Does anyone know how to catch a puma?

Have you called your county's animal control people and asked them what to do? They'd probably be happy to set some traps for it; the humane kind.

Call wildlife/animal control services...

Where does your friend live? If he's east of the Mississippi, he better check with his state fish & game department before doing ANYTHING. Pumas (AKA cougars, or mountain lions) are a protected species in the eastern half of the US.

how csan they protect what they deny exists?

Was it the chupacabra?


I reccommend this:

I'm so sorry that shoes are eating your rabbits.

Some sort of box trap is probably the way to go. Cougars (I'll skip the obvious jokes) are dangerous beasts and not something you want to go hand to hand with.

could igt be a large bobcat?

Is this what he saw behind the rabbit coupe?


If so, just ask the puma how many lumps he wants in his tea. Then whack him with a large wooden mallet.



Rok

A crossbow would work really well with a nice broadhead. Could try some preditor calling and see if it would come in.

crossbow expanding broadheads

Call someone like this:http://www.aaanimalcontrol.com/Professional-Trapper/state/Kentucky.htm
Or your county animal control.

Did your friend say what color it was or how long its tail was?

I would suggest setting landmines around the livestock pens. Not only will it get the cougar, you won't have to worry about the soviets annexing the rabbit hutches.

My bad, did i post this in the legal forum. sorry, I am new to this.

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Don't worry about that.You're doing fine.
And I love your handle!
More power to you.You'll get that creature ,whatever it turns out to be.

Do you live anywhere near Lexington Street? Give Wildcat Lodge a call, and ask if any of the players are missing...

Seriously, animal control, something like that, big-ol' live-catch trap, and relocate whatever it is...

photos...we need photos.

does not exist with out photos.



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First you need to dig a large hole. Fill the hole with ashes. Line the outer rim of the hole with peas. Then when the puma comes to take a pea you kick him in the ash hole.

Hope that helps.

If you live too close to town to shoot it then you live within the jurisdiction of animal control.

Trapping a big cat is a job best left to the pros (both for your sake and the cat's).


[obscure comedy reference] So I gotta ask, are there crevasses on this property? Vicious pumas are known to hide in crevasses![/obscure comedy reference]

Check foot locker, Thats where all my friends buy theirs. I dont have the slightest idea how to catch them.

But on a more serious note, this is probably one of the funniest threads i have read in a while!

Many animal control agencies don't handle nuisance wildlife unless a rabid animal needs to be put down. They will tell you to hire a professional trapper.

First, your friend needs to know what kind of animal and how big it is before setting up a trap. I'd suggest getting a game camera and set it up by the rabbit hutches.

Second, your friend will need something to wake him up if there's something moving near the animal hutches and he needs to grab the shovel again. I'd suggest that a http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93068 placed strategically (so that free-roaming cats don't set it off) will let him know if there's something amiss.

Good luck.