Cougar in my yard

[JEBar]

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.

ain't that the truth .... I do have to hand it to your guys .... a few deer wandering through the yard, I can live with .... bobcat wandering trough the yard, I would not be happy but probably wouldn't react until it became a problem .... brown bear wandering through the yard, I would consider to be a problem at first sight .... Cougar wandering through the yard, would be on par with the brown bear ....

[BrokenolMarine]

Course, the Henrys will handle all those.

[BrokenolMarine]

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.

ain't that the truth .... I do have to hand it to your guys .... a few deer wandering through the yard, I can live with .... bobcat wandering trough the yard, I would not be happy but probably wouldn't react until it became a problem .... brown bear wandering through the yard, I would consider to be a problem at first sight .... Cougar wandering through the yard, would be on par with the brown bear ....

Wow... I left out the Bears, which we have plenty of, but haven't had much trouble with due to my time with Fish and Game... and the 'Yotes... same thing. Strong coop keeps them out at night, so they go elsewhere.

[RanchRoper]

We have lots of deer as well. I think my wife has named most of them now, some are repeats from other years. They have babies in the bush behind our house. They don't bother me and I leave them alone. Don't see them much in winter, cuz we get wolf tracks in the snow a fair bit.

[Sir Henry]

Someone else in the neighborhood spotted one about two weeks ago. The funny thing is when he ran he went into an island of bushes he was just a few feet from where I work in my garden. I wonder how often he has been there with me not knowing it?

[RanchRoper]

Exactly, I am sure cougars have watched me out in the backcountry more often than I know. I am always very aware of that when riding under big trees.

[BigAl52]

Sister lives in Covington. I know Sir Henry you know where that is. She lives at Crest air field. Had 2 bull elk destory her garden and her flowers this fall she sent me pictures of them I dont know if I still have them.

[Sir Henry]

Sister lives in Covington. I know Sir Henry you know where that is. She lives at Crest air field. Had 2 bull elk destory her garden and her flowers this fall she sent me pictures of them I dont know if I still have them.

I know where Covington is and wouldn't be surprised that she had elk. Some areas have lots. On the way to the range the road is marked elk crossing and I've seen herds of up to 50. That is usually in the winter when they come down from the high county.

[North Country Gal]

Cougars are known to be great wanderers. When I lived in the Chicago suburbs, a cougar was sighted in the local Chicago Forest Preserves which snake their way right through heavily congested urban areas. These Preserves are heavily over-populated with deer. For sure, that cougar had a lot of folks upset, because these Preserves see a lot of use by joggers and so on. The police eventually hunted it down and shot it. Talked to one of the county biologists and he said it didn't surprise him at all, given the high population of deer. He said that any place that has a high population of deer will probably attract a cougar, sooner or later.

[CT_Shooter]

Cougars are known to be great wanderers.

Though there are frequent "sightings", the CT DEEP denies that a native cougar population exists here; however, one was killed in CT by a car on I-95 a few years ago. It's DNA matched a population of cats from South Dakota, 1500 miles away.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-moun ... ZE20110727