I told Animal Control hatif I saw the thing near our apartment again, they wouldn't need to set traps for it. (We have very small 3-5 year old children in our block.)They said I could be charged if I shot the thing....ODA 226 wrote:DGIF won't be convinced until one gets shot...or until one of the cats mauls or kills someone.peter nap wrote:
I've tried to follow every Va sighting there was for the last 5 years.
There is no credible evidence that there are lions (except escaped pets).
I didn't see a collar on that cat...it was definately NOT a pet!
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/information/?s=050112
Note: Sightings in Suffolk. The animal control officer told me that there had been 3 sightings in Suffolk in the past year.
It would be nice. Now that we have a few Elk back in Va. a couple of mountain lions would just be icing on the cake.
I've seen Southpark two times.peter nap wrote:I told Animal Control hatif I saw the thing near our apartment again, they wouldn't need to set traps for it. (We have very small 3-5 year old children in our block.)They said I could be charged if I shot the thing....ODA 226 wrote:DGIF won't be convinced until one gets shot...or until one of the cats mauls or kills someone.peter nap wrote:
I've tried to follow every Va sighting there was for the last 5 years.
There is no credible evidence that there are lions (except escaped pets).
I didn't see a collar on that cat...it was definately NOT a pet!
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/information/?s=050112
Note: Sightings in Suffolk. The animal control officer told me that there had been 3 sightings in Suffolk in the past year.
It would be nice. Now that we have a few Elk back in Va. a couple of mountain lions would just be icing on the cake.
I'm not surprised to hear that DGIF is still claiming they don't exist. Dept of Natural Resources (DNR) is in charge of such things in MO. Despite numerous reports they said for years that there were no black bears in this area. Finally a teenager accidentally hit one on a major road in town killing it. Suddently DNR says, oh, yeah, well there may be bears in the area. There have been reports of cougars here as well and DNR, typically, says they do not exist and it is really bobcats.
There have been a few sightings of cougars in eastern KY near my family's place there. Some of the sightings have been by old timers born and raised in those hills and old enough to remember when there was a recognized cougar population in the area. Bobcats are not uncommon and they would easily distinguish a difference. But then along comes whatever state run dept and says, "Oh, you're mistaken. We weren't there and you have been hunting in these hills for 60 years but we KNOW what is out there and you don't because, well, see this state ID and badge? That makes us the uber-experts."
I think it would be great if cougars repopulated the eastern US. While there will be certain conflicts and confrontations, there is a lot of rural land in which for them to live and prosper.
Is anyone here old enough to remember thelion that got loose in Williamsburg years ago?Years and yearsago (mid- to late-1970s?)the High's Ice Cream in Williamsburg had a lion they kept in the closet (a small back room, actually.) He got loose one dayy and friend's father who was on the police force (Darrel Warren...he later retired as a captain) shot it. Anybody remember this?
Is it wrong that I found that really funny?
No joke about the Coyotes here...My male OES did a number on one last year. I never knew he could do that or how fast and agile he actually is. It was an amazing and scary sight at the same time for me. I have clocked him at 30MPH by the ATV speedometer, however accurate that is, and he has burst ahead a couple of times....Remember, it hasn't been that many years that there were NO Coyotes in Virginia. When reports started trickling in, DGIF flatly denied the possibility.
Now, it's nearly impossible to find a county or city that doesn't have an established number of them.
I must be sick too.soloban wrote:Is it wrong that I found that really funny?
Yep, open season on yotes. Have fun, they aren't easy to hunt or trap.deepdiver wrote:I must be sick too.soloban wrote:Is it wrong that I found that really funny?
Peter,Yep, open season on yotes. Have fun, they aren't easy to hunt or trap.
I've had better luck with snares than anything else.
The best way I've found to hunt them is at night with an electronic call.
I don't know. I have never known anyone that owned or shot one. I know it is an old cartridge. My guess is that it is very uncomfortable to shoot. I just threw that out there based on what I have read on the cartridge.How bad is the recoil on one of those 45-70's ?