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it's the "Pamet Puma".. he migrated south to Eastham for the winter....

HAHA! Maybe Karl! I never knew there were Bobcats around here. I've never ever seen one locally. I have about a gazillion acres of Wildlife habitat across the road from me. Coyotes etc I've heard. Never a bobcat.

Somebody should tie the Abrasive one to a stake to see what comes in

Bobbies are making a come back in my area, so maybe up there too.
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Plenty of bobcats in NH and VT

I saw one run across the road in front of me this past fall on Rt. 9 in Amherst on the way home from driving my daughter to UMass. It was around dusk, no traffic, I saw a rustle in the bushes, and I thought it was going to be a fox. I've never seen one before, it was the coolest thing, perfectly siloetted. I know it was western mass, not the Cape, but I'd love to see these guys around more often.

Friend of mine had one in Brookfield that would just Waltz in and select
one of his chickens... ( He had a flock of them and sold eggs...)
then it would casually walk back into the woods like he owned the place.

Several times he thought about shooting it but then he said he loved
the relationship he had with it...the cat and mouse game they played......
over who was smarter....him or the Bobcat...

they are the type of Animal who will sit for hours on end hatching out a plan
and mentally timing your every move so they know exactly when
to show up and expertly claim their prize.

this happened to me too...i watched one watch me as i tossed trash fish (shiners)
in a pile for it next to a big rock for them or the coyotes and it would just lay in the sun
and wait patiently for me to leave.

Back in the late 70's I worked at the all night gas station across the rotary from the state police barracks (the collapsing wreck of the building is still there). On more than one occasion I saw coyotes run across the bridge at 3-4 AM (you wouldn't even see a car for a 1/2 hour at times). I would imagine that that would be the only way they would get on cape unless someone reintroduced them. Seeing that they are in Carver I would think that there is that possibility, but I don't think that a cat would run the what, 2/3 of a mile to cross?? The coyotes would jus boot across in groups of 2-3, I saw that maybe 3-4 times.

Off subject but driving through PA to visit the monroeville mall ( where dawn of the dead was filmed) we saw a black panther in one of the fields prowling around. Was SWEEEEET.
BYE

YouTube - Pete Puma How Many Lumps do you Want? Full Clip HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKyhTX9LQEA)

it's the "Pamet Puma".. he migrated south to Eastham for the winter....

the Mythical Pamet Puma :rotf2:

Saw one cross the road in northwest CT in the middle of the day. My friend saw it too, so I know I wasn't hallucinating. It was spectacular. It took a few quick hops across the pavement and effortlessly bounded up a 6 foot rock ledge. I was pretty awestruck.

We gottem over here in Eastern Ct.

They are just an awesome looking animal!!

Off subject but driving through PA to visit the monroeville mall ( where dawn of the dead was filmed) we saw a black panther in one of the fields prowling around. Was SWEEEEET.
BYE


No doubt you saw something, but.... There are no black panthers in the United States. All big cats in the United States are tawny 'lion' color. The only big black cats in the Western Hemisphere are the black jaguars of South America. Black Panthers are reported regularly, but one has never been officially recorded - in history.

Edit: Except, of course, the Black Panther Party - Black Power!

I saw one in Avon last year but it is very rare to see one in CT.

HAHA! Maybe Karl! I never knew there were Bobcats around here. I've never ever seen one locally. I have about a gazillion acres of Wildlife habitat across the road from me. Coyotes etc I've heard. Never a bobcat.

Scott, lots of Bobcats in Burrillville. I have seen them on my land in the past but not in about 5 years. There was a family of Bobcat who lived on the ridgeline that runs from my property all the way to North Smithfield and we could track their movement by the calls we got from folks who lived on the ridge. Again, I have not seen or heard of them since about 05.