Anyone have the video of the two mountain lions in TenMile?

[rockytopmojo]

I want to see it

 

[Hymie3]

First I've heard. What's the story?

 

[ttf909]

That's not good.

 

[Iglow]

I wanna see! It's 2 in same clip?

 

[Mattt]

Yea I'd like to see it since I live here. 15 years and literally several hundred trail cams spread over almost 5k acres and not one pic of one.ever.

 

[Jcalder]

I don't remember seeing any cougars in that movie, but it's what, 20 years old now?

 

[rockytopmojo]

My neighbor has seen it and it as trying to get them to send it to him. Crazy, two in one video. Was hoping someone on here had seen it.

 

[Mattt]

Well, if it's same one they're slamming it for being copied from Florida or somewhere. Apparently it already existed on the web

 

[DaveTN]

 

[Biggun4214]

They were here and then they were gone. It's been over 8 years since a confirmed sighting.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Google search shows there is something on Facebook from just 6 days ago about the recent sightings at Tenmile, but I am not on Facebook and can't see the posts.

 

[Mud Creek]

 

[Big Pop]

Seems likely a fraud. Had a buddy send me this in 2021 from Rhea County. Less than two miles from where we hunt!

 

[Mud Creek]

Good friendship of 30 years thrown away over a fake mountain lion picture!

 

[knightrider]

 

[rockytopmojo]

I'm going to believe you guys that it is fake, but if one of y'all get eaten by a mountain lion,….. just know…. I tried to warn ya.

 

[Mattt]

What I said. Same pic from Florida year ago

 

[Antler Daddy]

I still want to see an interview with the guy who put an arrow through one in Carroll County. It must have been thrown out of court because it just disappeared.

 

[DeerCamp]

I still want to see an interview with the guy who put an arrow through one in Carroll County. It must have been thrown out of court because it just disappeared.

It wasn't thrown out. They decided not to pursue chargers. From what I recall it was a younger hunter and he was scared.

 

[Antler Daddy]

It wasn't thrown out. They decided not to pursue chargers. From what I recall it was a younger hunter and he was scared.

oh well....old news now, but somebody should interview the guy. There is a story here. If the DA chose not to pursue it....that is on him.

 

[sgtwebb1]

I'm old enough to remember when there no coyotes in TN.
At the very least, there were only a few in extreme West TN when I was a young kid.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5974007/

 

[DeerCamp]

oh well....old news now, but somebody should interview the guy. There is a story here. If the DA chose not to pursue it....that is on him.

Agreed. Need that in a podcast episode

 

[BSK]

I'm old enough to remember when there no coyotes in TN.
At the very least, there were only a few in extreme West TN when I was a young kid.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5974007/

Great article sgtwebb1! Thanks for posting it.

 

[TheLBLman]

I'm old enough to remember when there no coyotes in TN.
At the very least, there were only a few in extreme West TN when I was a young kid.

When I was a young kid, there were ZERO coyotes in extreme West TN.
There were also relatively few deer & turkeys in West TN.

In fact, most West TN counties did not have a deer or a turkey season until sometime in the 1970's.
Even much of Stewart County (Middle TN) wasn't open to turkey hunting prior to the mid/late 80's.
Similar can be said for much of East TN.

As to how the coyotes came to be in West TN, I'm sure it wasn't only via natural migration across the Mississippi River. I heard first-hand, first-person from a wealthy fox hunter how he annually trapped coyotes in western states, brought them back to West TN, released them for his dogs to run. Those conversations pre-dated my ever seeing a coyote in West TN, much less ever hearing anyone talk about seeing a coyote.

 

[Flintlocksforme]

Great article sgtwebb1! Thanks for posting it.

My dad killed a wolf in 1968 on Presidents Island. Dad nor the farmer that told him it was a wolf had ever heard of a coyote in Tennessee. TWRA said they came later. Of course it wasn't a wolf but it was 1968 and he called it up with a mouth call fox hunting. Nice trophy for him back then. He had the head mounted. We later learned it was a coyote.

 

[mayberryrick]

 

[Blockhouse]

When I see one in the back of a truck

 

[BigAl]

I'm old enough to remember when there no coyotes in TN.
At the very least, there were only a few in extreme West TN when I was a young kid.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5974007/

I remember seeing a coyote in Hardeman Co in the early 80's. It was coming straight at me and at the time I'd swear it was a big wolf, as I had never seen either a coyote or a wolf. I was on the ground and move just a bit to get my rifle in position and it saw me and ran off. I'll admit I was a little scared but was impressed it saw me.

 

[mike243]

Little brothers buddy killed the first 1 in Anderson county it made the paper but been so long ago forgot the year

 

[Biggun4214]

I picked up the first coyote in Jefferson county in January 1985 after we had a huge snow and -20's for several days. The original'49er game warden swore it was a dog even after confirmation. The first one confirmed in Hawkins County was in winter of 83-84.