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Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
#5491613
12/22/14 01:34 AM
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My brother was hunting this morning and was in his blind on a pipeline at our lease in Wood Co. He text me at a little after 9:00 and said he had just watched a huge fawn colored cat lope across the pipeline just on the other side of his feeder. He said there was no doubt as to what it was. I talked to him on his way home and he was insistent about it. I have no reason to doubt him.
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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#5491619
12/22/14 01:35 AM
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dlrz71
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Probably the one in your sig
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/22/14 01:37 AM
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Curly
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Probably the one in your sig
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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#5491752
12/22/14 02:24 AM
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kyle1974
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I can't believe you'd try to pass off a black panther sighting by saying it was fawn colored....
for shame.
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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#5491805
12/22/14 02:50 AM
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Get'n Jiggy
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I read from a TX biologist cats kill a deer every 9-14 days on average...
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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#5491834
12/22/14 03:03 AM
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stxranchman
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Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/22/14 12:37 PM
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Sparky45
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/22/14 06:33 PM
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Curly
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I asked him that. He didn't have time. He said it was at a fast lope and didn't take it long for it to cross the pipeline. His rifle was leaned against the corner of his blind.
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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#5499715
12/26/14 01:27 AM
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Old Rabbit
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Understand your pain, hunt in Harrison county and was waiting at the gate for my hunting buddies talking to one of the well hands and he asked if I had seen the big cat. Sure makes walking into the stand it the dark a little different. We are bow only, no guns allowed.
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/26/14 01:38 AM
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Erathkid
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There are NO MOUNTAIN LIONS IN TEXAS!. Geez, how many times do I have to repeat myself?
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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#5499766
12/26/14 02:00 AM
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There are NO MOUNTAIN LIONS IN TEXAS!. Geez, how many times do I have to repeat myself? PLEASE tell me your joking right? Because I have seen two with my own eyes in the last 10 years, one in Throckmorton county and one in Kimble county, as well as pictures from my buddies game cameras down in Morgan Texas!!!
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/27/14 04:06 AM
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We have a mountain lion on our place in Bee county.
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/27/14 08:19 PM
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wtr
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Why does everyone seem to have mountain lions on their lease??
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/27/14 08:26 PM
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stxranchman
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We have a mountain lion on our place in Bee county. There have been 2 killed in the past within a mile or two of your place. One in the 70's and one about 10 yrs later. Might have been one more in the 90's also.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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#5503042
12/28/14 12:29 AM
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DesertDog
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There are NO MOUNTAIN LIONS IN TEXAS!. Geez, how many times do I have to repeat myself? I agree with you Erathkid. None in Texas. That is, since that one was killed about 5 miles miles from your place on December 7th of this year.
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/28/14 12:15 PM
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Only big cats in Texas are solid black. All this talk of lion......come on guys really?
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/28/14 01:38 PM
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2 mountin lions were killed within 25 miles area around rocksprings tx this year I was told by gamewardens And 3 years ago i saw one to close for comfort bow in hand in leakey tx. It was to far for a shot and he new I was there and growled at me. Needless to say that gear I was wearing was trash after after pissin my self. LOL Makes for a long walk in the dark to and from the blinds in the hill country
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/28/14 01:55 PM
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Why is it so hard for people to believe there are mountain lions in Texas? I Grew up in mountains in New Mexico lived there for 20 years. I've seen 3 mountain lions the whole time. So just because you don't see one in Texas don't mean they're not here. They are very hard to catch a glimpse of when you know they are everywhere. I can only imagine how hard it would be to see one when they are probably few and far between. That being said I saw an article of one being killed outside of Glen Rose somewhere. Chalk mountain I belive. He was a pretty handsome cat
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/28/14 02:00 PM
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In 50 years of hunting, I've only seen 3. One was in Montana, another in Colorado and the 3rd in New Mexico.
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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/28/14 02:02 PM
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All the new technology ie trail cams are going to show what's out there. But that still don't mean your going to find them. They are smart animals
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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#5503772
12/28/14 02:05 PM
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They are around the panhandle. We had them in the Sandhills and around bull lake. I heard of one guy that shot one and some old folks at a retirement home took a picture of two that were in a field.
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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#5503779
12/28/14 02:11 PM
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These cats have a 200mi range!!!
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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#5503784
12/28/14 02:18 PM
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Ketchn
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there are plenty here in texas for sure and the main prey of choice from the article I read was whitetailed deer west of walnut springs a co worker killed a large one a while back it came to water on his familys ranch near Iredell
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/28/14 06:03 PM
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8pointdrop
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It amazes me how many black panthers get misidentified as mountain lion.
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Re: Maybe why we ain't seein any deer..
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12/28/14 06:08 PM
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stxranchman
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It amazes me how many black panthers get misidentified as mountain lion. It amazes me how many bobcats get misidentified as mountain lions.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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