Big Cat in West TN!

BSK

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I'd bet everyone here a case of beer or mt dew that if you put those two pics on Facebook, within 2 hours, 90% of the people would say that's a mt lion.
I could post a picture of my obese 20 lb black house cat on Facebook and immediately the "I saw a black panther in my neighborhood" stories would start pouring out. Only group worse than Facebook for that sort of thing is the Neighborhood Websites.
 

TNTreeman

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I live on 8 acres and raise a few chickens . They developed 90 acres behind me so I don't see as many bobcats as I used to. This winter when it got really cold I saw the same one 3 times over a week. I wouldn't have believed this but it happened twice . He walked within 15-20 ' of my chickens , looked at them and never stopped walking. They saw him once and they started there " danger " clucking and scurried away but he showed zero interest. I was sitting in my truck " on guard" because the foxes are terrible here on my hens. I couldn't shoot him because it wasn't a safe shot with other houses in the background but with his lack of interest in my chickens I wouldn't have anyway. Speaking of the neighborhood websites there was a lady around here wanting her neighbors to chip in and buy cat food and such to feed the foxes and bobcats in the area so they wouldn't eat the sweet mice, bunnies, squirrels, and chipmunks. 🙄. She really thought supplemental feeding them would stop them from hunting her " forest fur babies" as she called them. Some people are too stupid to mingle with the rest of us in society.
 

DaveTN

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I got a pic of a big one last summer on our place and then saw him walk within 10 yards under my tree during bow season. His head was the size of a big cantaloupe and he was real dark all over. By far the biggest one I'd ever seen.
Was it this one?

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TNTreeman

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Ever notice how the majority of these are middle-aged to late-aged women?

I've also come to the sad conclusion that this group is a rapidly growing segment of the Human population.
I love women and I have a PHENOMENAL wife but you are correct, they are becoming a huge problem. They stir up more crap everywhere they go and also are usually single.... wonder why?
 

Spurhunter

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Ever notice how the majority of these are middle-aged to late-aged women?

I've also come to the sad conclusion that this group is a rapidly growing segment of the Human population.
As a single man that has used dating apps, I'm amazed at the percentage of women that list liberal on their profiles. The mental disorder of liberalism is spreading like wild fire even in Tennessee. I already know a woman my age that's single has some degree of crazy. I'm surely not taking a chance on one that's guaranteed insane.
 

redblood

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Tall joker. I have one about that size frequenting near a cam where I hunt as well. Biggest I've seen near me. Maybe it's all the hormones we're injecting chickens with these days? :cool:
We use to kill a ton if them coming into coyote calls. They dont appear as big during prime fur time because tgey are fluffy, fat and it makes their legs look short. When they shed in the spring and drop weight, their legs look long as they hair more air under them. Plus that is a mature tom- huge difference in size between a tom and female.
 

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