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re: How often do you believe someone when they say they saw a Cougar in SE Louisiana?
Posted on 12/1/17 at 3:03 pm to Bigwhite5154
Posted on 12/1/17 at 3:03 pm to Bigwhite5154
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how often to you take a cougar spotting in SE Louisiana seriously?
0.00001% of the time.
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Posted on 12/1/17 at 3:55 pm to Bigwhite5154
I thought it was bullshite till a local guy about a mile up from the house had a problem with goats disappearing out of his 6ft pen. Set up a camera and a month later caught the biggest cat I've ever seen in Louisiana dragging a Barbado over his fence.
Not saying it was a mountain lion, but it was NOT a bob cat.
Not saying it was a mountain lion, but it was NOT a bob cat.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 4:46 pm to X123F45
i saw on e in pearl river co mississippi in the parking lot of Fortenberry's Salughter house. This was in th 90's. Not too far from the state line.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 4:46 pm to X123F45
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Rando
You know the routine...
pics???
Posted on 12/1/17 at 5:44 pm to Bigwhite5154
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How often do you believe someone when they say they saw a Cougar in SE Louisiana?
If they say cougar, good chance I will believe them. Given the growing number of confirmed sightings, it's completely plausible. Wouldn't surprise me if there is a small breeding population that we just aren't aware of yet.
If they say black panther, zero chance I will believe them, but I'll act like it just to not start an argument. People tend to be strong in their convictions about seeing black panthers, even though there is no evidence to support one (in cougars anyway) EVER existing. All the trail cameras that are in the woods, and not a single one has ever caught a conclusive picture of one?
Posted on 12/1/17 at 5:49 pm to hardhead
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i saw on e in pearl river co mississippi i
A friend lives NE of Carriere, and he saw a very large cat crossing his pasture early one morning. He mentioned it to a Mississippi Wildlife agent that lives down the road from him and the agent told him that he spotted most probably the same cat on side of the roadway just before dawn. The agent said he thought it was a cougar just by the size of it.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 6:16 pm to REB BEER
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You know the routine...
pics???
Four years ago I saw the printed pictures from the game camera in his back yard. I don't expect anyone to believe me. I wouldn't.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 6:27 pm to X123F45
I don’t believe you saw a printed picture in 2014 let alone a cougar
Posted on 12/1/17 at 6:33 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Black panthers are bigfoot with a long tail. As for actual mountain lions I wouldnt believe anyone without proof.
This post was edited on 12/1/17 at 6:35 pm
Posted on 12/1/17 at 6:38 pm to X123F45
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Four years ago I saw the printed pictures from the game camera in his back yard.
I believe you saw the picture.
I also believe it may be the same picture my crazy aunts send me about 2x per year in a chain email to 50 people. Somehow that cat is in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, and every other place you can imagine. That cat kills a whole bunch of stuff all over the country.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 6:41 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Old man is probably 78. His wife printed it for him on regular paper with color ink 
If it wouldn't have clearly had his barn and tractor in the picture, I would have thought it was internet BS.
If it wouldn't have clearly had his barn and tractor in the picture, I would have thought it was internet BS.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 6:55 pm to Bigwhite5154
Old farmer that lived down the road from me growing up and served as a grandfather type teaching me about hunting, cattle and such. Man was a great story teller but never a liar.
He said he would see one about every 15 years. He owned expanses of land that only he hunted and just would have cattle on it so wasn’t like it was a high pressure club. With their range it would make sense that every so often they pass through.
Ftr, he called it a mountain lion, not a black panther or whatever and described it as buckskin color
He said he would see one about every 15 years. He owned expanses of land that only he hunted and just would have cattle on it so wasn’t like it was a high pressure club. With their range it would make sense that every so often they pass through.
Ftr, he called it a mountain lion, not a black panther or whatever and described it as buckskin color
This post was edited on 12/1/17 at 7:02 pm
Posted on 12/1/17 at 7:21 pm to A_bear
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They roam huge distances. Like they travel to different states.
This guy gets it. My Pops who is an avid hunter said he saw one when on the edge if Honey island swamp when he was a young man. I believe him because he wouldn't lie to me about it. He believes the same as you posted. That they are only moving through the area as they travel from state to state along the coast. Probably for breeding of I had to guess.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 7:29 pm to cubsfinger
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That they are only moving through the area as they travel from state to state along the coast. Probably for breeding of I had to guess.
Nah. It's young males that got the boot out of momma's range, and they are trying to find their own place.
I'm not sure that any of the confirmed sightings have been of female lions.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 7:46 pm to REB BEER
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I love the stories of people that "heard" a cougar/panther scream.
It's always the same...sounded like a woman screaming and made the hair on my neck stand up, but I'm 100% sure it was a panther.
Do you live around Folsom? That place is overrun with black panthers - plural - crying' like women all night.
When I first moved up there I had a local telling me about all the black panthers in the area. At first, I thought he was just trying to see how gullible the city boy was. Then I realized, "this fricking guy is serious!"
He's a nice guy, but it's hard for me to not mess with him about it. For the official record: I did not see any black panthers during the year or so I lived in the Folsom area. I did hear some crazy animal sounds in the night, but nothing like a woman crying.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 7:49 pm to Cowboyfan89
An adult has a home range of 50 miles.
That’s a lot of area for one to roam making it seem like they are everywhere.
Not surprising they could spread fast, not in numbers but just areas they cover.
That’s a lot of area for one to roam making it seem like they are everywhere.
Not surprising they could spread fast, not in numbers but just areas they cover.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 7:51 pm to Bigwhite5154
Not sure if one is still in that area but 15 yrs ago or so there was several sightings in N StTammany and Washington parish area including one by someone I know very well and has no reason to lie. Also we found two separate tress clawed all to hell that we took Polaroids of. One was on my family land in the Bush area and the other was in Waldheim. Talked to a LWF back then who is now retired and he confirmed that state biologist were pretty sure a cougar was using the area in and around the PR and Bouge Chitto swamp to travel. The Isabell swamp connects to those and is north of my property, a large branch runs south from it and borders the NE edge of my family land. The area in Waldheim we found the other tree is across that branch.
This post was edited on 12/1/17 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 12/1/17 at 8:37 pm to Bigwhite5154
I see them all the time at Cadillac on bluebonnet.
And in response to the “heard one, made the hair on my neck stand up” posts.
Sitting in a deer stand in central LA 20 years ago, about 14 years old. Heard something scream. It sounded like a woman. Waited a couple of minutes. Then climbed down and hauled arse out of the woods. It wasn’t a bobcat.
Have hunted those woods since and never, not once, heard that same noise.
And in response to the “heard one, made the hair on my neck stand up” posts.
Sitting in a deer stand in central LA 20 years ago, about 14 years old. Heard something scream. It sounded like a woman. Waited a couple of minutes. Then climbed down and hauled arse out of the woods. It wasn’t a bobcat.
Have hunted those woods since and never, not once, heard that same noise.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 8:50 pm to Bigwhite5154
I saw one in New Orleans East with a liter falling her.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 9:03 pm to GREENHEAD22
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Also we found two separate tress clawed all to hell
Not to discredit your story, but bears will mess a tree up real good. There's also way more bears in Louisiana than there are panthers. Most likely you found bear markings on the trees.
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