Yo! Me-ow!

[Trekkin and Birdin]

We found tracks of one of these guys 20 years ago on Perrot Ridge, and the park officials grudgingly admitted that, yes, they have passed through the area.

Dunn County is the latest….

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_8a36bfc0-eff3-11de-b46c-001cc4c002e0.html

I’d really like to actually see one of these guys…from a safe distance, of course.

[kc9gbo]

I believe there was one up near Spooner last fall also. My in-laws live near Chaseburg and Esofea and supposedly they are down there also. My feeling is the DNR doesn’t want to acknowledge they exist as then they have to follow federal laws on regulating them and their habitat.

[furfool]

@kc9gbo wrote:

I believe there was one up near Spooner last fall also. My in-laws live near Chaseburg and Esofea and supposedly they are down there also. My feeling is the DNR doesn’t want to acknowledge they exist as then they have to follow federal laws on regulating them and their habitat.

My feeling is that the DNR doesn’t want the public to panic in any way, there by losing dollars. Panic might be too strong of word.

For years the Michigan DNR denied having cougars in their state, but finally came out about 2-3 years ago and admitted having some there.

[The Crippler]

During the summer of 1985 I was a Back Country Ranger at Mount Rainier National Park. On one of my hikes down from a lookout tower I turned around and saw a cougar following me about 40 feet back. What an incredible and beautiful animal. After what seemed like 20 minutes, and probably more like 20 seconds, it dashed off into the forest cover. I carefully fininshed my hike down the rest of the trail paying particular attention to each step and looking back frequently.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

How cool is that?! When we found those tracks and did the work needed to confirm them, the stuff I read said actual sightings of them are really pretty rare, and amazingly little is known about their habits as a result.

This was 20 years ago. With modern technology, I’m sure there is more information available now.

[raslas]

Actually Roger saw 2 of them in the Sparta area in the last 8 years. The first one was on hwy 71 by Bradley Excavating about 8 years ago. The 2nd sighting was about 2 years ago on I90 by mile marker 31. It was headed across the interstate towards hwy 16. He said it was pretty awesome. You could see the shoulder muscles ripple when it ran.

[Astro_D]

I don’t know if this is a cougar or not…but a friend who lives 20 miles from Stephenson MI sent these to me. They were taken not too long ago…

If they are there, there are certainly here.

[furfool]

If those aren’t cougars, I don’t know what are.

[cheezehead]

Those are just soem big kittens. 😯 😯 And 3 none the less.

Hey! look at the plate of that truck! Is that a MI or Colorado or New Mexico?????

[Trekkin and Birdin]

Wow, how cool is that? I’d have to say….big cats!

[furfool]

@cheezehead wrote:

Those are just soem big kittens. 😯 😯 And 3 none the less.

Hey! look at the plate of that truck! Is that a MI or Colorado or New Mexico?????

Kind of looks like Colorado to me.

[Team B Squared]

@furfool wrote:

@cheezehead wrote:

Hey! look at the plate of that truck! Is that a MI or Colorado or New Mexico?????

Kind of looks like Colorado to me.

That was my firs thought, we do not have front license plates in Michigan.

[HeliDood]

I saw one in Biron (near Wisconsin Rapids) when I was about 16 or 17 years old.
It was crossing the road about 40 yards in front of me. It was close to Sandlander’s GC21DK5 cache, but on the main road (So Biron Drive), and before the railroad tracks.

I had been riding home after dark from a friend’s house on my bike when
I saw it come out of the woods, crossing the street. As it made it to the center of the road, it slowed down, almost stopping. It seemed to have caught a glimpse of me approaching on a bike and with what looked like a single leap, it was on the other side of the road and running into the woods.

I only saw it in silhouette because it was between me and a street light, so to me it appeared all black. I know that would make it a Jaguar, but IMO a Jaguar in Wisconsin would be VERY unlikely. I don’t believe it was anything other than a Mtn Lion. Sure didn’t look or walk like a dog, and it was WAY TOO BIG to be a domestic cat.

Everytime I go through that area on foot or whatever, I cant help but think about that big cat that might (still) be lurking in the woods thats going to make a meal of me.

[sandlanders]

@HeliDood wrote:

I saw one in Biron (near Wisconsin Rapids) when I was about 16 or 17 years old.
It was crossing the road about 40 yards in front of me. It was close to Sandlander’s GC21DK5 cache, but on the main road (So Biron Drive), and before the railroad tracks.

…

Everytime I go through that area on foot or whatever, I cant help but think about that big cat that might (still) be lurking in the woods thats going to make a meal of me.

Oh, yeah, NOW you tell us!!!!! 🙄 🙄 😉
Gonna have to think twice when doing maintenance on this cache from now on! 😯

[blue_cougar54494]

Heeeeeere Kitty kitty

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