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re: So evidently we have a cougar/Florida Panther on our property

Posted on 10/21/14 at 8:24 pm to
Posted by mack the knife
EBR
Member since Oct 2012
4185 posts
Posted on 10/21/14 at 8:24 pm to
we have them on my lease in texas. buddy of mine killed one 14 yrs ago and got paid a bounty (+/- $75). i also had one CLOSE to my blind once but couldnt find find him to shoot. sob screamed about 10 mins before before dark and the hair stood up on my neck. i KNOW the feeling. no longer being at the top of the food chain is an eye opening experience.
Posted by AUTimbo
Member since Sep 2011
2870 posts
Posted on 10/21/14 at 8:40 pm to
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you have see big foot too i guess?


Naw, but if I do see your ol' lady I'll tell her you is looking fer her.

I actually saw a Florida panther back in the mid 80's west of Panama City. Coming back from fishing for specks with a bud and we both watched it step out onto the road in front of us and then leap into the brush a millisecond after.

Years later found out that the Florida DNR was releasing them in the Panhandle and that most were heading North into bama and Ga.. And thats pretty much when the sightings began.
This post was edited on 10/21/14 at 8:41 pm
Posted by AUTimbo
Member since Sep 2011
2870 posts
Posted on 10/21/14 at 8:45 pm to
When I'm down there for my hunting week in Ga. I usually stay with my bud over near Foxworthy's place. We have to drive right past you on 315 to get to Waverly Hall from his place.

Property is off Mulberry Creek and Sparks creek area. Used to have some hosses in there but too many brown is down guys that won't let em' grow to maturity now.
Oh well, still my best shot to nail another P@Y given the circumstances.
This post was edited on 10/21/14 at 8:46 pm
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
17718 posts
Posted on 10/21/14 at 8:51 pm to
Hell I live in the city on a 1/4 acre I have had bears foxes Coyotes deer turkey but no black panther puma ninjas or leopards.

I need pics with billions of cameras no one can get a pic
Posted by blackmouth
God's Country
Member since May 2014
387 posts
Posted on 10/21/14 at 10:06 pm to
fella killed one just across the alabama line near phenix city a couple years ago. google georgia outdoor news for pic and story. poor bastige got eaten alive b the feds and state govt for killing a protected species. I think he got 25K fine and lifetime suspended license. pretty silly actually. My grandaddy shot one on our place many years ago before I was born. he said the farmhands told him it was best tastin coon they ever ate.
Posted by ToulatownTiger
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
4597 posts
Posted on 10/21/14 at 10:19 pm to
7 years ago my buddy swore up and down to everyone he knew he saw a black panther in a tree above an old shed on their property which borders the wadesboro swamp in tangi parish. No one believed him. That was until a month later, 100 feet from that shed sitting around a fire after homecoming we heard the scream of a woman being murdered. Usain Bolt wouldnt have beat us in a race to the door to get inside. Spent the next two hours researching what made that noise, panther came up, and i believed his sighting.
Posted by blackmouth
God's Country
Member since May 2014
387 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 1:08 am to
while im not sure you are serious, I can tell yall that twice I have experienced a drip drip drip dripping sound not deer hunting but spring turkey hunting.

both times found a doe 30 feet up lodged in a tree.

Wilcox County Alabama
This post was edited on 10/22/14 at 1:09 am
Posted by Brendoni
Oklahoma City, Ok
Member since Apr 2009
21284 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 3:01 am to
did it look like this?

Posted by Ole Geauxt
KnowLa.
Member since Dec 2007
50880 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 5:54 am to
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Also have seen a red fox in the yard.


did he hold his heart and say, "I'm comin' to join you, Elizabeth?"

Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
Member since Aug 2011
8612 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 6:00 am to
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did he hold his heart and say, "I'm comin' to join you, Elizabeth?"


over/under on how many ob posters that know where this is from?
Posted by Ole Geauxt
KnowLa.
Member since Dec 2007
50880 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 6:05 am to
I forget that all my draws are older than most young punk asses on here.
Posted by ToulatownTiger
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
4597 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 6:13 am to
Dead serious.
Posted by mack the knife
EBR
Member since Oct 2012
4185 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 6:40 am to
Put me down for "older ob'er" membership
Posted by bapple
Capital City
Member since Oct 2010
11895 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:10 am to
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KingRanch


quote:

Swoopeda


This seems to be your default response for the past couple years.
Posted by C
Houston
Member since Dec 2007
27826 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:23 am to
I used to live in harris county when I was younger and got stationed at Fort Benning a few times. One night at the Bradley live fire qualification range (close to 8 years ago), we were watching all the animals (deer, pigs, rabbits, etc) all over the range using the longe range FLIR camera they to ID targets. A few dozen animals at least. Well for seemingly no reason, they all just beat feet back into the wood line. Sure enough no more than 5 minutes later a panther came out into the field. Never knew they were out there. But it strolled on across the field without a care in the world.
Posted by BFIV
Virginia
Member since Apr 2012
7739 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:01 am to
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Put me down for "older ob'er" membership


Me, too...


As to the OP, I really don't understand all the excitement, belief, disbelief, etc. concerning whether the big cats are here or are there. They're a native animal, they've been reintroduced to our mountains here years ago and they have a healthy deer and turkey prey population. We figgered out a long time ago that we can't believe the official statements given out by the fish and game officials. They have an agenda of some sorts. I don't know why that is when it's so easy just to tell the truth because now, their credibility has been greatly damaged. I'd much rather have these mountain lions than wild hogs.
This post was edited on 10/22/14 at 9:10 am
Posted by Ole Geauxt
KnowLa.
Member since Dec 2007
50880 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:04 am to
ok,, I'll put yall down.




wait,,, what was I suppose to put yall down for?
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61611 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:07 am to
Because I'm right
Posted by BFIV
Virginia
Member since Apr 2012
7739 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:21 am to
Neighbor up the road USED to have a barn full of feral cats. He had a large corn crib and kept those cats to kill the rats and mice that lived in the crib. As a result, the whole community was constantly overrun with feral cats and new kittens. If mountain lions have kittens at the same rate those feral mama cats USED to reproduce, our mountains and your swamps probably have a lot more of these mountain lions than any of us realize.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81669 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:25 am to
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This seems to be your default response for the past couple years.

Look at this.

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