NO Cougars in Ontario

[Splaker]

locals looking for tourist dollars from us city folk

[Houndlover]

locals looking for tourist dollars from us city folk

Splaker man, you've really gotta stop denying the evidence

[zoli 16ga.]

'Yes, it must be a fake because you weren't there.'

I was'nt there when that guy slid down that ramp, flew 70 yards, and landed in a small inflatable swimming pool either. Must be real.

[redd foxx]

This example does not count. As you've pointed out, that was a captive.

That was kind of my point. There are cases where cougars are found, seen, shot in Ontario. It only counts when one is located, sampled and proven to be one that is native to Ontario and not a release or escapee.
Someone may eventually get a photo of one on a trail cam but that does not prove that it is not an escapee.

[hoggie5692]

I like to believe that there are Cougars in Ontario... I agree, it's odd that they have avoided the camera lens somehow...
But there have been sightings and hard evidence, taken and investigated by credible sources....
Nobody seems to know whether they are native or immigrants or escapees, but I believe they are here.
......and no doubt, if I'm ever lucky enough to see one, many of you folks will think I was on crack or something.

Here's the research paper from the MNR's study. I found it quite interesting.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j...47883778,d.aWM
www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/download/.../1187‎

Finally some one that does proper research....thank you very much

[jlmorgan]

When I see one with my own eyes I will believe there are cougars in Ontario. Here on the Bruce Peninsula where I live there have been numerous sightings ( supposedly ) over the last 40 years. My question then and now is where do they go in the wintertime? The deer yard up in this area and venison is a cougars favorite meal, I have coyote hunted a quite a bit in these yarding areas and have yet to see a cougar track, the same goes for probably 20 other hunters that I know of. Maybe they go south for the winter!

[iHuntz]

There are a bazillion trail cams all over the province ... There is not one credible pic from any of these trail cams that shows an Ontario Cougar.

Well put.

[JimmyWallhanger]

I just finished my hunter education course and opn teh wall they had a trail cam pic that clearly showed a cougar right behind a doe. No doubt in my mind it was a cougar. The attached article said the photo was taken just east of Peterbourgh.

I have no way of knowing for certain if it was taken in Ontario but I don't have any cause to not belive it.

[Houndlover]

That's because there are cougars here

[greatwhite]

They should be out and about sometime after 10 PM

That's because there are cougars here