Did the Preston loop on Friday with a buddy. While I was waiting a the top of the fireroad, a cougar came out of the woods on the Preston trail side about 50 yards down the road. He wasn't TOO big, but certainly big enough to ruin your day if it wanted to.
Big cat on Tiger
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Holy Crap!
meow.
I've always been a little weary of that happening while riding up there. I guess they don't call it Tiger Mountain for nothing! I'm glad it just kept going on its merry way.
i saw a little bobcat up there, but i've never seen a cougar anywhere. Hopefully the first time i encounter one it's not biting thru my jugular.
nothin a .44 mag couldnt take care of.
I ran into cougars twice at victor falls. Don't have to worry about that now though.... since its been closed.
-james.
-james.
What's the difference? (Not being a smarty. I'm actually asking. Someone once told me they were the same thing)Skookum said:i saw a little bobcat up there, but i've never seen a cougar anywhere.
Bobcat
Cougar
Cougars and Mountain Lions are the same. Since I usually ride alone, at feeding time, I would much prefer to come across a Bobcat than a Cougar.
Cougar
Cougars and Mountain Lions are the same. Since I usually ride alone, at feeding time, I would much prefer to come across a Bobcat than a Cougar.
Ah... a lynx. Thanks
no, a lynx is different than a bob cat. and a cougar is different than both. they are three different cats, and lynxs' are more rare than say a bob cat or even a cougar.
I was driving back from Spokompton last week and someone had a live bobcat just chilling in the front seat of her SUV. We just pulled up next to her and stared... sitting in the seat, the thing was as tall as her. That's my story.
Actually, a Bobcat is a kind of Lynx. There are Eurasian Lynx, Canada Lynx, Iberian Lynx, and Bobcats (American Lynx).BIGHIT756 said:
True statement.Ridemonkey said:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Lynx
Species: Lynx Rufus (comon name - Bobcat)
In other news - went riding Sunday in Banner Forest and saw a black bear... I thought it was bigfoot, or Skookum, but then on the way out I saw a sign at the trailhead (I missed it on the way in
) that said a bear had been sighted that morning...
If I ever go on a ride with you, I'll be sure to carry a tranquilizer gun.Badmunkey said:True statement.
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Lynx
Species: Lynx Rufus (comon name - Bobcat)
In other news - went riding Sunday in Banner Forest and saw a black bear... I thought it was bigfoot, or Skookum, but then on the way out I saw a sign at the trailhead (I missed it on the way in
most big cats only kill about once a nmonth(moose/elk) and snack on it for a month don't threaten it and most likely the will leave you alone
You better not shoot me damn you!!!#)_!#_#)*$*:looney:DBR X6 RIDER said:If I ever go on a ride with you, I'll be sure to carry a tranquilizer gun.
Sounds like reverse-psychology to meSkookum said:
Actually i won't fetch you all that much on the black market.Badmunkey said:
No poachin of the Skooke.
my mom actually thought she was feeding a stray cat one time but late one night i came home and found a bobcat on our front porch eating the food my mom gave out. but ya i heard that the cougars attack in california whenever they feel like it, so try to put me on my bike in cali
I did a loop this evening and saw a kitty. on the fire road that connects the cool downhillish trail with the other xc trail.
i was wondering if it already had it's July meal?
i was wondering if it already had it's July meal?
Besides NW Timber you probably wouldn't recognize the trails anymore. Preston degrades annually and is filled full of boulders, every year it's a different trail. And Iverson was logged last year.spincrazy said:
I saw bears in Whistler. They were cute and felt very soft.