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Post by bula on Dec 29, 2020 21:12:07 GMT -5
CHSparkman, where in W.Va ? Roughly of course. Used to spend time at Seneca Rocks and on Spruce Knob, etc..
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cdf41
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Post by cdf41 on Dec 30, 2020 23:05:15 GMT -5
Bigbore5
I have seen the cougars in Stanly County and Iredell County.
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Post by chsparkman on Jan 1, 2021 22:08:54 GMT -5
CHSparkman, where in W.Va ? Roughly of course. Used to spend time at Seneca Rocks and on Spruce Knob, etc.. This was in Morgan County, about 5 miles from Paw Paw. Seneca Rocks is close to my favorite fly fishing location.
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Post by rvolvr on Jan 28, 2021 13:07:31 GMT -5
When I was easing up to retirement, our relatives "back home" wanted to know if we were moving back there. Not knowing how to politely say HELL NO!, I explained that we had become acclimatized to the warmer weather - which is factual, and occurred after less than a year in TX. If I never pick up another snow shovel, it'll be too soon.
To bring this thread back on track (well, almost), there were sightings of at least one cougar in NH by knowledgeable people during the '80s, yet vehemently denied by state F&G. One of those observers was a turkey biologist then working for the NWTF.
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Post by x101airborne on Jan 28, 2021 17:52:45 GMT -5
I bet the turkey population declined "suddenly and unexpectedly" when that (not a cougar) moved through.
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Jan 28, 2021 19:11:28 GMT -5
More than 4 years now on this thread. Soon, I expect that someone will hijack us into what guns should be used on these " non-existent " critters.
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Post by dougader on Jan 30, 2021 17:57:49 GMT -5
Ghost cougars need special bullets, or so I've heard.
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Post by bigbore5 on Jan 30, 2021 19:46:21 GMT -5
Ghost cougars need special bullets, or so I've heard. Shot out of ghost guns.
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Post by squawberryman on Feb 17, 2021 13:11:34 GMT -5
In the town of Palm Coast Florida there is a full size bronze of a cougar as you enter part of the city. I have seen many animals here yet not one of those.
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Post by lws on Feb 21, 2021 9:01:14 GMT -5
I have a grandson in law, when I told him one time that there had been cougars reported in the area he was hiking in. I told him he needed to be packing a gun he just laughed. He thought I was talking about the 2 legged type. Scard the hell out of him when he found out what I was talking about.
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lws
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Post by lws on Feb 21, 2021 9:04:28 GMT -5
Years ago when I was running hounds I killed one with a 22 pistol. We were coon hunting that night in creek bottoms in farm ground.
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Post by rkcohen on Mar 20, 2021 9:59:46 GMT -5
when i was a young man in college at usf, back in the early 70's i saw a lot of cougars.
now that i'm an old guy, not to many.
and the florida glades had some big cats, too...
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Post by bula on Mar 21, 2021 7:32:22 GMT -5
A google yesterday of states with cougars showed a list of states with "breeding populations". The list only showed 16 states. Same kinda careful tweeking of wording that was used for bears and other things over the years.
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Post by Aeroscout on Mar 21, 2021 8:49:56 GMT -5
I haven't seen one yet but know several folks who've seen them in Central Louisiana. Black bears too.
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Post by smirker on Mar 21, 2021 13:13:23 GMT -5
Actually passed a black couger walking in a ditch next to the road in Jefferson County, Ga. a couple monthes ago. Wanted to hit the brakes and back up to get a picture but 18 wheelers were all over me. BTW.... hunting ghost cougers pretty much requires the same calibers and equipment used to hunt unicorns....
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