Puma in my area~ west Tennessee

[tntstanifer]

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Ok, what is the three SSS rule?

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And what is DNR:SSS?

Should we be worried about our horses in this area? There are so many deer that I wouldn't think the cats in our area are going hungry.

 

[whitecra]

There are mountian lions here in Oklahoma. I have seen one. Also one night when my hubby and brother were cat fishing they heard this scream. They looked and there was a black one at the edge of the woods screaming at them. It never came at them but it sure didn't like them there at all.
chris

 

[LV426]

A mountain lion's scream doesn't sound like a baby in any way shape or form. It sounds like a woman being murdered by demons. It's definitely something you won't ever forget the first time you hear it especially if you are walking down a dark road with no street lights and nothing to guide your way but a light on your keychain. Yeah scared the livin tar out of me.


Also, reintroducing mountain lions isn't like introducing rabbits to Australia. Mountain Lions are a native species even if they are few and far between and if we hadn't removed the abundance of predators from the ecosystems we wouldn't have the problems with deer and elk and bears that we have in certain parts of the country.

What many people fail to realize is when you remove a keystone species from the environment things get all out of whack and prey population exposions as well as minor predator explosions can be deadly to an ecosystem.

 

[ivan3]

And what is DNR:SSS?

Department Of Natural Resources (Mountain Lions = UFO's): Equine Afficianados: "Yeah, well we'll be storing them in `Area 51' on the back 40". ( Shoot, Shovel, Shutup )

First, this: http://columbiatribune.com/2001/oct/20011026news002.asp (reports)

Then: http://columbiatribune.com/2002/jan/20020120feat013.asp (debunking and rationalizations DNR apologist)

And, of course, the link in my first post for the `alien', i.e., cougar, autopsy.



ed:`alien' sp. & answer question​

 

[timbofarms]

I live in Gibson co. but hunt in Crockett co. and a couple of years ago while bow hunting deer i had a cougar chase a coon past my stand. After talking to the owner of the land that wasn't the first time it has been seen. I have put up trail cams for several years hoping to get a picture but it's photo shy i guess.

As far as protecting the penned birds it was recommended to put an electric fence up with the wire 10" to 12" from the ground all the way around the pens and or if you have problems at night put out a security light to spook them off.

If it was me and a problem with my birds and properties, i would pitch a blind, bait, and bust that tail. But i don't encourage any such illegal activity

 

[themoorethemerrier]

I remember a few years ago there was a big to-do in the west about mountian lions. The government was fining farmers, residents and so on for protecting themselves against these predators. It got so bad that there was a family that lost a child to one.

Now I'm not sure what happened after that, but I do know that ever since we've had them here, the DEC denies it. Are they trying to keep us from getting slapped with the same regulations? If a mystery animal come on your property as a threat to your livelihood or family, you're by law able to "dispose" of it unless your area restricts it, right? Perhaps it's a cover up to protect us? If we go calling the officials, eventually they'll have to confirm it. Most likely we'll just have to stand back and watch their numbers grow and our farms and homes become unsafe because by man's law we are not permitted to kill them.

I don't know, but I've run out in my nightgown with a shotgun plenty of times, and I'm not going to stop for this "mystery animal!" That's my right to bear arms and protect what the good Lord gave to me - until the gov't takes it away... may that never happen!

 

[tntstanifer]

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Well, I'm wondering how it could possibly be illegal if they don't really exist, right?

 

[timbofarms]

exactly

 

[wegotchickens]

But I wouldn't brag about it, for sure....

 

[antlers]

Confirmed sightings mean only that a law enforcement official has seen one and is willing to report it. The rest of us are too unreliable to tell a cougar from a house cat so our word can not be trusted in their opinion. Yes I am cynical. If I see one it is confirmed to me. Thats all I need to know. Officials just dont want to cause mass hysteria. Learn to trust your own judgement.