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04-16-2008, 03:16 PM
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dont these guys usually hang out in Kane County ?  |
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04-16-2008, 03:39 PM
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There were sightings of cougars in Dekalb county several years ago. Nothing verified though.
I can't believe some animal that well fed was not someone's escaped pet. I am not buying the story that it came down from south dakota or wherever. Wisconsin - maybe.
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04-16-2008, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by gardener34
There were sightings of cougars in Dekalb county several years ago. Nothing verified though.
I can't believe some animal that well fed was not someone's escaped pet. I am not buying the story that it came down from south dakota or wherever. Wisconsin - maybe.
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Believe it. Some researchers tracked some cougars from South Dakota that were traveling eastward at a good clip. Many of them ended up in Minnesota.
As for being well-fed, theres plenty of food for them to prey upon here in the midwest, which is the #1 reason I believe theyre moving out this way.  |
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04-16-2008, 05:55 PM
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I'm still thinking the cougar USED to be a pet. Lots of people keep wild animals, ignorant of the fact that it will grow up. It may have been just wandering feral. Two years ago I believe there was an alligator sighted on the Des Plaines River.
Its possible cougars might be making there way back. They DO cover a lot of ground. I've read that an adult can move 50 miles a night. Their comeback could easily be fueled by deer overpopulation all over the country (50-60 years ago white-tailed deer were very rare!!).
Still though, I'm still thinking it was a pet at one time.
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Droppings and tracks have been found around the traverse bay region of Northern Michigan(LP). The NWS has put up warning signs on all the major hiking trails. |
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04-16-2008, 08:24 PM
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Droppings and tracks have been found around the traverse bay region of Northern Michigan(LP). The NWS has put up warning signs on all the major hiking trails.
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Thanks for the info. |
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04-16-2008, 10:40 PM
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So yes it is still possible, but I still think the likelihood of it coming from the black hills, or the wilds of the northwoods is still kind of small
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Nope. This is what the evidence is pointing to, in fact. |
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04-30-2008, 04:47 PM
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DNA tests link cougar shot in Chicago to Wisconsin, South Dakota
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04-30-2008, 07:03 PM
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Thanks for the link. All hail Steve-o and myself!;-) We called that one at the start.
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04-30-2008, 09:26 PM
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hey bub, so did I!
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05-01-2008, 01:30 PM
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hey bub, so did I!
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Weren't you one of the people who were "positive" it was an escaped pet?  |
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