Whatever

I suspect so, but I'll await concrete proof.

One thing is certain.
Wild cats that don't want to be seen are incredibly elusive.
Especially in rough, heavily forested country.

In all my years of hunting and tramping all over our state forests, I have never seen a Bobcat.
Except late one night crossing a road.

I've seen plenty of sign... I've heard them screeching at night in late Winter.
That's mating time...you think domestic cats are bad?
There are plenty of Bobcats around, but most people will never see one.

Now, for the sake of argument:
Say there are Mountain Lions here in the Appalachians.
Assume their numbers are very low and they're only far back in the most inaccessible areas.
And keep in mind they need a far larger territory than a Bobcat.
A cat already solitary by nature, feeling no particular pressure of competition, no need to get anywhere near people...
In fact it flees whenever it detects human intrusion, and each generation has been taught to do so by their mothers.
Your chances of seeing one are incredibly low.

Please pardon the tangent I'm about to go off on...

Story time.

I've mentioned before my friend who saw a "Big Cat" before sunup from his tree stand during deer season.
The light was too low to say more than big cat, long tail. Definitely not a Bobcat.
He owns a fair chunk of mountain land, and no one else hunts there.

He's a retired teacher who used to teach at the same school as Mrs Gritto.
Most honest guy I know.
He's also the most self sufficient guy I know for food, not even excluding farmers.
Big garden, chicken coop, fruit trees, eats no meat except venison (and chicken).
He gets deer tags for the asking, claiming depredation.
Though why he bothers with that I dunno, because he butchers them himself and puts the meat in his smoker.

This guy is not some back to nature hippie-dippy wannabe.
Not a prepper either.
It's just how he prefers to live.
He lived exactly the same way when he was a teacher.
If he tells me something, I have to take it seriously.

 

Yeah, man.

If true, it will be the first time in my life I've read that maybe nicotine wasn't totally bad for me.

@TacomaDave

 

Where is this? Making sure it's not a trick question and in Egypt or something.

 

I like this poll...


Yes, I like this poll very much.

 

He was found/ captured on a pool deck in the hollywood hills.

 

Of course not.

 

While I understand all the seriousness of what is going on, This still made me laugh pretty hard. Not sure who in here watched Big Bang Theory or not. I just put disk 1 of season 12 in right before I started this post.

 

Ice spike. For those of you youngsters this is an ice cube tray, you put water in it then freeze it

 

It's a non-native rock dove (pigeon). So a wildlife rehab would not take it.

 

This handsome boy

 

I think all of us “youngsters” in here are all old enough to know what this is.

 

Oh really?

Also, @Hobbs questions seem to be pretty popular...

I'd like to see a "Bathtub Farting" poll.
With a Hobbs option.

Spoiler: Hobbs

 

Sorry to hear, be careful out there

 

I suspect that folks are gonna grow tired of seeing Hobbs in these polls. Just a guess...

Do I fart in the tub?? Well, I can't afford a jacuzzi, so....

 

That was a huge pigeon then.

 

People I know personally and love get most all my fucks. People in TW who I care about (everyone in here for sure ) get some with prospect of more if we should ever meet in person and you promise NOT to piss in my pool haha!

 

Damn right. Can you/would you/will you Happy Happy Hobbs?