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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 24 2014, 07:28 PM (505 Views) | |
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Jun 24 2014, 07:28 PM Post #1 |
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I am not talking about the OMG what happen last night kind. Rumours have been flying around my workplace that a cougar has eaten a 600 lbs cow in the public pasture outside of Kakabeka Falls. The MNR has seen the kill site and supposedly has confirmed it was not wolves or a bear. The tracks indicate a large cat with young. According to cows owner it was a pure neck attack when he initially found the dead cow and witnessed a cougar leaving the scene. Has anybody else heard anything. I never seen one or a track in Ontario. Not saying they don't exist but I am on the rd in the bush at least three days a week. And believe me I look at every damn track on the roads. But some reliable people say they have seen them. One time a truck driver said he saw one on 527 by the mine. i looked everywhere for tracks but eventually i saw big lynx tracks and a few days later i saw him on the same rock. So I believe most sightings are big male lynx in there summer coats. But that's just IMOP. I just need some physical evidence myself. One day. I have seen two wolverines and tracks but these damn cats elude me. One day I'll bang one.... |
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| Partikle | Jun 24 2014, 08:10 PM Post #2 |
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They are here, no doubt in my mind. We are not talking about bigfoot here, cougars are real and in Canada already so it is no big deal to think a few migrated to Ontario the last 20 years. |
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Jun 24 2014, 08:25 PM Post #3 |
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Interesting. |
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Jun 24 2014, 08:38 PM Post #4 |
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I call Bull shit sorry another domestic let loose at best |
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| whiterack | Jun 24 2014, 09:03 PM Post #5 |
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Saw one four years ago West of Savant Lake south of HWY 516, No more then 80 yards away.Cougar not a Lynx. |
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| Mike Warren | Jun 25 2014, 06:45 AM Post #6 |
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I have heard stories of cougars down are way these animals are free roaming there is nothing stopping them from ending up in unusual places |
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| Partikle | Jun 25 2014, 07:25 AM Post #7 |
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http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Photos+Quebec+cougars/5483280/story.html They are right across the border in Quebec too. |
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| Mike Warren | Jun 25 2014, 07:59 AM Post #8 |
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there are stories of cougar in the wainfleet bog here in southern ont. http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/nd07/feature_wildlife.asp Edited by Mike Warren, Jun 25 2014, 08:01 AM.
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| Partikle | Jun 25 2014, 10:44 AM Post #9 |
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There's your proof. But the naysayers will say someone planted the cat scat there.
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| Mike Warren | Jun 25 2014, 10:57 AM Post #10 |
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Well if any cougar let go or wild that cant be good a buddy of mine has pics of a tree from the spring from Simcoe ont and cant tell if it's from a big buck or a cougar i will email him and ask him for the pics and see what you guys think |
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Jun 26 2014, 05:54 AM Post #11 |
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Thanks for posting this. I live a few minutes from Wainfleet and have heard of numerous sightings here. But I still find it odd that with the heavy hunting pressure here, that no one has gotten a trail cam photo yet. It's like bigfoot for southern Ontario. lol |
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Jun 26 2014, 06:45 AM Post #12 |
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When I see a trail cam pic from a reliable source, I'll believe it.
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| Mike Warren | Jun 26 2014, 06:53 AM Post #13 |
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have a look tell me what you think what is this from http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l337/mikew115/Hunting/Feces_zps8154523f.jpg http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l337/mikew115/Hunting/Clawmarks3_zps651cbb45.jpg http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l337/mikew115/Hunting/Clawmarks2_zps145e411f.jpg http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l337/mikew115/Hunting/clawmarks_zpsca9cddff.jpg |
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| reddfoxx | Jun 26 2014, 07:16 AM Post #14 |
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I think if the scat was taken to MNR they might be able to do DNA test to determine whether it is/was a cougar |
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When I see a trail cam pic from a reliable source, I'll believe it.
2:13 PM Jul 11