I believe it. I've only seen one before and it was on a night hunt and all we had was a .22 revolver
My buddy was going to shoot it and I said all ur gunna do I piss it off!! This was a large cat well over 6 ft from head to tail. The dogs were acting like little girls when they came by us (whimpering) so of course we had to see what it was (thinking it was a big snake or something we could shoot). But we were very surprised to see this huge black cat standing up on a fallen tree log. We backed out and headed to the opposite side of the property and let him have his space. We carry alot more fire power now just in case he wants to have another stand down