Cougar in my yard

[Sir Henry]

I just spotted a cougar in my yard. I took a cell phone picture but it was blurry and you can't see much. It was maybe a year old as it wasn't really big. Maybe a little bigger than a bobcat which I've also seen in my yard, as well as a brown bear. And I see deer almost daily.

[White Squirrel]

And the daily deer is probably why you saw the cougar!

[RetiredSeabee]

if you still have a house cat, keep it inside.

[ditchparrot]

And the daily deer is probably why you saw the cougar!

Yep. We've got about a million deer within our town limits, and thus some big cats. They're often caught on security cameras and whatnot.

This fellow was greeting me every morning when I opened the sliding-glass door to go let the dogs out, but I haven't seen him in a couple weeks. I really doubt he was one that became cat food.

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[BrokenolMarine]

Nice. Shortly after I came in from letting the chickens out on Monday, I glanced out the window and a huge doe was snacking on Miss Ts fruit trees. I tapped the glass, and she was smoke...

[Sir Henry]

They are natural to the area were here first so I say let them be.

[North Country Gal]

If I walked out my door and saw a cougar, that would sure get my attention, though the odds are very slim. We do have them, now, in Wisconsin, though.

[RanchRoper]

We live right in the cougar corridor in southwest Alberta. Have seen tracks in my yard but not the cats. In all my years of back country and mountain cattle work, I have only seen 2 big cats. One about a 1/2 mile away moving across a hill. The other on a gravel road from about 100 yds away. Probably about 150 lbs. Try to stuff one of them in the cat carrier for a trip to the vet! A 10 lb cat is bad enough!

[dave77]

My neighbor has seen a cougar in his yard a couple of times. Here's a picture taken a few years back in a canyon around 10 miles from my place. Unusual to see that many cougars together. Hard to see in the picture but they had taken down a cow and the owner had set up a motion activated camera.

[BrokenolMarine]

Meh, we let the deer be. The predators kill Miss Ts chickens, a few of which can sell for as much as $75 to $100 each for the Heritage breeds. There are a number of chicken breeders in the area, those with sheep, goats, and cattle. None of which are fond of losing babies to sneakies. No cougars here, but... bobcats, skunks, loads of foxes, possums, feral dogs and cats... and others.