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Post by cmh on Dec 7, 2016 20:38:42 GMT -5
My Dad just texted me and said the local news in Arizona said a jaguar was spotted near Ft Huachuca.....
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Post by JM on Dec 7, 2016 21:00:08 GMT -5
There have been a few reports about a possible Jaguar in that area.
Somewhere on the I'net is a trail cam picture, but it has not been verified.
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Post by JM on Dec 7, 2016 21:52:23 GMT -5
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Post by cmh on Dec 7, 2016 21:55:15 GMT -5
Thanks 😉 maybe I should visit out there.... and take my FA with me and become a tigrero like Sasha Simiel 😆
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Dec 7, 2016 21:59:41 GMT -5
Famed mountain liion hunter Warner Glenn photographed a wild jaguar in Arizona a few years ago in his lion hunting area, and published a book of those photos, along with a brief story of the adventure. i'm fortunate to have a copy of that book that I got from Warner. So, there can't be many of them, but they are out there.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Dec 7, 2016 23:08:59 GMT -5
Tigre!!
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Post by jimtx on Dec 7, 2016 23:49:31 GMT -5
Wild jaguars have come into the US from Mexico into AZ and TX. But sadly as time goes on less & less reports come in, those true big cats are decreasing in numbers in the wild it's sad. Same with cougars, they are here in TX but some will still argue they aren't even if one bites them on their ass. Oh well some people...........same as when I lived in NY the DEC always denied their existence there no matter how many sightings and proof, bad part is if someday a person or kid is not expecting it and gets attacked by something that doesn't "exist". All I know is if I where ever extremely lucky enough to see a jaguar "in the flesh" I hope it is at a great distance, those are truly "big cats" and something to be feared! In their presence you are not the top predator but prey even with an SA in hand. |
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Post by tradmark on Dec 8, 2016 11:03:49 GMT -5
jaguars get huge, as in bigger than a lioness huge. significantly larger and much more aggressive than a mountain lion or a leopard. or than a lion for that matter. i'm kinda glad they're a bit rare in the states.
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Post by CraigC on Dec 8, 2016 16:10:39 GMT -5
I'd like to spot one in my driveway!  |
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Post by dougader on Dec 8, 2016 20:35:32 GMT -5
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Post by cmh on Dec 8, 2016 20:57:04 GMT -5
Id take a chance at the cat Craig..... Ive driven a few jags and cant see where theyd come anywhere near the rush of coming face to face with a real jaguar 😉
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Post by kings6 on Dec 8, 2016 21:00:13 GMT -5
When my wife and I went to Peru several years ago and traveled by boat out into the jungle where the church had a cattle ranch I got to know the ranch workers and they showed me the young jaguar hide in the bunk house where they slept. The one young guy who took me hunting in the jungle at night for fresh meat had spent weeks up in a raised platform with a single shot 16 gauge shotgun trying to get the momma of that young one. It had decided the ranch cows were easier pickings that the bush critters.
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Post by rangersedge on Dec 9, 2016 7:24:03 GMT -5
Back in 2001, I had everything pretty much arranged to take a 3 week trip up the Amazon flying into Lima, Peru, traveling to Iquitoes by land and then up the river by John boat. Was going to use native guide who spoke english. We were going to take lots of drinking water, hammocks and basically live off the land. Fisheries professor who put me in contact with guide had "discovered" lots of new fish species. Guide told me that we could get to areas in three weeks time that few outsiders had ever traveled. Professor told me that i would catch so many fish my arms would ache by noon each day. I bought some left handed reels and began practicing so could use either hand. Bought lots of other equipment too. Ultimately, I didn't go.
I got the unexpected opportunity to build a private lake for about half normal cost and did that instead. Still think about the Amazon, that trip and the possibility that might have seen some "adventure" though I realize the biggest risk might have been the mosquitoes.
P.s. I still enjoy the lake.
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Dec 9, 2016 9:04:44 GMT -5
About 20 years ago, my wife and oldest daughter took a float trip down the Amazon, starting in Peru. High adventure! Hunting drove my travels back then, so I didn't go.
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