Pennsylvania large cats ?

[nsdq]

Pennsylvania large cats ?,,,Paw print

Not sure if this may the right place.. but a very large tanish golden color cat with a distinctive muscled body long tail with a almost blackish tip on the tail appox 4 foot in length guess of weight 75-100 lbs was spotted in my yard last night when it set the motion lights off.......no pics not able to get my phone in time but does explain the tracks around the yard and house and all the missing stray cats that where here , i have found remains of them in the tree line, but from what i am reading on the PGC Pa Game Commission their are no such cats in Pa ,, like the time they told me no bears in Lebanon county yet one was spotted in the Meyerstown area a few months back ... so i ask what are your all's thought on this..... found a print about 2 -2.5 inch wide so far best print i found to show with this frozen mud and dirt this one one near the canal next to the house

 

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[ibjeepn]

Get a game camera. Get photo of it,the tracks and plaster evidence of the tracks. If you do, you'll be famous. Like Bigfoot, mountain cats in Pa are a myth to most. I am not doubting what you saw. But, just what you think you saw. Please prove me wrong and settle the myth. There were panthers here around 130 yrs ago.

 

[pong12211]

I am from Elk county Pa. and have been my whole life I am an avid hunter of everything muzzle loader archery and rifle. I spend countless hours deep in the woods hunting deer. If there is a big cat roaming Pa. it must have wings because I have never seen a track or the actual cat. Not saying anything is impossibe but I have a hard time believing it. I agree get a game camera and get a picture that's the best way to prove they exist. But until the I suppose the big cats and bigfoots of Pa. will continue to elude us.

 

[Boatlode]

You might have seen a real McCoy Nittany lion. Like the poster above said, set up a game camera in your yard. You can get one at Walmart for less than $100. Get some fresh killed rabbit and put it out as bait, then focus the camera on the bait.

 

[nsdq]

kinda like the elusive black bear in Missouri and the non existing Osage Copper head in Mo along with the Timber Rattler ,,, but i could be wrong what i saw but will try to get some tangable proof fer ya all

 

[Boatlode]

We have a sasquatch-like creature down here in the swamps known as the skunk ape. I never saw him, but I'm pretty sure I smelled him once.

 

[pong12211]

There's quite a differnece between a snake and a bear. I see what you are saying but in Pa. each year just shy of 1 million hunters take to the woods of Pa. I believe if there was a giant cat we would have some kind of proof. I alone put 8 trail cams out every yr. I cant imagine what the total camera number accross the state would be. Surely we would have some solid proof by now of their existence.

 

[jeff of pa]

I'm not good at Estimating Size
but it's sitting on a Fireplace
made of Large Cinderblocks.



if you can Zoom in, It appears to me to be as wide as a cinder Block
and perhaps sitting almost as tall as 2 cinderblocks

Not sure if that is considerd very Large , But looked it to me.

I don't think 4 Feet in length though.

it slowly got up and worked it's way down as I tried to walk towards it for better pics then this. was not overly scared, but obvioulsy wanted nothing to do with me.

Actually reminded me of an Oversized white House Cat



http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/my-daily-snapshot/438332-sitting-out-back.html

 

[pong12211]

I'm not good at Estimating Size
but it's sitting on a Fireplace
made of Large Cinderblocks.

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if you can Zoom in, It appears to me to be as wide as a cinder Block
and perhaps sitting almost as tall as 2 cinderblocks

Not sure if that is considerd very Large , But looked it to me.

I don't think 4 Feet in length though


http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/my-daily-snapshot/438332-sitting-out-back.html

The point ears lead me to believe its a bobcat. Just my opinion.

 

[Boatlode]

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Sure it was a cat and not a coyote? They are also that tawny color with a black tip on their tail. This one was running full-steam with one of my chickens in it's mouth. Lucky shot at 100 yards - very lucky chicken (still alive & fine).



Their natural range is anywhere in North or South America from about 400 miles into Canada & all points south. But heavily depleted and pretty much eradicated East of the Rockies for the past 200 years.

And, unfortunately, one was killed by a vehicle in Connecticut two years ago that had been tracked across New York State. DNA showed it had traveled 1,800 miles from where it was born.

Long Way from Home - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation

There have been sightings around Cortland NY - probably a hoax. But people are known to bring wild animals home and release them when they get big, strong & unpleasant - or they just escape. I live in the middle of NY and I shot a fallow deer native to Europe/Asia that was on my property five years ago. Turns out several had escaped from a unlicensed "game farm" a few years before.

 

[pong12211]

Oh good god. Pictures of dead animals. The leaf eaters will be up in arms just give them time to find it. I know I should'nt say leaf eaters

 

[jeff of pa]

The point ears lead me to believe its a bobcat. Just my opinion.

they do exist





& I'm sure if Tame it would still be around

 

[nsdq]

I have never seen a fox climb up a tree but then again who knows.... ground is a bit frozen i did find tracks but with frozen dirt they look just like frozen dirt

 

[bigfoot1]

prolly shouldnt discount the possibility that you saw exactly what you thot you saw.there are thousands of privately owned exotic cats in every state in this country.not all owners have legit permits and those would be wary of reporting their pet missing.As you say this animal is hanging around people,hmmm...conditioned ?

 

[nsdq]

prolly shouldnt discount the possibility that you saw exactly what you thot you saw.there are thousands of privately owned exotic cats in every state in this country.not all owners have legit permits and those would be wary of reporting their pet missing.As you say this animal is hanging around people,hmmm...conditioned ?

not hanging around people just around at night but extreme shy of people it took off when i went to open the door, i know the track look simlar to a dog but do not have any dogs running loose in my area

 

[bigfoot1]

anything like these?Also,all cats,eveny little fluffy return to ferrel very quickly when they need to.the wolf track on right is pretty much generic dog.

 

[nsdq]

Diffidently the one on the left

 

[Jeremy S]

First mountain lion seen in Kentucky since the civil war. Poor cat didn't last too long: Mountain lion killed in Kentucky first confirmed sighting since before Civil War

Good chance you have a mountain lion in PA. Bobcats are pretty common around here but people never see them, they tend to avoid humans. Can't say that I blame them. A game camera would be the best way to go.

 

[nsdq]

Only bobby cats i have seen in Pa where stuffed and a road kill one