NO Cougars in Ontario

[Fishinchris]

I 110% saw a cougar 4 years ago in the feild at my farm close to Minden/haliburton I watched it with binoculars for 2 min in a feild it was deffinately a cougar had a friend with me also who also watched it through the binoculars. It was huge very cool something I'll never forget

[terrym]

I 110% saw a cougar 4 years ago in the feild at my farm close to Minden/haliburton I watched it with binoculars for 2 min in a feild it was deffinately a cougar had a friend with me also who also watched it through the binoculars. It was huge very cool something I'll never forget

I have seen a life size taxidermied mount of one and was actually amazed at how big an animal it is. Total killing machine.

[Fishinchris]

I have seen a life size taxidermied mount of one and was actually amazed at how big an animal it is. Total killing machine.

Also one thing that I remember very clearly was the size of it's tail it seemed very long and thick

[ManTrapper]

Last cougar news was from the Health unit in Sudbury, a man was bitten near the Watershed on hiway 144. Cougar was shot and sent to check for rabies. This was a few years ago! Not that this helps for todays stories.

[panchovilla2]

With respect to a recent post about cougars:


There are NO cougars in Ontario.
There are a bazillion trail cams all over the province.
Most of them are situated to catch White Tail Deer-- one of the preferred foods of the cougar.
There is not one credible pic from any of these trail cams that shows an Ontario Cougar.

Any pic showing a "real cougar" has Douglas Fir or Lodge Pole Pines in the background.
Any other pic is blurry enough to qualify for a "Big Foot TV Special"

We all know the BS of Urban Legends.
When will everyone admit that Cougars are our "Rural Legend" and that there is no naturally reproducing poplulation of cougars in Ontario?

there are cougars in ontario i have seen two on separate occasions while moose hunting in the chapleu area and im not mistakeing a bobcat or lynx they were cougars

[dan duf]

I guess seeing one is somewhat of a curse. Who would believe you, well I would. My father and uncle saw one south of Timmins. I questioned my dad about it, I asked if maybe it was a lynx. We were hunting grouse and we saw a lynx shortly after the cougar conversation. I said there, is that what you saw, he answered back pissed at me and basically said thats a lynx dummy! ha ha

[Yedi]

A hunt club I know in Ontario had their hounds chase one until the hunt staff, on horse back, caught up to it, saw what it was and knocked the hounds off the line. A GRCA staff member informed me that a few years ago when she was working for the city of Hamilton, they had one hunting in a decommissioned dump on the outskirts of town. They are here.

[redd foxx]

I know there are cougars in Ontario. One was shot about a year ago in Bracebridge by the OPP!!

Real question is are they natural or escapees from zoos or released as unwanted pets. Apparently the one in Bracebridge had been declawed indicating that it was an escaped or released pet. Until one is captured and the DNA tested to prove what subspecies the animal is, no one can say that they are natural.

Redd

[redd foxx]

As far as elk being native to Ontario, I believe that there is a historical population south of Sudbury at Burwash. The others were brought in to boost or re-introduce the populations where they used to occur.the populations.

[jaycee]

As far as elk being native to Ontario, I believe that there is a historical population south of Sudbury at Burwash. The others were brought in to boost or re-introduce the populations where they used to occur.the populations.

The Burwash herd and also a herd on the Bruce Peninsula , were introduced back in the late 50's early 60's.
The herd on the Bruce was decimated very quickly by farmers as they were walking into pastures and barnyards and eating food that was there for the large cattle herds that one time dominated the Bruce, , an old friend of mine that lived on the Bruce around the Lions Head area , said that their family lived very well on the Gov.stocked beef ie. Elk.