Another Cougar Spotting

[Muskieman]

No new news to a lot in this area.... Finally a picture!

[NAW]

Cougar hunting.

 

My wife's christmass party saturday night is at 55 Special!

 

Anyone from Barrie knows I'll be cougar hunting this weekend!! (once I get a few into my wife that is )

[Freshtrax]

Hahahahahahahahahah. Yes you will

[Sharkbait22]

Pink collars sounds like a pet. The only reason MNR would introduce cougars is because someone is making them. I can't see that happening. Imagine the public up-roar?

[irishfield]

Rumour has it that the MNR introduced Fisher release program (to control porqupines) is now out of control... and they reintroduced the cougar to cull the Fishers back... as it has few if any other predators.

[aplumma]

Back to the topic please. The cougar life ad is automatic we can control google only so far. Lol

 

Art

[danc]

I came almost face to face with one a few decades ago. Something I'll never forget.

[dhickey]

Cougars have claws...

Your wife wont like the scares.

Nor your bank account.

Good luck.

hunting cougars

[manitoubass2]

I came almost face to face with one a few decades ago. Something I'll never forget.

 

 

2 years ago me, my girlfriend and our children almost walked into one. It crossed the road (just down from our house) about 50 yards in front of us! Stopped, looked over, kept walking back into the bush.

 

We turned around, walked quietly for a few yards, then ran like hell! Seriously got the heart going.

 

Beautiful animal though, that was the third one I've seen personally in NW ontario in the past 5 years. One was from my vehicle though, and the other one was on the road dead, hit by a pulp truck

Edited December 9, 2011 by manitoubass2

[ch312]

The internet was due for another HOAX !! :wallbash: :wallbash:

 

please don't tell me you're one of those "there's not a single cougar in ontario" people.

 

last year a buddy and i watched one jump in front of us about 20-30ft away while we were on the atv's. he saw the entire body while i just caught the back half and tail as it jumped across the trail. we're both 100% sure of what we saw.

 

this was in mount pleasant, 10 minutes southwest of brantford.

 

 

proof? we searched for over an hour trying to locate some tracks, but even with my tracking skills we couldn't locate a single one.

[dhickey]

About 4-5 years ago I read an artical about cougars becoming a problem in Ontario concerning horse farmers and small animals such as goats/sheep and pigs.

 

The fact that they are here is verry real and they are further south than many people want to admit.

 

In this artical the MNR estimated there to be about 250 courgars in central and southern ontario. 4-5 years ago.

 

I know for a fact that they do thrive in Mono Township which is only 1/2 an hour north from Brampton and they do also exist in Mulmer within the rual comunitys.

 

To put this in perspective theese are large cats with amasing stealth/strength and cunning. Able to easily take down a small deer and known to go after horses.

 

Are they a threat to our everyday lives? NO (farmers?? maby)

 

I am far more concerned with the local yote-(rat faced varmet not worthy of recognition)poppulation.

 

I believe the only reason they are making a come back is because of a healthy deer /turky and yote poppulation.

[kickingfrog]

http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3403359

 

 

Widdifield Station Rd. cougar photo a fraud, ministry says

By JENNIFER HAMILTON-McCHARLES The Nugget

Updated 4:20pm December 13, 2011

 

It was a cougar, but the photo wasn't taken on Widdifield Station Road, according to Ministry of Natural Resources officials.

 

The MNR has spent several days investigating the authenticity of a photograph Jim Turncliffe said he took of a cougar on his property Nov. 26.

 

Jolanta Kowalski, a senior ministry spokeswoman in Toronto, said the photograph is of a cougar, but it wasn't taken where Turncliffe said it was taken.

 

The photo shows a side profile of a cougar inside a chain-link pen.

 

"The cougar was not in that individual kennel," Kowalski said Tuesday afternoon.

 

Turncliffe stated in a previous interview he has seen large cat tracks on his property for the past two or three years. After a little more investigating, Turncliffe said he believed the tracks belonged to a cougar.

 

Turncliffe said he noticed a large animal in his dog pen on Nov. 26. After realizing it wasn't his dog, he grabbed a camera and headed outside.

 

Turncliffe said he was standing less than 20 feet from the pen.

 

Kowalski said a team of MNR investigators, along with experts from Ontario, the United States and the Ontario Puma Foundation examined the image.

 

She said ministry investigators also went to the Widdifield Station Road property and took photos.

 

"There were many inconsistencies between the two photos," Kowalski said. "The type of fence posts were different, the size of enclosure, landmarks and snow conditions were inconsistent for Nov. 26."

 

Kowalski said cameras put up around Turncliffe's property have since been taken down.

 

Calls to Turncliffe for comment Tuesday afternoon were unsuccessful.

 

Kowalski said the ministry knows there are cougars in Ontario, but sightings are very rare.

 

"If someone has a photograph or other evidence contact us. The public doesn't have to be afraid of a cougar on the loose."

 

There have been several reports of cougar sightings in the area including MacPherson Drive toward Centennial Crescent and Bonfield. In the fall of 2008, numerous reports were made by residents near Birchs Road and Marshall Avenue in West Ferris. There were also reports made in 2007.

 

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[Djeep]

I'm really on the fence on this issue and have spoken to many past mnr employees as well as people who claim to have encountered cougars, does anyone have a real picture or any definitive evidence?

[Whitespinnerbait]

does anyone have a real picture or any definitive evidence?

 

 

NO!

 

That would be like having the winning 6/49 ticket in your back pocket

[bucktail]

There must have been a cougar crapping on the ice of the ACC during a Leafs game on saturday evening for the MNR to finally admit they are around.

 

Have a friend that saw one in the crown land near Minden abut 6 years ago, watched it watching him for 10 minutes.