunting along the Auxvasse and Cedar creek drainages (Boone/Callaway), but other than one rather indistinct front paw print have seen/heard/smelled (they are urinous) nothing (not many, yet).

The DNR couldn't, however, explain this away: http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2004/feb/20040226News009.asp

I'm not worried, it's not like there aren't enough ***** deer to eat!!! (also think the folks with horses got pretty POed with the DNR:SSS)