How would you like to see this!
From a guy out in Martin, S.D. Pictures taken from his kitchen onto his deck. The cat was watching his little kids playing on the kitchen floor.
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Well after I changed my shorts, I would have shot him with the mossy 590. 0 -
DH,
From the relative size of the cat, looks like
a 'young'un' no matter, it would still put a world
of hurt on a person.
Great photo and thanks for posting!
And no, I would not like to see this! It would mean it got
past the 'pointer patrol' out back...or done ate them
before the sojurn up onto the deck!![:(]0 -
here kitty kitty BANG [}:)][}:)][:D][:D] 0 -
This would fall under the S.S.S. law of the land. Shoot, shovel, shutup! 0 -
Holy Crap! That first picture is freaky. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by campcook51
DH,
From the relative size of the cat, looks like
a 'young'un' no matter, it would still put a world
of hurt on a person.
Great photo and thanks for posting!
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That's enough to sober up anybody.....Nice photos...Be safe 0 -
Damn...what a beautiful animal.
If the guy has kids, he'd probably have to shoot it, yeah. Cougars aren't like bears or yotes...they're not conditioned to avoid humans, so they'll actively hunt and prey on children/small adults if one's in their hunting area.
Maybe he can call Encon and get them to try and tranq or trap the big guy first and relocate him. As I understand it they're getting kind of rare in the US.
They're the last true big hunting predators left in the continental US, they say. Kind of a sense of respect there.0 -
Posted by Bullz:
quote:As I understand it they're getting kind of rare in the US.
I probably missed the sarcasm in your post, but everywhere I've heard of their numbers are booming to the point that they're becoming a serious threat to deer populations, livestock, pets and humans.0 -
What a great shot !!!
Did you get your mossy shotty outy ???
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quote:Originally posted by stanman
Posted by Bullz:
quote:As I understand it they're getting kind of rare in the US.
I probably missed the sarcasm in your post, but everywhere I've heard of their numbers are booming to the point that they're becoming a serious threat to deer populations, livestock, pets and humans.
Nope. I was purely serious, but apparently misinformed.
Says on Wikipedia they're still going strong, but they require a lot more solitude than bears or yotes, so habitat incursion's becoming a serious problem.
I sure would feel bad having to shoot that guy, though. Pretty as a picture, he is. Much more so than a deer or a bear.0 -
Finally I understand how somebody would shoot a large cat! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by stanman
Posted by Bullz:
quote:As I understand it they're getting kind of rare in the US.
I probably missed the sarcasm in your post, but everywhere I've heard of their numbers are booming to the point that they're becoming a serious threat to deer populations, livestock, pets and humans.
I'm probably as misinformed as anybody but my understanding is that
1) cat numbers are increasing (at least a little bit),
2) the number of negative human-cat encounters is increasing, and
3) #2 has more to do with the expansion of human populations into cat habitat (i.e. urban sprawl) than it has to do with #1.
I'm going to leave it at that because I don't have a good answer. Our population is expanding and we are working to expand the cat population. I like the cats. I'm not into mandatory human population control and I'm not into tight strictures on where a person can live.
I would like my grandkids (and I'm fairly young) to be able to encounter these fine beasts in the wild, but I'm not sure how to see to it that that will happen for sure.0 -
quote:Originally posted by spurgemastur
Finally I understand how somebody would shoot a large cat!
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That is one awsome looking creature ... normally I would hate to do it, but not worth the risk of my family or pets.0 -
Wow! The "red-eye" or on this case green-eye effect really makes it look menacing. Excellent pictures especially the first one. I'm afraid I wouldn't have been shooting with a camera though since it was eying the kids. 0 -
Awesome pix. Glad no one got hurt. Thanks for sharing. 0 -
Just some info. There are so many cats in SD we have a hunting season 0 -
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Nice pics Danny, thanks.
Where's the one with half its skull gone?0 -
[8D]-I'd just register him and put a collar on him[:D][:D][:D]
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Yea, Ida taken out the door with a .243, and the cats head just happened to be behind it. [;)] It appears to be locked-on to something/someone. 0 -
Hardly more than a kitten. Mostly just curious, doesn't look like it's stalking. I'd chase it off with some loud noise and odds are it wouldn't come back. Cougars will attack humans, of course, but it's fairly rare. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Bullzeye
Damn...what a beautiful animal.
If the guy has kids, he'd probably have to shoot it, yeah. Cougars aren't like bears or yotes...they're not conditioned to avoid humans, so they'll actively hunt and prey on children/small adults if one's in their hunting area.
Maybe he can call Encon and get them to try and tranq or trap the big guy first and relocate him. As I understand it they're getting kind of rare in the US.
They're the last true big hunting predators left in the continental US, they say. Kind of a sense of respect there.
I don't know where you get your information but they are expanding their territory in SD. They are now common in the eastern part of the state and we have had a season on them for the past 2 years.0 -
He/she looks like a young one, which, as I understand it, makes it more dangerous. I heard somewhere (can't provide link--it was on a nature show on cable) that most recent cougar attacks on humans have been blamed on younger cats, probably because they haven't learned how to hunt things like deer yet. It makes sense. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by SaxonPig
Hardly more than a kitten. Mostly just curious, doesn't look like it's stalking. I'd chase it off with some loud noise and odds are it wouldn't come back. Cougars will attack humans, of course, but it's fairly rare.
Not near as rare as you might think. I recently moved to the Northwest and folks up here are more afraid of the cats than the grizzlies, black bears, wolves, or moose...0 -
quote:Originally posted by rossowmn
He/she looks like a young one, which, as I understand it, makes it more dangerous. I heard somewhere (can't provide link--it was on a nature show on cable) that most recent cougar attacks on humans have been blamed on younger cats, probably because they haven't learned how to hunt things like deer yet. It makes sense.
Exactly. The younger cats are the most dangerous due to the fact that an adult male cat controls an area and does not allow the younger cats to be in their area. Younger cats get hungry and are pushed into the remaining areas that are not controlled by the older males and by the time they find an area of their own it is in a neighborhood and they are hungry and the only thing for them to target are either house pets and or children. I have seen a few that were captured within 5 miles of my house by the game warden and collared and released miles up into the mountains, only to again be pushed out and into the neighborhoods. I think the wardens give them 2 chances and then they are put down. Saw it happen twice last year.0 -
Since they have banned hunting the big cats in California many, many years ago they have become a bit of a problem with more attacks on humans happening.
Oregon and Washington states have passed the same laws over ten years ago and we are now seeing them much more frequently. I agree that they are much more dangerous than bears to hikers. In most cases you won't even see them coming if they attack you.
Had a nasty attack on an old couple recently and the cat grabbed the 70 year old man's head in its mouth. He told his wife to stab it in the eye with a pen and that didn't work so she hit it will a big piece of wood over and over until it finally took off. The man was in critical condition last I heard and I do not know if he survived or not.
Any cal of gun would have ended the attack. Even a little 22 at that close range. Go to the woods, take a gun![:0][:0]0 -
In this case, I would be replacing a piece of glass, and skinning out a big pretty cat. Any cougar that bold needs to go. 0 -
[8D]-Yo sig22-the old timer (70) has gone thru at least a dozen surgeries to fix his HEAD, but he's been released and expected to fully recover--
--He says he probably won't go hiking back in the state park he was attacked in-for a while--
-Oh and the state game warden tracked and killed the cat-they found the mans tissue in the cats claws--yeeeaaaooowww-
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