Panthers in Sabine/Rockafeller Refuges

[cgoods17]

they had a big cat attack a buddy of mines horse in grand lake a few years back... seen the horses gouges with my very own two eyes....

[marshrunner757]

Originally Posted by cgoods17

they had a big cat attack a buddy of mines horse in grand lake a few years back... seen the horses gouges with my very own two eyes....

Yep. That made the news. Definitely not a bob cat as they will not attack a larger animal.

[saute86]

Originally Posted by Pat Babaz

What is weird is that nobody at all had even heard a rumor of somebody keeping a pet cougar any where around there. It is also weird that it sat and decomposed for so long alongside a busy road like hwy 12. Do you know if it showed signs of being hit by a car or are they just assuming?

A few weeks before they found that cat I saw one cross 171 at Barnes creek. It was heading west. That is less than 20 miles from where they found the dead one. I almost hit it in the curve. That cat was huge.

[saute86]

Originally Posted by BGcoreg

Give me more details on the area you speak of , I'm fairly close . Makes me curious

I have seen them on the back side of Granger's field where Hickory creek crosses the pipeline. That is about 1.5 miles southwest of the corner of Granger road and south Menonite rd.

[BGcoreg]

Well that just got real interesting! I live within a few miles of there

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by saute86

I have seen them on the back side of Granger's field where Hickory creek crosses the pipeline. That is about 1.5 miles southwest of the corner of Granger road and south Menonite rd.

Are the ones you have seen tan or black?

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by marshrunner757

Yep. That made the news. Definitely not a bob cat as they will not attack a larger animal.

Will post pics later but walked up on a freshly killed deer with only head missing. It was cached away like cats do and I thiughg I was finally gonna get pics of a cougar. Put camera up and it was a medium sized bobcat and it came back a couple times a day to feed on it.

[marshrunner757]

I'm doubting the bobcat killed it. A large bobcat will get up in the mid to upper 30# range and those are rare. My dad traps and has caught close to 100 with just a few in that weight class. Small deer/big bobcat? Could be possible. Big bobcat vs horse? Highly doubtful at best.

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by marshrunner757

I'm doubting the bobcat killed it. A large bobcat will get up in the mid to upper 30# range and those are rare. My dad traps and has caught close to 100 with just a few in that weight class. Small deer/big bobcat? Could be possible. Big bobcat vs horse? Highly doubtful at best.

A 30 lber is a sure enough beast. This one wasn't that large for sure there weren't any wounds on the deer and it was outside hunting season ( not that it matters in north louisiana ) the neck was completely gone. They are strong for their size and can and will take down deer. Certainly not big enough to take down a horse. It very well could be a cougar that took down that horse They exist and have been documented in sw la could have been a wild one or a captive one. 100% wasn't a black panther though

[marshrunner757]

Could have been the pink panther.

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by marshrunner757

Could have been the pink panther.

[saute86]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

Are the ones you have seen tan or black?

I have seen both. First one looked black. It was quartering towards me at about a 100 yards about an hour before dark. I thought it was a yearling. It turned broadside and its tail was the give away of what it was. It looked like tail was longer than the cat. Its paw prints were larger than the palm of my hand. I was talking about it after the hunt. Everyone thought I was nuts till old man Hollingsworth said its about time someone else saw it too. He laughed and said he wasnt going to say anything till someone did first. 2 years ago was the last black one that I saw and it was mid day. I got a good look at it with binoculars at 150 to 200 yards crossing a pipeline.
The days I have seen them where mid week later in the season when the lease quietens down after the rut and everyone concentrates on duck hunting. I have spent 40 years deer hunting and I know what I saw. There is no mistake when you see that long tail that almost touches the ground and curls back up.

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