PANTHERS

Panthers are what we have in the SE, not many of them. Mt. lions are a larger "cousin" that have been brought in to help repopulate our declining stock. There has, from what I know, never been a documented black panther/mt. lion ever in the U.S. There was a recent discovery/history channel documentary about the supposed "black panther" sightings all across the U.S.. It was something like two to one sightings being reported as being "black" as opposed to normal. Shoot, even around here I've heard a dozen locals swear they've seen "black panthers" around for a hundred yrs.... you'd think somebody would've shot one by now... There are jaguars starting to show up as far as NM, coming up from central america... I suppose they could be mistaken for a black panther...