03-04-2004, 03:47 AM
absolutley !
i saw one on the bay/gladwin county line on highway 61 4 years ago . it was dark and i saw two sets of eyes glowing in the headlights , i slowed to a stop just where they were and saw the big cat pick up the full grown deer and watched it cross the road in front of me . i saw it clearley .
i reported it to the gladwin dnr , a few months later another sighting in the sherman township area state lands by myself .
last year in the beaverton area of gladwin a few farm animals were recovered along with the pad prints of the cat(s). farmer tim has had several track lines in his area as well . large cats eat from the chest cavity of there prey , liver , heart and lungs all organs that have a large blood content . cyotes eat there prey from the rectal area first .
our county dnr have been tracking these cats for a few years unofficially .
officially there stand on them is that the cougars are abandoned pets not wild animals .
two years ago the name "cougers" was placed in our hunting manuals , it was not listed in previous years . it lists them as a protected species .
black panthers have been photographed and video taped in the monroe farmlands and state lands .
yes , we have the big cats . i'm pretty sure i saw a news story a few months ago from the grand traverse bay area where tracks were found . my sister spotted some prints at sleaping bear dunes .
[signature]
i saw one on the bay/gladwin county line on highway 61 4 years ago . it was dark and i saw two sets of eyes glowing in the headlights , i slowed to a stop just where they were and saw the big cat pick up the full grown deer and watched it cross the road in front of me . i saw it clearley .
i reported it to the gladwin dnr , a few months later another sighting in the sherman township area state lands by myself .
last year in the beaverton area of gladwin a few farm animals were recovered along with the pad prints of the cat(s). farmer tim has had several track lines in his area as well . large cats eat from the chest cavity of there prey , liver , heart and lungs all organs that have a large blood content . cyotes eat there prey from the rectal area first .
our county dnr have been tracking these cats for a few years unofficially .
officially there stand on them is that the cougars are abandoned pets not wild animals .
two years ago the name "cougers" was placed in our hunting manuals , it was not listed in previous years . it lists them as a protected species .
black panthers have been photographed and video taped in the monroe farmlands and state lands .
yes , we have the big cats . i'm pretty sure i saw a news story a few months ago from the grand traverse bay area where tracks were found . my sister spotted some prints at sleaping bear dunes .
[signature]