well, I saw a black panther sunday morning between evant and hamilton. I've heard from a neighbor and my uncle that they each have seen one over the years. And yes it was black and yes it was a cat. Panther ?. I'm not sure what a panther is , but what I saw was standing by the treeline at hte edge of a field, about 700 yards away. I was in my truck and I stopped because I was trying to spot deer and thats when I saw it just standing there. It stayed there for a minute and then took off with those lond cat like strides for the brush. No doubt it was a cat and it was black and it was pretty big, about the size of a little calf

By a tree line at 700 yards everything looks black. I have no doubt you saw a cougar as we have them in this area, but I highly doubt it was black. Shadows can really play a trick on the eyes especially at that distance. Just saying.

yep

sounds to me like a North American Chupa

That would be the elusive Chupas Americanus Mysterious.

BTW - I saw stars this morning when I missed a step getting out of my tripod. But it was a good morning. Lots of deer movement.

Here we go again. They are called cougars and in the shadow of the trees they can be of a darker tone but not black. Maybe it was an African black leopard.

One other thing. How come when people see black ones they always seem to refer to them as "panthers"?

All you guys that say there is no such thing as a black panther keep it up. You guys are driving the price of my black panther hunts up. People think they are rare, so they pay more. Thanks!

Maybe it was a Puma

where are your hunts? have a website/

I'm working on getting a website up. I just started offering these hunts. I had no idea they could be so lucrative. BTW, these things are everywhere.

You're right. I saw two just the other day while I was snipe hunting.

You must get paid regardless of whether or not they kill anything.

I have heard Sooooooo much talk about black "panthers" in texas. But I have yet to see 1 picture

Why not post up some pics of your successful hunts?

So, if I booked a hunt and didn't get one, could I shoot a bigfoot as my varmint?

think this thread just got hijacked....

Unless he was at the zoo

You could harvest it and sell cologne with real bits of panter in it, its illegal in 9 countries though and some say it smells like big foots #^@$

Bout as close to panther as u will get in Texas

Ya know, 60% of the time it works, every time

If you are talking about real snipe hunting, that can be challenging, but fun. Of course, we all know about the fun and games snipe hunting.