PANTHERS

[Noah]

The state animal of Florida is the "Florida panther", but I have heard of jag's being referred to as panthers... po-tay-to/po-tah-to,  to-may-to/to-mah-to 

I do agree on the cougar/mt. lion being the same though.

[GitDatHawg]

I was at a place last nite near the navasota river and we sitting around the camp fire at the house and heard the scream they make.  Now, I have heard one before but my wife and buddy hadn't it freaked them out, it really did sound like a person.  What was weird is that it was so close to the house.   I mean really close.  Now, I have never seen a black cat in that area before.  My question is...  Do bobcats make a similar noise?  Cause i have seen quite a few of them.

[Noah]

Yes, bobcat's make a huge call compared to their body size, I feel most people mistake the scream for a cougar more than not.

I've been in a stand, waitin' on deer, and heard that call... only to have a 30# bobcat come walking out when I thought it should be a lion

I've never heard a true cougar, but I would imagine I would know it wasn't a bobcat for sure.  That's a relatively big animal, and your "cave man instinct" would be sure to kick in

[jlingle]

My hunting buddy saw one here in SW Oklahoma Monday while we were dove hunting.  He's 65 and it's the first one he's ever seen.  It ran out of a milo patch & across the dry riverbottom.  He said it was a young one & really skinny.  I've spent about as much time in the woods as anybody I know, and I've never seen one.  I've seen tracks before that I KNOW were a big cat, but never seen a mountain lion.  I hope one day I'll call one up while coyote hunting.  That'd be awesome.

[T-Bob Parker]

my dad was sittin on a hilltop on a nat gas pipeline a few years back stalk hunting for whitetail when big mature male lion walked out of the pines about 20 yards to his left, dad froze and as soon as the coog disapeared into the other side of the pipline, pop made a beeline for the truck.  i razzed him and said he shoulda made a shot but he said that thing was ON THE PROWL! that'll make yer butthole pucker!

[Noah]

big mature male lion walked out .... that'll make yer butthole pucker!

You ain't kidding, I've been a few feet from a P-O'd sow bear twice now... and for all those who haven't had the opportunity to experience the "fight or flight" reaction yet... "pucker" is a good description

[jdt]

45 miles from where the other one was seen a guy lost a sow n pigs that he had in a barn stall. window was 5 foot high , he figured it was a dog. acouple a weeks later he was fencing in a swamp and saw a huge cat track. noah, you got any lion hounds yet??

[Noah]

Not yet bro, my eyes and ears are open though.... if the right dog comes along I'll grab him.  For now, I'm gonna wait till I can make a trip out west to look at stock before I buy anything blind.