tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post9169691744107211702..comments2024-03-28T06:11:55.879-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: Meanwhile, Back at the Top of the Food ChainMichael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-44724601773801223742011-08-16T11:56:19.823-06:002011-08-16T11:56:19.823-06:00California has seen fit to make the Cougar a prote...California has seen fit to make the Cougar a protected species, which has reduced its natural reticence about being seen. It has also reduced its natural fear of humans, so the last 16 years have seen as many cougar maulings as from statehood to 1996. California, unlike more enlightened states, makes it hard to carry in cougar country.<br /><br />Coyotes are in LA, and I agree, those missing catsWindy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-56479769180604694962011-08-01T20:39:51.774-06:002011-08-01T20:39:51.774-06:00The Predators are back. Neighbors reported two coy...The Predators are back. Neighbors reported two coyotes well inside the perimeter in Atlanta a few months ago. They were in a car and slowed down to watch. The two coyotes sat down to watch the car go by. A local vet was quoted in the paper last year: "And missing animals? “I’m suspicious about all those ‘Missing Cat’ signs I see everywhere,” she said. Those cats, Sonnenfield thinks, won’t beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-77580140486384760882011-08-01T16:13:19.903-06:002011-08-01T16:13:19.903-06:00Summer of ’59 as a 12 yr. old, I spent at my Grand...Summer of ’59 as a 12 yr. old, I spent at my Grandparents Ozark farm. Had a RG-10 that a family friend had given me for Christmas and Grandfather had bought me a brick of 22 shorts to practice with. Prince Albert cans were in trouble within 20’. Went off to the creek behind a neighbor’s chicken house one day to fish and boy and young cougar (I knew the difference even then) meet head to head Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-49636812889728712502011-07-31T19:09:22.189-06:002011-07-31T19:09:22.189-06:00A good friend of mine was staying in Colorado at h...A good friend of mine was staying in Colorado at his dad's cabin and while walking a path on the property they came face to face with a Cougar and he shot it with his .40 S&W<br />It was not wanting to retreat and seemed very hostile. <br />It pays to carry.Kansas Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15744438882831933314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-31008395818935515932011-07-31T18:24:00.821-06:002011-07-31T18:24:00.821-06:00we get frequent cayote kill frenzies that will wak...we get frequent cayote kill frenzies that will wake up the dead here in coastal maine.. occasional moose in the back yard too... the scariest things we have are the damn ticks!... and they dont scream any warnings and are too small to shoot...DamDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02416171095469427375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-12317845467814005842011-07-31T14:03:33.796-06:002011-07-31T14:03:33.796-06:00There's another issue here, folks.
Years back...There's another issue here, folks.<br /><br />Years back, we Nutmeggers had an influx of coyotes. They had been gone for decades, and suddenly they had "returned".<br /><br />And being lazy predators, they didn't waste their energy chasing the multitudes of deer that had been eating our gardens and damaging our cars by running in front of them. They went after farm animals and Gunnutmeggerhttp://www.yankeegunnuts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-5652062313876380152011-07-31T10:58:15.688-06:002011-07-31T10:58:15.688-06:00So have you guys been seeing UFO's and Sasquat...So have you guys been seeing UFO's and Sasquatch at nite also?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-84390034612420824532011-07-31T09:56:54.812-06:002011-07-31T09:56:54.812-06:00There are and always have been cougars in the far ...There are and always have been cougars in the far reaches of Connecticut. Just ask the Troopers on late night shifts (of which I was one until retirement). They are spotted moving at night very often. <br /><br />But for some reason known only to them the state DEP to this day denies that they are there even after informal sightings by troopers are reported to their officers and citizen reports claymorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-74052063455608803432011-07-31T09:23:08.938-06:002011-07-31T09:23:08.938-06:00Maine has them, Mass has them, Quebec has them,and...Maine has them, Mass has them, Quebec has them,and Vermont has them.<br />NH Fish and Game claims there are none in NH, despite photo's, and eyewitness accounts, including from F&G employees.<br />Thing is, if they admit they are here, they have to institute a management program.<br />NH's management program is "they seem to be doing OK with out our meddling".<br />If you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-50176548609965138662011-07-31T07:31:54.359-06:002011-07-31T07:31:54.359-06:00I hunt western NY....my benefactor....err the owne...I hunt western NY....my benefactor....err the owner of the land I hunt is a leftist...just to the right of zer0bama...of late, black bears have moved into the area...and when we go up the trail to put up our tree stands and clear brush etc., he always ask if I could please carry my evil sidearm...funny how that works when it is to his advantage....Moosejawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532954699763914947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-497374043879945652011-07-31T07:16:28.677-06:002011-07-31T07:16:28.677-06:00go back about 45 years, i was an armed security gu...go back about 45 years, i was an armed security guard at the old jostens jewelry plant in southeastern massachusetts. walking an outside round on the property i heard the dammdest scream, like a dammed soul calling from hell, nothing human. my sidearm magically appeared in my hand, with no memory of drawing it. i never did see what made the scream, and i'm quite happy to not know, but it had "gunner"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-75080845160356945102011-07-30T20:01:35.566-06:002011-07-30T20:01:35.566-06:00I heard a cougar scream while camping out in the e...I heard a cougar scream while camping out in the eastern Oklahoma hills years ago, it was an unforgettable experience. A year or so ago, a cougar was seen severall times near our Texas ranch. My three year old grandson was walking with me to the mailbox, as we talked about the lion. He asked, "Papa, do you have your pistol?" Yep, I had my pistol. We raise em right down here in Texas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-90335012721014540372011-07-30T20:00:29.415-06:002011-07-30T20:00:29.415-06:00Lived in Colorado all my life, seen exactly one. ...Lived in Colorado all my life, seen exactly one. Dusk, I was walking a road, it was shadowing me up the hill above the road. Makes for a spooky walk when you can't see it any more... even with a 357 in your hand. -GrizzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-51424689103579647312011-07-30T19:50:35.745-06:002011-07-30T19:50:35.745-06:00Whilst elk hunting on Mount Baldy in Colorado a co...Whilst elk hunting on Mount Baldy in Colorado a couple of decades ago I thought it would be cute to track a cougar in the snow. After a 1/2 mile the tracks led to a large downed tree. I walked the tree and at the end looked for the tracks to restart. Not 5 feet or 10 feet or 15 feet but about 20 feet from where it launced to where it landed. At that point I decided it would be wise to not &Rastusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-28726857813649953352011-07-30T17:37:46.962-06:002011-07-30T17:37:46.962-06:00When I lived up in Leadville, I was the last guy o...When I lived up in Leadville, I was the last guy on the hill on the east side of town. One night the dog woke me up, he was going crazy outside. I got up to let him in, and when I opened the door I heard what was setting him off--a mountain lion a bit higher up was screaming its head off. It does indeed push a button deep in the hindbrain, chilling! I let the dog in, got back in bed, and hid Darrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-46479190524987088732011-07-30T17:15:13.660-06:002011-07-30T17:15:13.660-06:00When I was younger I woke up in bed next to a coug...When I was younger I woke up in bed next to a cougar. It was then that I realized how much trouble I was in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-59266952897135378272011-07-30T15:16:17.937-06:002011-07-30T15:16:17.937-06:00Of course, the ..."creature far more powerful...Of course, the ..."creature far more powerful than you could be crouched behind the trash can, around the next tree, under the porch" might not be of the 4-legged variety.Overload in Coloradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277277751144486368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-74197343952160281412011-07-30T15:08:33.819-06:002011-07-30T15:08:33.819-06:00FTA: "It is knowing that a creature far more ...FTA: "It is knowing that a creature far more powerful than you could be crouched behind the trash can, around the next tree, under the porch."<br /><br />FAIL!!! The cougar will be crouched behind you, stalking you.<br /><br />I remember your blog about the lion in your yard. I still remember your line "I woke up when the lion coughed." Creepy!Pathfindernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-51490894323212090262011-07-30T14:34:34.464-06:002011-07-30T14:34:34.464-06:00Also living out in the wilds of Montana, we have t...Also living out in the wilds of Montana, we have them too, frequently. My wife has seen them in the yard, and I have on several occasions. We have had Grizzly removed (now THERE is a predator), the Wolves are around a bit, and there are the Bobcats too (the kittens are cute though). Yes, just a part of life.<br /><br />-BidahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com