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Bullaholic
03-07-2007, 05:02 PM
This pic was supposedly taken in Jan of last year around Mason, TX. I have heard over the years about numerous cougar sightings in just about all areas of Texas. I know cougars inhabit some regions of Texas, but i wonder just how widespread they are and how accurate all of the cougar sightings really are.

I borrowed this pic from my friend Barry Green's blog---"Liberally Lean In the Land of Dairy Queen":



http://www.pcpros-tx.com/cougar.jpg
Matthew328
03-07-2007, 05:03 PM
I hear about em all the time in rural areas...
BuffyMars
03-07-2007, 05:04 PM
I have never seen one in East Texas.
Adidas410s
03-07-2007, 05:07 PM
You can find many a cougar at Ghostbar in Dallas! :eek:
Gobbla2001
03-07-2007, 05:08 PM
Originally posted by Bullaholic
This pic was supposedly taken in Jan of last year around Mason, TX. I have heard ove the years about numerous cougar sightings in just about all areas of Texas. I know cougars inhabit some regions of Texas, but i wonder just how widespread they are and how accurate all of the cougar sightings really are.

I borrowed this pic from my friend Barry Green's blog---"Liberally Lean In the Land of Dairy Queen":



http://www.pcpros-tx.com/cougar.jpg

I joke around on here a lot but this is not a joke:

I saw one about a year and a half ago down here on the coast... I was driving down the road (flat as all hell here with lots of corn-fields) and I saw what I thought was a dog cross the road at about 300 yards away... got within 50 yards from it and it was about to enter a corn field... it was a big ass cat and a chit you not...

my friends have seen large cat tracks and think they spotted one at their lease near Cuero/Yorktown...

also we video-taped one at Lake Corpus Christi outside of Mathis when I was about 15... we didn't know what it was, but I'm for sure now that is what it was...

after seeing the one I first mentioned in this reply, I started doing some research and discovered that there had actually been a confirmed cougar fatality in Wharton County some time back... Wharton County neighbors the county I am in...

the thing is that they travel large distances... they may be here one day and a 100 miles back west the next week...
Funk-d-fied
03-07-2007, 05:09 PM
Come out to west texas and head to the davis and glass mountains...
Gobbla2001
03-07-2007, 05:10 PM
Originally posted by Funk-d-fied
Come out to west texas and head to the davis and glass mountains...

they're for sure there, you have a lot of people that track 'em for sport out in that region of Texas/New Mexico...
Matthew328
03-07-2007, 05:11 PM
dunno if they are in East TX.....I heard there are bears in East TX!
Gobbla2001
03-07-2007, 05:11 PM
Originally posted by Matthew328
dunno if they are in East TX.....I heard there are bears in East TX!

there are no bears, people are mistaking sasquatch for bears... it's just sasquatch...
pirate4state
03-07-2007, 05:11 PM
Originally posted by Adidas410s
You can find many a cougar at Ghostbar in Dallas! :eek: ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D
Matthew328
03-07-2007, 05:12 PM
Originally posted by Adidas410s
You can find many a cougar at Ghostbar in Dallas! :eek:


Only a P1 would understand!! LOL I've had a cougar before....everyone should try it once! LOL
Adidas410s
03-07-2007, 05:13 PM
Where is Cash McMogulson when you need him? ;)
pirate4state
03-07-2007, 05:15 PM
oh my goodness :eek: :eek: :evillol:
Bullaholic
03-07-2007, 05:15 PM
I have so many replies to the Ghostbar posts---but none that would be able to stay around.....:D
pirate4state
03-07-2007, 05:17 PM
Originally posted by Bullaholic
I have so many replies to the Ghostbar posts---but none that would be able to stay around.....:D Oh really??? :thinking: :D
garageoffice
03-07-2007, 05:23 PM
My uncle swears he saw a kangaroo near the Willis Bridge on Lake Texoma about 30 years ago. I'd like to know how many of you have heard of kangaroo sightings in Texas and how prevalent they are. Is there a hidden population of kangaroos running rampant across our counties without our knowledge?
Matthew328
03-07-2007, 05:23 PM
now that right there is funny
Gobbla2001
03-07-2007, 05:24 PM
Originally posted by garageoffice
My uncle swears he saw a kangaroo near the Willis Bridge on Lake Texoma about 30 years ago. I'd like to know how many of you have heard of kangaroo sightings in Texas and how prevalent they are. Is there a hidden population of kangaroos running rampant across our counties without our knowledge?

haha
ASUFrisbeeStud
03-07-2007, 05:26 PM
I've seen two in the Concho Valley while hunting the past couple years. We see tracks all the time.
sectionCwannabe
03-07-2007, 05:28 PM
my father filmed one about 4 weeks ago about 60 miles south of amarillo on his farm. He told me this was the first one he has ever seen since he moved up here in 1995. Ill try and get the film and up load it
garageoffice
03-07-2007, 05:29 PM
Originally posted by ASUFrisbeeStud
I've seen two in the Concho Valley while hunting the past couple years. We see tracks all the time.

cougars...or kangaroo?
Gobbla2001
03-07-2007, 05:31 PM
Originally posted by garageoffice
cougars...or kangaroo?

oh my gosh I haven't laughed so hard in a while...
ASUFrisbeeStud
03-07-2007, 05:31 PM
Originally posted by garageoffice
cougars...or kangaroo?

lol. Cougars.

I hope the day I see a wild kangaroo I'm down under and not in West Texas.
Gobbla2001
03-07-2007, 05:32 PM
Originally posted by ASUFrisbeeStud
lol. Cougars.

I hope the day I see a wild kangaroo I'm down under and not in West Texas.

same here, those things are killers...
Bullaholic
03-07-2007, 05:33 PM
Originally posted by garageoffice
My uncle swears he saw a kangaroo near the Willis Bridge on Lake Texoma about 30 years ago. I'd like to know how many of you have heard of kangaroo sightings in Texas and how prevalent they are. Is there a hidden population of kangaroos running rampant across our counties without our knowledge?

Was he with Gobbla for a couple of hours before that on a Sat night, GO? :D
pirate4state
03-07-2007, 05:34 PM
Originally posted by Gobbla2001
oh my gosh I haven't laughed so hard in a while... yeah, me too not in the last 30 minutes or so
tortilla_man
03-07-2007, 05:36 PM
Ive seen one in Bellville(Austin County) before which borders Wharton County to the north
pirate4state
03-07-2007, 05:49 PM
Originally posted by garageoffice
My uncle swears he saw a kangaroo near the Willis Bridge on Lake Texoma about 30 years ago. I'd like to know how many of you have heard of kangaroo sightings in Texas and how prevalent they are. Is there a hidden population of kangaroos running rampant across our counties without our knowledge?

30 years ago, huh? How old was he then? :thinking: :smoker: I'm just saying......
Bullaholic
03-07-2007, 05:50 PM
Originally posted by pirate4state
30 years ago, huh? How old was he then? :thinking: :smoker: I'm just saying......

His uncle or the kangaroo? :D

(That un' was for you, Gobbla---hope we can break you up again.)
garageoffice
03-07-2007, 05:53 PM
Originally posted by pirate4state
30 years ago, huh? How old was he then? :thinking: :smoker: I'm just saying......

I guess he'd have been in his late 20s to early 30s...wait! Maybe he WAS already in his 30s...you know you can't trust anyone over the age of 30! :D
Gobbla2001
03-07-2007, 05:55 PM
Originally posted by Bullaholic
His uncle or the kangaroo? :D

(That un' was for you, Gobbla---hope we can break you up again.)

the breaking has been done

thanks guys

wooo
whtfbplaya
03-07-2007, 06:10 PM
A friend of mine shot two on his ranch in Sanderson, Tx.
Gobbla2001
03-07-2007, 06:13 PM
Originally posted by whtfbplaya
A friend of mine shot two on his ranch in Sanderson, Tx.

my grandfather used to hunt mule-deer there
garageoffice
03-07-2007, 06:13 PM
Originally posted by Gobbla2001
the breaking has been done

thanks guys

wooo

Glad to have been of service, Gobbla! :D