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One of my favorite old time Texas pics. The Tompkins jaguar killed in Mills county Texas, 1903. About 100 or so miles northwest of Austin.

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Originally Posted by kaywoodie
One of my favorite old time Texas pics. The Tompkins jaguar killed in Mills county Texas, 1903. About 100 or so miles northwest of Austin.

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I've seen that photo somewhere before. Seems if my memory is correct, it was some where around Goldwaite ???

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Yup Goldwaithe! Good to meet you too! And Josh is a good kid! We enjoy his visits!


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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."

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My older sister lives in San Angelo and she swears she saw a black panther while walking on the SW edge of town. She truly believes she saw one and believes there is an animal species separate from the mountain lion called "Black Panther". She is a very intelligent person and truly believes she saw one. I keep my mouth shut because she is one of those people that it is very unpleasant to disagree with.


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RARE SIGHTING TONIGHT!!!

Ok, I'm out in my man cave project tonight watching a nice slop cocktail pile out the window, waiting for this herd of hogs that have been terrorizing the place to make an appearance, when I spot this coming out of the brush!!!

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I believe it's the rare Pygmy variety of black panther. Also known around the place as Bageera. One of the farm cats!!!

No pigs yet. But I'm confident! They rooted up the bottom last night.

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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester

"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."

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March 03,2018 (+/-) 2300 hrs Saturday night. Saw one that had been hit by a vehicle on side of road. It was maybe 40-60 pounds with a 3-3 1/2 foot black thick tail. Could not pull over in time due to traffic. Beautiful shiny black coat. It was on Hwy 77 past Victoria just 2-3 miles past the Exxon gas station on hill. I was headed to Corpus Christi looking for FM 239 to come in the back way on Hwy 35.
Wish I had made U-turn now.

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Originally Posted by Alligatorgar123
March 03,2018 (+/-) 2300 hrs Saturday night. Saw one that had been hit by a vehicle on side of road. It was maybe 40-60 pounds with a 3-3 1/2 foot black thick tail. Could not pull over in time due to traffic. Beautiful shiny black coat. It was on Hwy 77 past Victoria just 2-3 miles past the Exxon gas station on hill. I was headed to Corpus Christi looking for FM 239 to come in the back way on Hwy 35.
Wish I had made U-turn now.


Should have told me sooner, as I'm not far from there. It'd be a tad ripe, right now though... wink

Yeah, there's lions here. Saw some recent tracks in mad from recent rains.


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Not much escapes a game camera in the south nowdays with a game camera for every 10 acres or so it seems.


I have had a couple of game cameras out for several years and have yet to get a picture of a bobcat or fox. Everything else, including a coyote and possum eating rice bran at the same time. I have seen both bobcat and fox several time while hunting, just not on any of my cameras. miles


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We had a lady at who claimed she saw a hyena in her pasture. We laughed like hell. The next day she came into work with photos of her pasture and I'll be damned if there wasn't a hyena in that picture. Which means that someone had one as a pet...WTF????


A friend and myself followed a man moving some farm equipment, and brought Him back to His truck one time in the mid 1980's in Central Arkansas, and something ran across the road. We all thought that it looked like a hyena. Not a long look, but all thought the same thing. It was not over 75 yards form us. miles


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You do not want any evidence to suggest those cats are there. As soon as there is proof, everything changes and lands you would have had access to will get locked up by the greenie trash and their feral court co-conspirators.


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We have cats (Mt Lions) in OK. I can't imagine them stopping at the Red River.


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lots of them in tx


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I’ve seen several through the years, Freer, Ozona, Burnet, and one in Magnolia.

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Well, We live about 45miles east of Dallas. 7 or 8 yrs ago my Son and family were visiting. I went to bed and all 6 of them plus my Wife were watching a movie. I was sleeping. One of my Grandsons yelled,"Oh $hit,A mountain lion is on the back porch". We have a 8' veranda that runs the length of the back of the house. All of them got a look and called the sheriff's dept. They came out in a G'Damn Swat Vehicle. What a circus! All had their vest and ARs.Of course the animal was gone. TP&W had a biologist come out the next day. He photoed the prints and said it was a big cat. He also said that we would probably not see it again. We haven't.

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OP mentioned black cats.

I can't say I"ve seen a black one. Though one at night was VERY dark.

That said who hasn't seen a deer almost black in color depending on how they hold their hair and the lighting, sun angle etc...

Cats though, over all, are around, I"d doubt there would be any single county in TX that doesn't have one, excepting possibly counties that are almost totally large urban jungles.


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Urban jungles have black cats!!!

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Here is one caught about 2 wks ago in an area where we fish along the Rio Grande in Laredo. Its actually a neighborhood. Have seen a couple when I was younger ,lots of tracks and dead deer and calves .
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We see them from time to time at our Ranch in Stonewall county, TX along the Brazos River. Seems they use it as a travel corridor.

Also see them on a Buddy’s Ranch in Coleman County from time to time.


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