Mountain Lion on Trail Cam Spotted 11/24/2015

[xRUSTYx]

Thought you guys might get a kick out of this.  Posted to the  TN Deer - Where TN hunters hang their hats on Facebook.  Here are a few trail cam pictures, supposedly taken in Humphrey's Co  ... 

 

Facebook Post by Austin Burton

"We have been hunting a farm in Middle TN my whole life. My dad and his buddy have hunted it about 35 years. Around 25 years ago my dads friend saw a mountain lion dove hunting and no one believed him. I just pulled my card out of my camera and look what I got! I have it on video but not internet at our farm except for my phone. I'm speechless. We all give my dad a hard time for always having a pistol on him and now we will all be taking pistols. Are mountain lions legal to kill? Unit L"

 

EDITED TO ADD ~ Here's the Video:  https://www.facebook.com/austin.burton.94/videos/10102961980689135/

 

 

 

 

Edited November 28, 2015 by xRUSTYx

[Peace]

-just saw this on facebook.  If confirmed, it will be the 2nd sighting I am aware of this year.  The TWRA will have to change their tune.   :pleased:

[runco]

TWRA will say...................

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-B5vCLAoqw

[Raoul]

Great pic. I saw  some tracks near Shady Valley last year. Big kitty of some sort.

[felinesNfreedom]

I don't want to run into one of those while out in the woods. I like my cats, just not that big

[Murgatroy]

That is obviously a photoshop. The authorities have clearly stated that large cats are nonexistent in Tennessee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plus, it isn't black.

[Peace]

[emoji15]. video of it is now up on facebook

[felinesNfreedom]

[emoji15]. video of it is now up on facebook

 

 

Said that the video was taken a hour after he set the camera............ Pretty sure I would not go back out there alone. 

[xRUSTYx]

Here's the Video :ugh:

 

https://www.facebook.com/austin.burton.94/videos/10102961980689135/

[Ugly]

I guess they are legal to kill since they don't exist!

Nice pic!

[dawgdoc]

I guess they are legal to kill since they don't exist!

Nice pic!

 

Ask the guy in Georgia who killed one how that turned out for him.

 

As for this one, I'm sure they'll just say it is a wandering male from out west.

[Mike.357]

OS?   

 

:popcorn:

[glowdotGlock]

Just saw on Facebook and came here to see if there was a thread yet.
I think the ol' .308 will be with me more often as I Jeep through the woods around here... Edited November 28, 2015 by glowdotGlock

[gregintenn]

I saw some trail cam pics of Bigfoot last year. I believe they came out of Smith County.

[dawgdoc]

Just remember everyone, if you shoot one, make sure you use the phrase "in fear of my life or bodily harm," or maybe don't tell the authorities:

 

http://www.fws.gov/southeast/news/2011/11-057.html

[Oh Shoot]

OS?   

 

:popcorn:

 

Wasn't black, was it? ;)

 

Another rare wanderer I guess, if indeed it was snapped where stated.

 

The skeptic part always has to wonder : No EXIF embedded in those particular JPEGs or other real proof of course. Dunno how TWRA verified that other one not long ago but they had to be pert sure to admit it I guess. I must note these pix and the vid were certainly framed pretty well for an animal that just happened to stop and do its thing for a bit -- pretty long odds on that from a stationary pointed camera would seem to me, but anything's possible I reckon, maybe some scent was put there or something. Looks like a rather tight shot too, not the wider focal length you'd usually have a game camera set on? Maybe cropped?

 

If we ever see evidence of a breeding population, that would be something indeed.

 

Beautiful animal.  I think we should try to reestablish them here in quantity. Forget them pussy elks, lets get something back in the woods where it means something serious to be an outdoorsman again! ;)

 

- OS

Edited November 28, 2015 by Oh Shoot

[Mike.357]

thanks Mac.  I thought of you before I ever opened this thread.

 

I prefer Purple Panthers.   http://www.elderhs.org/

[toby1304]

It wouldn't surprise me if there was one in Tennessee. No one honors the borders surrounding the U.S. Why would an animal stop at a state border? I would like to add that his mouth never changes throughput the video.

[10-Ring]

Wasn't black, was it? ;)

 

Another rare wanderer I guess, if indeed it was snapped where stated.

 

The skeptic part always has to wonder : No EXIF embedded in those particular JPEGs or other real proof of course. Dunno how TWRA verified that other one not long ago but they had to be pert sure to admit it I guess. I must note these pix and the vid were certainly framed pretty well for an animal that just happened to stop and do its thing for a bit -- pretty long odds on that from a stationary pointed camera would seem to me, but anything's possible I reckon, maybe some scent was put there or something. Looks like a rather tight shot too, not the wider focal length you'd usually have a game camera set on? Maybe cropped?

 

If we ever see evidence of a breeding population, that would be something indeed.

 

Beautiful animal.  I think we should try to reestablish them here in quantity. Forget them pussy elks, lets get something back in the woods where it means something serious to be an outdoorsman again! ;)

 

- OS

Man the yuppies around here would probably freak out and move back to where ever they came from.  I'm all for it. 

[felinesNfreedom]

Wasn't black, was it? ;)

 

 

- OS

 

Why you got to bring race into it? I don't care what color it is I don't want to be alone in the woods with it. 

 

#Whitemountainlionsmatter 

[felinesNfreedom]

We put up some Christmas decorations and I caught a black panther hiding in the bushes.




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[Lumber_Jack]

Here's one I got a few years ago

Edited November 28, 2015 by Lumber_Jack

[dawgdoc]

FWIW, the cat is doing the "gape reflex" after it smells the ground. You'll sometimes see house cats do the same thing--their mouth hangs slightly open as they process the scent molecules in an organ in the roof of the mouth. I assume the lion was smelling some type of scent used to attract deer.

[Ugly]

I am more afraid of unicorns than anything else Mother Nature lets prowl around! I'm afraid they smell like BhO!

[A.J. Holst]

Perhaps the myth began in the 40s when the remains of a Pleistocene jaguar were found in Craighead Caverns, home of the Lost Sea.