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Post by magicwoman6 on Jul 1, 2009 11:25:18 GMT -5
NOT ME!!!!!!! Seen one up close last night....I just got done riding in the outside arena, went in the barn, brushed out Pumpkin and decided we would go for a walk out in the other pasture so she could have a grassy snack. We walked to about the middle of what is a 3 acre feild and stood there for a while, saw some deer come running through and thought nothing of it, continued eating grass and then she went stiff, ears erect and just stared off towards the gate, I looked down in the long grass and there it was ready to jump out. It stood up and made itself known. at first thought coyote or bobcat until I saw it's tail. Pumpkin took it better than I did, I started yelling and waving my arms at it and she just watched it, I can't believe I didn't spook my horse yelling and flapping my arms like a madwoman. The cougar walked away slow and I walked Pumpkin back to the barn watching behind me as I walked, wasn't going to take my eyes off it. That cat was only about 10 to 15 feet away from me and was scarey as all get out!!! I hope I never see that damb cat again.....
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Post by sherideswildhorses on Jul 1, 2009 16:37:33 GMT -5
Were do you live? I live in Midland my Husband and I saw a black cat last year weighed about 75 lbs huge jumped across the road in front of use,It was a cougar the DNR said.Then this last winter I was walking my dogs in are woods and came across tracks about the size of my Rottweilers except no claws.Iwas told that was a cat also,This is scary because I walk my dogs and ride my horse out there now I look every were well I am out there lol.,My Husband hates me going out there after seeing the one.I guess they travel about 200 miles round trip lol.
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Post by yooperbug on Jul 1, 2009 17:06:14 GMT -5
They are up here. Although the DNR will not admit they are up here.
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Post by gypsywolf59 on Jul 1, 2009 17:39:06 GMT -5
we have them around here in the middle of the state too. ppl. down the road have pics from a trail cam. they have seen some over by hungerford lake too, an elk hill. but like yooperbug said the dnr still say they dont live in mich.
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Post by resugirl on Jul 2, 2009 8:28:40 GMT -5
My great-grandfather had one drive off his team in the 20's. A cougar or cougars were sighted by numerous people, including my Mom, right around our town in the 80's. My husband saw one right by our house in the 90's and people still see them around, but they aren't here...right? Cougars are all over MI. Some might be illegal pets turned loose, like the DNR says. Myself, I firmly believe there is a breeding population, both in the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Afterall, I remember when the DNR said there weren't any wolves in the UP, except for on Isle Royale.
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Post by sherideswildhorses on Jul 2, 2009 8:50:45 GMT -5
I wonder if they were turned loose wouldn't you think after a time they might join togeather.Iremember a man in Midland had one as a pet for years and they were trying to stop him.I heard he turned him loose and said he got away but only heard that.11 yrs ago my Daughter and I saw a tan one in Midland right by the county farm,It ran across the road it jumped the whole road in front of use and kept running across the field,We stopped to watch it,We mentioned it to DNR and of course we were crazy,Then last year my Husband and I were coming down Porter rd in Midland county Breckenridge area ,a black cat about 75 lbs jumped across in front of use right by the pine river bridge area,I called it a panther but people on old MELsaid it was a couger also,So I gueess I have seen two one tawny colored and one black,They are beautiful but bet they could do damage if they were hungry.We habve a large population of deer thank good ness.
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Post by magicwoman6 on Jul 2, 2009 13:01:47 GMT -5
I am in manistee, right on Lake Michigan. I board my horse across from a golf coarse and town is only about 2 miles away, it is a well populated area, so it is quite scarey to me just knowing that cat is out there and too close to town and golf coarses, and lots of public and private beaches... I am only 1/2 mile, if that off of US 31. DNR aren't saying much, other than they will try to track and catch and let go elsewhere, if they can catch it. Nothing will get done until it attacks someone, I think it was preying on me and my horse until I spotted it first, thank god....I never want to be that close to a cougar again....
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Post by blueberry on Jul 3, 2009 20:08:34 GMT -5
Within the last 7 years I have seen two--a tan and a black--near our house. We live just outside of the Millington village limits. My husband and kids also have seen tracks on some property we own several miles east of us. The big cats are definitely here. As my husband has shared our sightings with local farmers he hears that many others have seen them too.
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Post by crzyhorselover09 on Jul 3, 2009 20:12:20 GMT -5
wow in midland?? i m in midland that is scary to think about! last fall on waldo rd there was a wolf on side of road got hit by a car i couldnt believe what i saw! Animal control came and pick him off the road.
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Post by SunshineAcres on Jul 7, 2009 9:45:47 GMT -5
Had one in our pasture last summer. Hubby didn't want to shoot it and go to jail/pay a big fine so he watched it to make sure it didn't bother the horses.
Cougar attack on a horse just a few miles from my farm as well. Confirmed cougar attack by a wildlife expert. Mauled the horse one night and came back a second to finish it off. Horse lived though.
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Post by american03pride1 on Jul 7, 2009 10:09:48 GMT -5
i live in middle of thumb has anyone heard of any sightings in my area,this is gettin scary.i was upset when i lost all but 1 of my barn cats to coyotes
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Post by crzyhorselover09 on Jul 7, 2009 21:38:47 GMT -5
sunshine- wow can't believe that horse lived thru that! poor thing!! they are everywhere we can't see them unless they come out of their hiding spot!
ofc scary
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Post by horsecrazylady on Jul 9, 2009 9:50:12 GMT -5
They have been in Michigan since at least the mid 50's. That is when I saw one in the Laingsburg area.
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Post by paintsnpalos on Jul 11, 2009 9:25:03 GMT -5
I just saw a special on TV a few nights ago that said that most people who get attacked by cougars are attacked when they bend down to pick up something to throw at them...........a rock or stick............they said never bend down, stand tall and raise your spread out arms above your head to make you look larger than you actually are.
We heard a scream in the woods behind our cabin in White Cloud a couple of years ago......sounded just like a woman screaming............several have told us that is the sound of a cougar..........made the hair stand up on the back of my neck...........
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Post by sherideswildhorses on Jul 11, 2009 15:18:27 GMT -5
Yep same sound I heard out behind are place at 4 am in morning when I had my Gabby puppy ot going potty,Need less to say she came back in the house in a hurry lol,Real creepy,This last winter we found prints with no claws ,Didn't think it was a cat because I thought cats had claws,I sence have been told Cats don't show claws.We took pictures of them ,Have sence been told it is a couger
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