jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 11, 2016 8:23:09 GMT -5
IntheswampI saw a panther cross the road on the west side of Early county, lower left west Georgia @ Alabama line. No doubts, tail was 1/3 the width of the road. Two bounds and road was crossed. 100% sure.  That section of the Flint/Chattahoochee River/Lake Seminole is a mega artifact area. Book written by dudes in that area. Top ID book for S Georgia/Florida/S. Alabama artifact ID, use it a lot 
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Post by orrum on May 11, 2016 9:04:01 GMT -5
Hey Parise thanks the book looks like a grest read!!! The Game and Fish guy that visited us said male lions have huge territory and that when they get old enough they just start traveling looking for a unoccupied territory for their own. Some travel across several states! That's the advantage to satellite tracking collars. The state of Az has a goal of collating all lions. There are a lot of lions out there. The season is open year around and has a limit of 2 lions per year in most areas. They are thriving and expanding.
We have mountain lions here in North Carolina. I have seen one crossing the road, can't mistake that tail! Wildlife here claims they r escaped pets. Could Be But Fact remains......lions Are Out There! Oh we have wild Emus in the swamps too. Yes they do occasionally show up with young!
James it was a fun encounter made better by knowing your lion dawgs! I really luv them hounds!!!
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Post by orrum on May 11, 2016 9:04:41 GMT -5
That's Parise n not spellcheck d h utv csn jk!
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Post by orrum on May 11, 2016 9:06:26 GMT -5
Parfive Parfive dangit spellcheck!!! LOL
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Intheswamp
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Post by Intheswamp on May 11, 2016 10:09:04 GMT -5
Intheswamp I saw a panther cross the road on the west side of Early county, lower left west Georgia @ Alabama line. No doubts, tail was 1/3 the width of the road. Two bounds and road was crossed. 100% sure. That section of the Flint/Chattahoochee River/Lake Seminole is a mega artifact area. Book written by dudes in that area. Top ID book for S Georgia/Florida/S. Alabama artifact ID, use it a lot The cat I saw (two occasions) was about 7-8 miles south of my house and crossing the highway. Sightings were about three years apart. Long tailed brown cat. Some folks said it was just a big bobcat....nope, seen bobcats, whatn't no stinkin' big bobcat!!!  Years ago me and my BIL took a 14' johnboat and 9.9 Evinrude down the Chattahoochee from Lake Point Marina (north end of Walter F. Georgia Res./Lake Eufaula) to Trails End Marina (north side of Lake Seminole). Camped two nights on the river. Locked through two dams. Had a full moon and one night rode the river for a couple of hours just enjoying the solitude. What a trip!!!! Had plotted out a marina to refuel at down close to Dothan...pulled up to the pumps and the hoses had been cut off. It was an indian reservation of sorts and a nice young lady hauled me down the road to get a tank of gas.  A *very* interesting aspect of the trip was watching the terrain change from deep bluffs below WFG dam to steadily shortening bluffs/banks, to finally plateauing out into lily pad covered swamp at the north end of Lake Seminole. According to the map it was a hundred mile trip. Any field we stopped at showed signs of native American settlements. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 11, 2016 10:29:08 GMT -5
Yes puppy breath is the bomb!!!
Thanks, Bill. You played that perfectly, just what I expected.
Loved your mountain lion story. I mean, I know it's not a story, it really happened. Oh, you know what I mean, lol.
We have them here as well. I have never persona;;y seen one, but mrrockpicker has. It was crossing the road at Mission Trails park one night, in the dark, with no flashlight, by himself... Kinda scary if you think about it, but all the beast was interested in was crossing the road and continuing his journey, not putting large human on the menu.
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Post by Intheswamp on May 11, 2016 13:30:33 GMT -5
Later that night....
Morris the mountain lion talking to his old litter mate Richard, "You know something, I didn't think ol' Wiley would manage to give me the slip tonight, coyote would've been tasty....I guess I should've settled for that human <sigh>."
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Post by orrum on May 11, 2016 18:29:20 GMT -5
LOL
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 12, 2016 6:01:06 GMT -5
I would try my best to live with the lions. But do not have to, as they just aren't around here as far as I know. The cattle farmers around me work hard to remove coyotes as they inflict serious damage on crop of calves. orrum, such a coyote eating cat as the one you experienced would be welcome to the cattle folks, even if it took stock occasionally. Coyote population off the chart here. Tons of tracks, hollering most sun downs. Hard to trap them. Bet that sly cat would process them. Not sure how that cat would deal with my dogs. Probably better for the dogs that those cats are not around. Chasing lions on horse eh ? That's a trip. Never knew they were open to hunting. |
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Post by orrum on May 12, 2016 8:11:47 GMT -5
Hey Jim the Lions out there r basically never seen or known about. They r mostly afraid of dogs because the houndmen like to chase and tree them for sport but don't shoot them. The owner of the Effus and her cowboys have never seen a lion killed calf. Yes a coyote dining lion is a great thing!!!
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Post by jamesp on May 12, 2016 15:10:26 GMT -5
Hey Jim the Lions out there r basically never seen or known about. They r mostly afraid of dogs because the houndmen like to chase and tree them for sport but don't shoot them. The owner of the Effus and her cowboys have never seen a lion killed calf. Yes a coyote dining lion is a great thing!!! Coyotes pushed or found my neighbors' beloved burro caught in blackberry brambles and killed it while it's partner basically watched helplessly. They were buddies for many years. Rancher took a cruel approach, hanging red meat baited shark hooks on steel cable at 42 inches. Coyotes very tricky to trap, both trap and scent smart. Shark hook trick easy but sure nuff cold. He went the easy way. That was one angry man. |
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A *very* interesting aspect of the trip was watching the terrain change from deep bluffs below WFG dam to steadily shortening bluffs/banks, to finally plateauing out into lily pad covered swamp at the north end of Lake Seminole. According to the map it was a hundred mile trip. Any field we stopped at showed signs of native American settlements.
