And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Somebody loaded this onto our local Facebook page. This kitty was about two miles from me, but might be closer now, maybe RIGHT AT THE BACK DOOR!!! Or maybe he went the other way. Dunno.
Last week at work, I got in, and started my truck. The headlights came on and I watched a large Bob Cat walk out of the woods and down the walkway I was just on that goes from the building to the parking. He just mosied along. Right past my truck on the passenger side.
I was coming home one day last year and saw a black “dog” licking itself on the side of the road. I thought it looked funny till it stood up. I then saw its long narrow tail and recognized it as a black panther. This occurred less than a mile from my home. I notified DNR of the siting.
We had one in central Maryland. My son came face-to-face with it one day while out exploring. (He carried a machete for just such an occasion.) Maryland DNR denied mountain lions existed in the state, of course, despite numerous sightings. We later saw one dead on the side of the freeway.
On the plus side, it did drive off the pack of coyotes.
Back a few years ago, living in Casper, WY. Heard an announcement on the radio that a young mountain lion had been seen on the west side of town. No panic, just "keep your small pets & children inside for a few days. It'll figure out there''s no food & go back where it belongs". Early this year (Feb), I watched a lioness teaching a cub how to hunt whitetail 80yds from my front door. Western Arkansas...
When we first moved to Charleston (SC), my better half died laughing when she saw a sign on an office building saying "Cougar Club". Explained to her "That's the College of Charleston's mascot, not a bar for 40-something DWFs."
In California these things are everywhere, thanks to the clueless city people of the state who voted to "end the trophy hunting of mountain lions". Now they're in the clueless city people's cities.
"They're such beautiful creatures." Until they eat your dog. Or your cat. Or your kid. Talk about being bitten in the ass by reality.
There was a young male traveling around southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois a few years back. Cops from a Chicago suburb finally shot it because it was 'scary' or something. They didn't really try too hard to catch it.
We got quite a few up along the ridge here in WV, seen a couple with varying amounts of black on their coats, have not me-self, but friends have, caught a look at totally black ones, a lot on game camera shots, scared off one trying to kill my dog, ain't to proud to say it was one of those primal moments for me and my pooch, amazing how powerful they are, we hear them mating, wicked sounds, yowls and screeches, like they are trying to kill each other, they have huge paws, particularly with their winter coats the fur around their feet makes awesome tracks in the snow. They come up out of the paper company lands particularly in the fall to early winter, not quite sure why that is, but its when we see them the most.
I think we’d be pretty surprised if we knew what was lurking around our neighborhoods…
ReplyDeleteLast week at work, I got in, and started my truck. The headlights came on and I watched a large Bob Cat walk out of the woods and down the walkway I was just on that goes from the building to the parking. He just mosied along. Right past my truck on the passenger side.
ReplyDeleteThat was me, Irish
DeleteThey're around. People are always surprised.
ReplyDeleteI was coming home one day last year and saw a black “dog” licking itself on the side of the road. I thought it looked funny till it stood up. I then saw its long narrow tail and recognized it as a black panther. This occurred less than a mile from my home. I notified DNR of the siting.
ReplyDeleteAround here in Copper Basin Alaska it is likely to be a grizzly bear that is up on a local Facebook page!
ReplyDeleteNorth Texas has some too. About 10 years back a coworker 25ish miles NW if Dallas caught a Jaguar with a game cam on his land.
ReplyDeleteAnother mountain lion spotted in Plano alleyway | FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth
https://www.fox4news.com/news/plano-mountain-lion-sighting
really.. Plano, have a friend that lives in Plano and works in Dallas
DeleteGlad we don't have any cats other then bobs around here in western,ny
Thats a young one!
ReplyDeleteMF
We had one in central Maryland. My son came face-to-face with it one day while out exploring. (He carried a machete for just such an occasion.) Maryland DNR denied mountain lions existed in the state, of course, despite numerous sightings. We later saw one dead on the side of the freeway.
ReplyDeleteOn the plus side, it did drive off the pack of coyotes.
Back a few years ago, living in Casper, WY. Heard an announcement on the radio that a young mountain lion had been seen on the west side of town. No panic,
ReplyDeletejust "keep your small pets & children inside for a few days. It'll figure out there''s
no food & go back where it belongs".
Early this year (Feb), I watched a lioness teaching a cub how to hunt whitetail
80yds from my front door. Western Arkansas...
Mountain lion related...
ReplyDeleteWhen we first moved to Charleston (SC), my better half died laughing when she saw a sign on an office building saying "Cougar Club". Explained to her "That's the College of Charleston's mascot, not a bar for 40-something DWFs."
Pity.
DeleteCame to comments to see -and saw- if there was one about N Texas. kthxbye
ReplyDeleteIn California these things are everywhere, thanks to the clueless city people of the state who voted to "end the trophy hunting of mountain lions". Now they're in the clueless city people's cities.
ReplyDelete"They're such beautiful creatures."
Until they eat your dog. Or your cat. Or your kid.
Talk about being bitten in the ass by reality.
The "Cityots" won again. I would like to congratulate them by relocating a breeding pair to Golden Gate Park.
DeleteThere was a young male traveling around southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois a few years back. Cops from a Chicago suburb finally shot it because it was 'scary' or something. They didn't really try too hard to catch it.
ReplyDeleteIt's just looking for some Cat Chow...
ReplyDeleteWe got quite a few up along the ridge here in WV, seen a couple with varying amounts of black on their coats, have not me-self, but friends have, caught a look at totally black ones, a lot on game camera shots, scared off one trying to kill my dog, ain't to proud to say it was one of those primal moments for me and my pooch, amazing how powerful they are, we hear them mating, wicked sounds, yowls and screeches, like they are trying to kill each other, they have huge paws, particularly with their winter coats the fur around their feet makes awesome tracks in the snow.
ReplyDeleteThey come up out of the paper company lands particularly in the fall to early winter, not quite sure why that is, but its when we see them the most.
A local here in MD got their dog mauled by a bear cub last week. 20,000 dollar bill at the vet's. Pet insurance anywhere not a bad idea.
ReplyDeleteSister had a home near Big Sur on Hiway 1 in CA. Multi acre. They occasionally found deer carcasses from cat kills.
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