Dont laugh....
 

Ok.. i have to admit... last night has been the scariest evening of my life.... I went out to feed animals about 7ish o'clock. I got to the feed barn and opened the dog door to get dog food. I heard what i thought was a hissing sound... I shined my light in the barrel because sometimes we get possums in the feed barrel and in the summer times, an occasional snake falls in there after the wood rats. This was no "normal" hiss... this was louder.... WAAAAAYYYY LOUDER.... I slammed the door shut and bolted back into the house to get my 12 guage.... I cautiously walked back outside, this time with ol betsy and Capt SPOT.... i shined and shined and didnt see any eyes in the barn... My mountain cur dog was right beside me and he was shaking.... i wasnt understanding his body language, he was whining and squinting his eyes.... i was looking on the outskirts of the barn and found what were some really big paw prints.... about the size of my hand... i knelt down to get a better look and i felt like something was right behind me.... i turned around real slowly and then blasted my light... nothing but my dog... about that time i heard what was a woman screaming bloody murder.... my dog pretty much collapsed and i fell over trying to get the f out of there.... i got to the back patio and shined in all the trees and on the ground and under the barn.... my dogs in the kennel would not even think about coming out of their houses... we've been a few calves short the past few days.... anyone got any idea's on what this is ?? I can hear a quite faint "grunt" if you will... it really sounds like a mix between a frog grunt and a bird chirp... i can repeat it over the phone but cant type it... i have no idea *** this is.... I was thinking black panther ??

**TRUE STORY**
About 3 years ago, me and my dad were squirrel hunting behind the house and it was about 5:30PM.... we walked up to this trash pile and proceeded kicking the trash (sticks, limbs, tires, pipe, etc.) to get a rabbit to take off.... this black short haired animal jumped out from under an old 1 horse trailer and bolted into the woods at like 300 mph... faster than i could get my .22 up and find it in the scope... it was a good hundred yards to the woods from where we were....


*** IS THIS ANIMAL !!!!!!!:help:

hmmmm, may be a panther or dark cougar

chupacabra? cougar? sasquash

knew someone would have a smarta$$ comment... figured it would be "W"...ahhh what a disappointment

Capt RR

ahhh.... like i said... it didnt take long !!!:help:

*****?

i woulda shot him...

bwahahahahahahaha :*****::*****::*****::rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

im gonna be the one going to jail for killing a black panther....

I bet it was Billy Stixx checking to see what your doing with his rods

If you kill it just take its paw and scratch your arms and face all up to make it look like he attacked you...then you'll only get a few years instead of the maximum lol

lol so that's why we haven't heard from him in a while!

He's waiting for ya....

i probly would have had to change my boxers. i seen one in our hunting club a while back. Makes you think real hard about getting off that stand after dark

If you are a few calves short and can't find any bones, it ain't a Panther.
I have seen Coyotes go after new born calves and sick ones, but they leave
bones behind.
No bones/carcass means they are getting out or someone is taking them.
I takes a big animal to move a calf out of a fenced in area to where you can't
find the bones and skull.

probley cougar. They'r Baaaacckkk! (never really left, just got thinned out for awhile)I've seen several up where I'm at. Some people still does not believe we have them in Louisiana, but they are here and procreating. And they do like a easy meal. Calf, chicken, dog... getcha some donkey's and put em wiff dem calves , they will keepem at bay. Dey don't like preditors and will go on the offensive side with em.
A friend uh.. wellllll.... spotted one while on his deer stand a couple years ago. After seeing the pic's he had I'd say it was in the 130 lbs class. Kind of young and still had room to grow but it died of lead poisoning. Gives me the willies when I think about it going to my stand early in the mornings. And now with the bears being put allaround it kinda makes me duck hunt more than deer hunt.

Ray is right but a cat will drag a kill under a barbed wire fence. I would walk the perimiter and look for drag or blood trail. if I noticed a missing calf. Also ride the four wheeler around a few days later an see where the buzzards are or follow the rotten smell.

We used donkey's to keep Coyotes away in Creole.
We got them wild ones for around $75 each.

were on a 400 acre farm with about ~550 cows... we have donkeys... but only 2

Dang, that's a lotta cows fer 400 acres.
Our male donkey, Sugar Ray, would squeal around noon every day.
We used him to halter break show calves too.

If possible, keep the calves closer to the houses or closest to the
center of your land. We don't have big cats, but I don't think they
will drag a calf too far. It would be too much work.
There are cougars/panthers in the Merryville area. I seen that myself.
But that is another horror story.

well since it is proven that chupacabres are real now thats wat it might be.....but panthers sound like a high pitched crying...

Panthers scream. They make your hair stand up on your head.

I have seen a lot of bull on Chupracrabres, but never seen anything to say that
they are for real. Every picture I have seen, looks like a different animal.

theyve been finding dead ones in texas for the last couple years...acctually there is a taxadermist over there mounting a couple of them...i seen this show on the discovery channel about it...

I would definitely bring a weapon out there next time!!!

man i had something like this happen to me when i walking down my camp road one night. Very few ppl get to hear the SCREAM of a panther in the wild. I have never been so scared in the woods, creepy!!!

Jordan you mentioned that you found prints. Is it possible to take a picture of the prints and post them? From your description it sounds like it would be a cougar. You also mentioned that you were inside the barn when you heard the hiss sound. To here the hiss sound as clearly as you described the cougar(maybe) had to be really close. Not sure how you do not see an animal the size of a cougar(maybe) inside a barn, if, you were looking around as you said you were. Is the barn an open air barn or does it have doors? Position several field cameras around the place and see if you can capture a picture.

My chihuahua has been missing for about a week now. Maybe it him. He is kind of afflicted. He has very big feet

My cousin and I saw a cougar a few years back in a wooded remote area off the Sabine river. He was very quick getting out of sight but there is no mistaking the movement of a cat. I'm sure you know how to tell a cat print from a bear or any canine species - cat prints don't show claws. It is a very eerie feeling. Anyone who has seen one in the wild will not make fun of you. It's unnerving to think that you are not the meanest predator out there. Imagine for a minute what it must be like to be a Masai herdsman in Africa trying to protect his cattle from Lions with a spear. Their main line of defense is a big fence of thorn bushes - I know, I have been watching too much Animal Planet.

i dont have cameras.... after the rain this morning, i doubt there are any tracks left, i'll look..

i would go with a panther myself.. Theres at least one thats been hanging around church point for at least 10 years now. Last time he was spotted was about a month ago. My family lives all along one road and they've seen him several times and they say that the sound it makes definitely scares the living crap out of you. They'll hear it at night sometimes.


Also screech owls make HORRIBLE sounds! lol

typical excuse...Jordan im ya friend bruh, but i call B.S unless i see pics. :cool:

I think the scream was from an actual woman when she saw Jordan creeping around her back yard!

thats fine, dont believe me... i dont care... i know what i heard... kinda sounds like the "other site"

It's ok Jordan, we still somewhat like you.

ya i still like ya (as a friend) jordan...Just idk, i want pics...i don't doubt there are panthers in LA, my dad seen one at our lease when he was leaving one day

That is funny right there.

I guy here at work brought pics from his deer camera friday of a cougar that was def. stalking something. It was scarry looking at the pics I can only imagine coming close to one in the woods. This was right near Midland-Esterwood area.

jordan, if you said it sounded like a woman screaming, then it is probably a black panther.

we had a few around where we hunt near the natchez trace - would hear the "screams" every so often. i heard one scream within a few hundred yards of me when i was getting off my stand and i don't think my feet ever touched the ground as i sprinted back to the truck. gamewardens told us it was panthers.

amazing what sneaks about in the woods...

U have a chupacabra on your hands!

El Chupacabra.....

jordan,thats them eskimos creepin up on ya tryin ta tell ya ta stay south of 210!! they run the rest up north.hahahaha ya sissy,suck it up!!!.lmao. man , iknow that sound ive heard it before, itll make ya hair stand on end!!! be careful dont wanna read about ya in the paper

i bet it was one of the donkeys

i bet it was some thing raid the pile of hardhead guts he buried in the back!! told ou to leave them nasty feeeesh alone

If you ever do run across a panther jump up with you arms spread and yell at him, he's not going to attack you if you bigger than him. the way I know this is from some crane mechanics I ran across that were from Northern California and hunted mountain lions with dogs.

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