So, feeding critters in the back yard leads to...
 

On 29 May 2007 06:11:30 -0700, basskisser wrote:

On May 29, 6:42 am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2007 03:45:27 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"

wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 28 May 2007 17:29:08 -0000, thunder
wrote:

On Mon, 28 May 2007 11:36:38 -0400, HK wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2wxdg3
Was that picture taken in the east? Every year, there seem to be more
and more sightings. Enough that I'm starting to wonder if they aren't
making a return. I personally know someone who swears he has seen one
here in NJ. He's a pretty reliable type, but . . . I haven't seen any
confirmations.

There have been confirmed sightings in my woods and around the
neighboring farms.

They are mountain lions - not cougars. Confirmed by professional
trackers.

Fisher cats are also making a huge come back in this area.

Cougars, mountain lines and puma's are names for the same animal.

Um...I'm not getting into a whole basskisser style argument and start
going to google and wiki just to prove a point.

I was told by a professional tracker what the differences are and why
and I have no reason to doubt him because he got the pictures and
determined the range of the animal.

You want to argue the point, go argue with him.- Hide quoted text -

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You just love to be a childish, insultant ass sometimes, don't you? Or
is that all the time. I also take it that you don't mind at all being
wrong.

Ah - my good friend basskisser.

The folks running the asylum let you on the computer again I see.

Well good for you - that means the meds must be taking hold.

Although based on your invariable response to any post here, they
aren't very effective.

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HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 May 2007 04:09:27 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 28 May 2007 17:29:08 -0000, thunder

wrote:

On Mon, 28 May 2007 11:36:38 -0400, HK wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2wxdg3
Was that picture taken in the east? Every year, there seem to be
more and more sightings. Enough that I'm starting to wonder if
they
aren't making a return. I personally know someone who swears
he has
seen one here in NJ. He's a pretty reliable type, but . . . I
haven't seen any confirmations.
There have been confirmed sightings in my woods and around the
neighboring farms.

They are mountain lions - not cougars. Confirmed by professional
trackers.

Fisher cats are also making a huge come back in this area.
Cougars, mountain lines and puma's are names for the same animal.
Tom,
If you are talking about seeing a mountain lion (also known as a
cougar,
puma, catamount, panther and other names) it is only native in the
western area of the US and Florida in the east. If it was seen in
the
NE it must have escaped from captivity.
I've got the god damned picture sitting right on my god damned wall of
the god damned mountain liion walking through the god damned woods of
my god damned property taken by a god damned professional god damned
tracker who told me that this isn't the only god damned mountain god
damned lion in New England and that this is a god damned mountain lion
and not a god damned cougar.

Damn it. :)
Might be best if you deep six Waylon Smithers...your overall welfare
will be the better for it!

Smithers is easy. He wants to post here, but has nothing original to
say. So he uses a search engine to find some "nugget" that might be
relevant to a discussion and then posts it as if it came from his own
knowledge base. That's one, but only one, of the reasons I deep-sixed
him eons ago.

My wife was out working in the "edge of the primeval forest" part of
her planting areas yesterday, and was startled by a "huge" rustling
in the large wild bushes and trees about 10 feet away from where she
was digging. She never saw the critter, but says the fuss was too
large to be one of the neighborhood raccoons, and besides, they are
too stealthy.
There actually have been reports of small bears in our neck of the
woods, so to speak, but I have no idea what it was, either. There
aren't any feral dogs around here.

No chance on running into a protective mother bear this time of year??



I hope not.

Hopefully, you have stopped feeding the wildlife.

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On May 29, 6:12?am, HK wrote:

There actually have been reports of small bears in our neck of the
woods, so to speak, but I have no idea what it was, either. There aren't
any feral dogs around here.- Hide quoted text -

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In the eastside suburbs of Seattle there are frequent reports of bears
wandering through suburban neighborhoods. About a week or so ago, one
of the elementary schools over there was "locked down" for an
afternoon after a bear was seen on or near the playground where the
kids take recess.

Fewer people hunt these wild animals these days and we have inserted
cul-de-sacs and McMansions into many areas that were formerly remote
enough to provide habitat for bears, cougars (also seen with some
regularity in the suburbs), coyotes, etc. The wild animals aren't
suddenly coming to town, town has instead gone out to them. With
regular exposure to humans many of the species will begin to lose
their natural fear of people and begin foraging through garbage cans,
etc.

If you still have that housecat, Harry, keep him locked up. The big
cats find little cats a very tasty snack. Locally, the cougars often
haul the little cats up into the trees to eat them.

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Chuck Gould wrote:
On May 29, 6:12?am, HK wrote:

There actually have been reports of small bears in our neck of the
woods, so to speak, but I have no idea what it was, either. There aren't
any feral dogs around here.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

In the eastside suburbs of Seattle there are frequent reports of bears
wandering through suburban neighborhoods. About a week or so ago, one
of the elementary schools over there was "locked down" for an
afternoon after a bear was seen on or near the playground where the
kids take recess.

Fewer people hunt these wild animals these days and we have inserted
cul-de-sacs and McMansions into many areas that were formerly remote
enough to provide habitat for bears, cougars (also seen with some
regularity in the suburbs), coyotes, etc. The wild animals aren't
suddenly coming to town, town has instead gone out to them. With
regular exposure to humans many of the species will begin to lose
their natural fear of people and begin foraging through garbage cans,
etc.

If you still have that housecat, Harry, keep him locked up. The big
cats find little cats a very tasty snack. Locally, the cougars often
haul the little cats up into the trees to eat them.



Our pets never ever go outside, unless they are being taken to the vet.

We adopted this fellow last fall. He was just a small kitten then, the
son of a stray we had tried to adopt earlier. Anyway, after I caught him
and took him to the vet for a checkover, he decided indoor life was more
to his liking. Now, if I even open the screen door to step outside, he
runs like an antelope away from the opening. There's no way he wants the
wandering life again.

http://tinyurl.com/2krsnu

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"thunder" wrote in message
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On Mon, 28 May 2007 11:36:38 -0400, HK wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2wxdg3

Was that picture taken in the east?

God only knows, given the source. But I can tell you the that photo in
question was taken over 3 years ago, on March 10th, 2004 at 0714. The
actual location of the shot and the name of the photographer has not been
disclosed, per usual. The ambiguity leaves the implication that the work is
of the original poster, but no such actual declaration has been made. It's
been an often repeated MO of the original poster over the years.

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"basskisser" wrote in message

You just love to be a childish, insultant ass sometimes, don't you? Or
is that all the time. I also take it that you don't mind at all being
wrong.

Yet another irrelevant post from the Rosie O'Donnell of wrecked boats.

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"HK" wrote in message
news:tLGdnedEWKA51cHbnZ2dnUVZ_oipnZ2d@co


Animals................... wife just paid $100.00 for a good pair of
thinning shears for our Springer Spaniel.
Next will be a $200.00 motorized clipper plus a good pair of straight
shears.
Should eventually save us money on grooming @ $50.00 a pop.

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"RG" wrote in message
m...

"thunder" wrote in message
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On Mon, 28 May 2007 11:36:38 -0400, HK wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2wxdg3

Was that picture taken in the east?

God only knows, given the source. But I can tell you the that photo in
question was taken over 3 years ago, on March 10th, 2004 at 0714. The
actual location of the shot and the name of the photographer has not been
disclosed, per usual. The ambiguity leaves the implication that the work
is of the original poster, but no such actual declaration has been made.
It's been an often repeated MO of the original poster over the years.


You watching Harry that close?? Pathetic!
Can't you find someone to con into buying an overpriced & un-needed
insurance policy?

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Don White wrote:
"RG" wrote in message
m...
"thunder" wrote in message
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On Mon, 28 May 2007 11:36:38 -0400, HK wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2wxdg3
Was that picture taken in the east?
God only knows, given the source. But I can tell you the that photo in
question was taken over 3 years ago, on March 10th, 2004 at 0714. The
actual location of the shot and the name of the photographer has not been
disclosed, per usual. The ambiguity leaves the implication that the work
is of the original poster, but no such actual declaration has been made.
It's been an often repeated MO of the original poster over the years.


You watching Harry that close?? Pathetic!
Can't you find someone to con into buying an overpriced & un-needed
insurance policy?



Since I don't live in a log cabin, and just about everyone knows that, I
didn't think it necessary to claim or not claim the photo. I believe the
photographer in question lived in Colorado or some similar place.

I see old RG still has that foot up his butt. I'll leave him in the bin
with the rest of the assholes.

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On Tue, 29 May 2007 10:49:36 -0000, thunder
wrote:

There have also been at least 12 sightings which were *confirmed* by
biologists. While some of these may have been escapes, here in New
Jersey, I have heard of several sightings with cubs, meaning there is a
breeding population. However, I must note that a breeding population has
not been confirmed.

Sometimes the reporting is behind the facts on wildlife populations.
When I was a young kid in the '50's I'd stay the summers on the
grandfolks "farm" in backwoods Ozarks. Real ridgerunner stuff; bucket
water from well, outhouse, woodstove, roosters waking you up, picking
off ticks, etc.
I'd wander into the woods exploring, and one year I heard a jackhammer
sound and figured that's a darn big woodpecker, I want to see it.
For about three days I'd go out and spend hours leaning motionless
against a tree near where I'd heard it, each day getting a little
closer.
I finally got to watch it pecking for about 2 minutes. It was a giant
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. This was about '55 or '56.
Some years later I looked it up and found it had been extinct in the
U.S. since sometime in the 1800's, but I knew better.
Now they've found it again in Arkansas and it's been reported on.
I saw it in Missouri, a few miles from the Arkansas border.
I may have mentioned the big woodpecker I saw to somebody, but
nobody cared anyway.
In 1973 I drove my '64 bug from Chicago to Portland, OR.
I kept off the interstate most of the time, doing some camping.
As I came through the mountains before Bend, OR, I was
on a long twisting downgrade. I shut down the engine and coasted for
miles, doing about 30 mph. I hadn't seen another car in hours.
I came around a sharp bend and about 30 yards in front of me, staring
right at me on the left shoulder was a gray, almost white wolf.
I still remember his eyes looking at me. He instantly turned and
leapt up the 5 foot or so cut of the road and disappeared into the
woods which closely bordered it.
I saw him in profile as he spun and leapt and estimated him to be
about 3 ft tall, and at least 7 ft in length, though some of that may
have been tail. The most amazing thing was the speed at which he
moved at least 10 feet to disappear into the woods. He was looking at
me for an instant, then he was just a blur. He spun in the air to the
tree line, and when he hit it, he just melted into it.
Sometimes I think he was a dream, but he wasn't.
I never told anybody except a few friends and family members about
that, and nobody really cared. Many years later I read there were no
gray wolves in Oregon at that time, but I knew better.
I sometimes regret in both the case of the woodpecker and the wolf not
reporting the sightings to those who keep track of such animals, but
then again maybe it's better I didn't.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure others saw these animals at some point, but
like me didn't think of reporting them.

--Vic