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Re: Big cat spotted [Re: SCone] #6256330 04/12/16 03:27 AM
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Originally Posted By: SCone
So far there are three of us that have seen the cat in the area. Me, my friend & the rancher that owns the property across the road. Everyone agrees it must be a juvenile cat, much larger than any house cat, but still smaller than an adult lion.

The game cameras will be going up shortly.


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Originally Posted By: cameron00
Cougars do not have a melanistic phase.

Black Mountain lions do not exist.
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Cougars do not have a melanistic phase.

Black Mountain lions do not exist.


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Re: Big cat spotted [Re: SCone] #6257149 04/12/16 09:23 PM
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Re: Big cat spotted [Re: Black02z28] #6257821 04/13/16 11:21 AM
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While I am the first to ‘doubt’ the existence of a melanistic cougar (AKA black panther), a sighting of a ‘black cat’ (other than a house cat) is NOT necessarily out of the question.

A dark colored ‘Jaguarundi’….viewed in low light conditions would indeed appear ‘black’ and would have a physique different enough from a domestic cat…..as to be readily apparent.



BUT, it would NOT be the same size as an adult cougar (even a juvenile), nor would it have a head proportional in size to that of a cougar.

Just the same, a brief sighting under poor conditions….might lead one to conclude they had seen a ‘black panther’.

The jaguarundi, though quite rare….. does occur in Texas, in a very limited scope.

http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/jag/


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Re: Big cat spotted [Re: SCone] #6296894 05/12/16 11:23 PM
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here's a track we found this week....... it looks BIG......



We did not see any sign of claws like a dog or coyote...... either a big Bobcat or a Cougar roaming the area....... Still trying to catch her on game cameras..............

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Re: Big cat spotted [Re: stxranchman] #6296900 05/12/16 11:26 PM
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I ran into a Black Cat in East Texas. Game Warden came out and took paw prints. He called it an Albino Mountain Lion...I said, "no, it was black", he still called it an Albino.


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Did I not just POST the only PIC we have....... will you only help out when we have her laid out and skinned???

Thanks for NO HELP with the print.........

This is why I HATE the INTERNET.... too many idiots without any real knowledge of the actual event............

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Re: Big cat spotted [Re: SCone] #6297178 05/13/16 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted By: SCone

This is why I HATE the INTERNET.... too many idiots without any real knowledge of the actual event............


Are you the pot or the kettle???

You did not see a 3ft long bodied black cat.......PERIOD!!!

No matter how much you want it to have been....IT WAS'NT.


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Originally Posted By: SCone
here's a track we found this week....... it looks BIG......



We did not see any sign of claws like a dog or coyote...... either a big Bobcat or a Cougar roaming the area....... Still trying to catch her on game cameras..............


Would very much like to see a better print, especially the 'pad'. The absence of claw marks can be 'telling' but depending upon soil conditions may or may not indicate a cat. Unless I am just not seeing it, I don't see the impression of the fourth toe...where three very distinct (and deep) toe marks exist? I don't understand the lack of a fourth impression?

The toe marks do look teardrop shaped and I could be convinced that the third toe (from the right) is actually the 'leading toe' (again consistent with a cat, right front paw), but I can't make out the shape of the 'pad' which would pretty much tell us if it was feline or not.

We do appreciate you checking back in and providing what you have at this point.


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