Mt lion pic (PA)

[Steve in PA]

Well......as everyopne knows here in PA......if you believe the PGC, mt lions do not exist here.

Well.............a few days ago a friend of mine who works in a neighboring town got a call of a large animal, possibly a mt lion in a womans yard. My friend took the pic......showed it to the PGC.....who said it is definitely NOT a bobcat......but would not say its a mt lion.

My friend is an avid fisherman and hunter......so he knows what a mt lion should look like.....as opposed to a dog, etc. Your opinions??

 

[KMKeller]

That my friend is a died in the wool cougar. No ifs ands or buts about it.

 

[444]

That looks like a lion to me.

 

[Rebel Gunman HK]

Thats a nice picture of his butt.

 

[Bruz]

if you believe the PGC, mt lions do not exist here.

I'm afraid they are right...they are trying to crack down on house cats that are abusing steroids.

 

[auschip]

It's obvious, that your friend took a picture of a snipe. Notice the Mt. Lion like color, and the rounded skull with cat like ears. No doubt, it is a snipe.

 

[Atticus]

How did he get that close? Any exotic animal keepers in the area?

I found some fresh cat tracks nearly as big as my hand in Sothern Illinois last year (they aren't there either according to the DNR). And another guy here in Southern Ohio (who I trust absolutely) saw one two years ago.
But he does have a neighbor who raises exotic animals...so who knows.

I don't know why they wouldn't be returning to former ranges, with the current restrictions on hunting and the explosion of whitetails, coons, etc.

 

[Art Eatman]

If it's a cat, it's a mountain lion. Period. The ferns and weeds are, what, knee high or so? Looks about the right size for a mostly-grown female, or a young male.

Art

 

[WYO]

So, if they don't exist, does that mean it's ok to shoot them?

 

[444]

Not that this has anything to do with anything, but I was told last night that there are a pack of wolves running around Pahrump. Appearently it was in the newspaper.
I guess someone had a couple wolves that they were keeping as pets and they got loose, reproduced and are now raising havoc with the local livestock.

 

[mete]

There have been many sightings of mountain lions in NE PA, but it's nice to have a photo of one. Nearby in the Catskill Mtns I've talked to a number of people who have seen one , but of course they don't exist according to the NY DEC. I have also talked to people in various eastern states who have seen them but in most cases the officials say they don't exist !! NJ has introduced them and now admits it , VT also admits their existance.

 

[Steve in PA]

I don't know how close he was. When I return the pic I'll ask him. I'm sure the pic was taken by a camera with a zoom. I don't think he could have walked up too close to it.

 

[mod12]

mt. lion ?

i'll bet it can eat a lot more than 667 squirrels!

 

[gun-fucious]

dats one o dem Cappybaras ain't it?


Looks like the Nittany Lion got out of some ones New York Apartment

 

[Mike Irwin]

Looks like a study for this painting...




Rousseau's back in town!

 

[Atticus]

"Most of the time he's the lord of the jungle, everyone grins while he gripes. Usually he's found just loungin around in his stripes. He's a Tiger in the Rain, it's the thunder and lighting he can't explain..."
-Michael Franks

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictu...g.jpg&caption=tiger in the rain&id=4207614872

 

[Keith]

It sure looks like a cougar to me.

I just can't imagine a cougar lounging around in a yard in the middle of the day like that unless it's a pet that's gotten free.

Keith

 

[Dr.Rob]

Dat be lion, sho nuff.

 

[mod12]

mt. lion

i'm voting for the house cat/steroid theory. take a look at its deltoids!

 

[mod12]

mt. lion

a lounge lion? i've heard of lounge lizards. dated one in fact!

 

[PALongbow]

Steve,

There are mountain lions in PA. I saw a coyote back in the early 80's while hunting in your neck of the woods and I called the PGC and basically they told me there were no coyotes in PA and it must have been a fox.

Ron

 

[H&Hhunter]

Why couldn't your friend take a picture of the front of this "lion"?

From that angle and because of the poor quality of the picture I'd say it's definatley a sasquatches house cat. Or maybe JFK's poodle oh oh I know it must be Elvis's pit bull.


Guys that's either a malamute or a husky..

1.The picture is purposly fuzzy and off angle

2. No respecting Mt Lion alive would wait around in someones garden in broad daylight and let some one walk up behind it to take the worlds worst photograph. And if it was a tame one then we could have gotten a better picture don't you think?

But if you want it to be a Mt lion.........................well ok but it doesn't even remotely look like one.

 

[semf]

Well It sure as hell aint no tabby. Wrong colar for a Malamute right colar for a mountain lion. To thin for a Husky right size for a Mountain Lion. I've seen Fla Panthers in the wild that one looks similar.

 

[Steve in PA]

Deleted my response because after reading it....I found myself lowering myself to another persons level.

 

[St. Gunner]

Below is a pic of a set of feline ears, I won't tell you what kind. But look at them, and at the pic posted by Steve, and see if those ears don't look almost exactly alike. Mainly coloration we are talking about, markings and such.

Who thinks it looks like the same type of ears?