I think there have been reintroduction programs in some areas. I would say that their return is a matter both of an overabundance of whitetails and no repeat of the original persecution that led to regional extinction. Mountain Lions are back, maybe. Near the paw print I found tracks of a small deer moving very fast (tracks far apart and just the point of the hoof.) On thursday October 16,2008 at 5:30/5:45 pm, my folks wanted to show me the Blue Ridge Parkways scenic fall views. And yet, there have been more than a few bizarre sightings over the past few decades that have us scratching our heads. This was kind of cool to me so I was on the lookout for any other animals, also keeping in mind that they might run onto the road. Reading these stories and seeing a documentry (Monsterquest) only confirms that there is definitely something out there. any sightings in Roanoke Co.? Yes, it is a cougar, but could the picture have been taken somewhere else??? Her views represent another twist in the ecological controversy. Officials captured the escaped mountain lion and found a second one that had also escapedoutside of Harrisonburg, harassing turkeys on a farm. Dont know what it was, but I have always wondered if it was a big cat or not. She believes that North American mountain lionsincluding the Florida panther, which she said is protected because they are considered a distinct population segment via the Endangered Species Actare essentially all the same, without enough genetic distinctions to justify differentiating the western and eastern subspecies. Even though the WV DNR says there are no wild mountain lions in the state, there are some held in captivity at the West Virginia Wildlife Center in French Creek. It's nearly impossible to imagine, but elk once roamed freely here in Virginia. I have seen fully grown Bobcats up close, and those animals are way bigger than I had previously expected. Mr. Lutz do you have internet picture of the Virginia cougar that you show arround? The DNR maintains mountain lion sightings using a system to receive, record and review mountain lion reports. I used to just worry about snakes while berry picking. Its been about ten years since then and Smith Mountain Lake has become a vacation spot for every northern virginian there is so the mountain lion probably found a more secluded area, there is a ton of it out there, to hunt and live. What could be mistaken for a mountain lion? It was last June that my husband and brother in law were traveling on rt 66 where it goes into rt 81 (somewhere between Front Royal and Strasburg) and saw a cougar dead on the side of the highway! The Mountain Lion will return to feed on the prey for up to 10 days. I have a house about 3 miles from Orlean, VA in Fauquier County. I didnt know if my eyes were playing tricks on me until it decided not to cross the road, and head back to the woods. However it was way too fast, too quiet, and did not move like a deer. I must have terrified them. While fishing the nearby native trout streams (most notably the Rapidan) in the surrounding mountains, I have not seen another. In November of last year, a giant cat with a long tail wandered in front of Tennessee resident Austin Burtons deer camera on his familys farm in Humphreys County. They're nocturnal and notoriously sneaky, so seeing one in the wild is a truly unique experience. In Dec, 1981 my husband, sons and I were out in the woods on our property target shooting with bows. I was looking out my window but couldnt see anything. And thats being done without, from what I understand, any real proof. Found no prints, unfortunately. I hope the person who struck it hears its cries in his or her nightmares / dreams for a very long time to come. It is secretive and intelligent, rarely seen unless it wants to be. The species epithet "concolor" is Latin for "of one color," because adults are a solid version of some sort of tan. Its probably only a matter of time though their territory is expanding steadily. We were walking back into the yard leading our pony mule, Andy, when all of a sudden there was a cougar scream which sounded like it was coming from the pond at the back of our pasture! I expect they will confirm puma presence. Last November a bow hunter reported to the TWRA that he had shot a cougar in Carroll County. Purposeful reintroduction, bringing breeding-age females to a suitable area in the Appalachians, could speed the process dramatically. There have been sightings here, & in Nottaway county. Theres no guarantee that cougars trekking from South Dakota will stick around, or that the female in Tennessee will have kittens. Last night, 9/26/07, at around 7:30 PM, my husband and I were driving home from the store on Page Valley Road in Luray , Va. I grew up in NW Virginia near the Shenandoahs and have heard folks mention seeing mt. Follow Laura Peters @peterslaura and @peterpants . Yes, most sightings, if not all of them have to be taken on 100% trust in the person who has it. Cant say what it was and hope to never see again. It is interesting how many sitings there in the area. Imagine what a difficult time the authorities would have had explaining that accident! It finally took off on the other side of the road into the woods, and I made a U-turn to the nearest farmhouse! It was about 11:30 PM and I was driving an Austin Healy Bugeyed Sprite. Although the eastern cougar is extinct, there are still sightings of these cats across the state. I saw a friend while out to dinner two weeks ago and he came up and said, You will never believe what I saw last evening at my place. I said, What did you see? When we reviewed these reports, as many as 25 percentare of a large black cat. We guessed it could have been but have no proof. Admission is $6 for ages 16 and over, $2 for kids 6 to 15 years old, and free for . So were assuming there are at least two different animals, one that was hit by an arrow and one that wasnt.. In Nebraska, the mountain lion is the largest carnivore. The New York Times reported that a cougar killed in Connecticut by car in 2011 was from the Black Hills of South Dakota:6, If a cougar population was e-established in the east, it would pose a risk to backcountry hikers similar to that posed by bears. I think we have coywolves. At first I thought it might be a big black dog like a mastiff or something but I saw the tail and it was just like a bigger version of my house cats tail. It was hit by a log truck in Buckingham Co. near Dillwyn in early spring. WATCH: Sharks biting alligators, the most epic lion battles, and MUCH more. Wolves once thrived in Virginia, but due to the harm they inflicted on farms and livestock, they were hunted by the settlers of Jamestown and eventually became extinct. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries district wildlife biologist David Kocka is of the same mindset. If they escape, who is to say that they will not do what is natural and find a mate? After speaking with several people who claimed to see one, I made a trip to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) office in Verona. Period. Based on the photographs and videos we receive, the primary ones that people mistake them for are bobcats. The tail was furry but with short hair like the rest of the body that I saw and was round kind of curving down and out like my house cats tail when he hunts birds. When a female kitten gets big enough, she doesnt have to go very far, because nobodys kicking her in the butt to get far away.. I failed to mention the eyes looking at us! The likelihood of seeing one is incredibly rare, let alone interacting with them, she said. I think there is a reason for that, and the most likely reason IMO is that the animals people are seeing are not mountain lions. THAT GOT HIT BY A CAR AND,THE LADY WAS FAILING MENTALLY WITH ALZHEIMERS AND WOULD PUT FOOD OUT ON HER SCREEND IN BACK PORCH LIKE THE DOG WAS STILL THERE. By Rick Steelhammer. The eastern cougar, which occurred in West Virginia, is one of 15 subspecies . I couldnt believe it! In the 1940s and 1950s, people were paid bounties for mountain lions, according to Jim Williams, regional director for the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and author of "Path of the Puma." I saw a cougar take down a deer in Bedford County, Virginia a number of years ago. At a second glance, we knew that it couldnt be deer. A mountain lion is a wild cat ranging from two to three feet tall, with females weighing up to 120lbs and males up to 200lbs, making it the fourth largest cat in the world. When I told another fellow that lives near there, he said he had seen tracks. Whether its via Appalachian Trail or some random place in the woods near my home, I almost always encounter some sort of larger mammal. After she expired 3 of them started to eat and the other took a whole hind quarter back up the ridge. For years people have reported mountain lion sightings in the Valley, but, according to local DWR officials, they've been extinct in our area since 1882. VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) A Storey County Sheriff's Office deputy took a photo of a mountain lion in Virginia City over the weekend. None has ever gotten a clear verifiable shot of a cougar. Those eyes I will never forget as the cars lights stunned it for a moment.. Last night i was driving back to college from home. Have some feedback for us? Thank you! And my car lights revealed a 3-year-old or so male Mountain Lion. That would be earth shattering for the depts. Look up the story of Rocky the African serval- an escaped pet that roams Virginia to this day I believe. Every year, state agencies investigate many reported sightings of cougars. shortly after this, it was reported in the article, a puma was killed by a sheep rancher in an adjoining W.VA county. If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it! Finetune Your Skills in Patrick County, Va. And add to that the fact that someone may have actually been wrong. Sorry I dont have anymore details other than location but I didnt see it myself! 0. By Bill Cochran. Both went into the woods without any fuss. In reply to Sharon if you can give more details on date of kill and on the location of the road kill at Buchannan, Virginia I would look for remains or inquire if VDOT made any report of it as they may have picked it up off the road. My farm helper saw one at approximately the same location yesterday. We have seen a 50 pound bobcat at our pond. So I've heard stories about mountain lions living in Virginia for years and I'm bored so I wanted to see if I could find a clustered area of sightings somewhere in the state. of Wildlife. And yet there are numerous reports of hikers and residents spotting these creatures, especially in the mountains. You can also count Randolph, Upshur, and Webster countys in W.VA. My dad, his dad, and myself can vouch for those three. I nearly mastered replicating their calls. An elderly man there once told me a story about a black Mountain Lion living in the area back in his younger days. So they say Mt. "It ran right in front of my truck a few weeks ago," said Kenneth Basler, a town official who said he saw the large cat around Stevens Pond off Route 23 between Monterey and Great Barrington. But we are talking about an actual animal which has a possibility of existing in localized population in some areas of the east. Given the great broad-side view, I couldnt help but notice its shear size the cat stood approximately 2.5-3 feet in height, and was approximately 4-5 feet in length. Many ridges, creeks, swamps and mountains were long ago named for panthers or the colloquial term "painters," both common names in this part of the country for the cougar. Calling All Skiers and Snowboarders Home to Massanutten, An Insiders Guide to Mount Rogers and Whitetop Mountain, the Highest Peaks in Virginia. The deer seemed to jump into some brush to the side of the path and the paw print seemed to be following. Im not a mammalogist, so Im not going to try to play their role, but I think theyre all the same, Kocka said, adding that differentiating between subspecies may not always be a worthwhile effort. They were all shiny black with long tails. I have chickens, belgian mules (not worried about them) and a herd of miniature donkeys but Im far more concerned about marauding bears than a mountain lion. Until recently, Los Angeles' most famous lion, P-022, lived in Griffith Park, just north of Hollywood. In fact, they found an African Lion skull in the Blue Ridge mts not too long back. At first I thought it was a bob cat but it was larger and the color was not right. Until you have seen everything, it is naive to assume that your opinion is the correct answer. its mate was said to have been heard wailing, for a time, in the distance. In many states, the season dates are often further broken down depending on the hunt area you plan to visit. One of the yotes had her by the mouth over her nose and one had her by the throat while the other 2 watched. Good luck, I think and hope theyre here, its interesting to consider. Cougars used to roam the entirety of North America, making the mountain ranges, woodland forests, and river corridors from coast to coast their homes. We were standing near the barn about 10 AM when we observed a disturbance about 400-600 yards off in a field near the tree line. Mountain Lions and Their Historic Range in West Virginia. "He was only 10 weeks old when he came here," said Mark . At which point we all said a cougar and he said how did you know. I dont know what you saw, but cougars are never black. This also was a sighting near Callands, VA: my wife was out jogging on our dirt road and came across a very large bobcat, about the size of a large dog, stubby tail, brown color, only about fifty yards from her, just staring at her. It jumpped across the dirt road and into the woods headed north. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources claims that they havent been in the region since 1882. Where are they coming from? I believe it was 2006 or 2007. The sound finally drifted off and I decided to do some internet investigating to describe the sound I heard. I live in Spotsylvania va in a development but we all live on 5 to 10 acres. Other interests include hiking, songwriting, and spending time in the mountains. Its paw was as big as a mans face, & its head with the ears was as wide as his body. If a mountain lion walks around an area enough, many different humans will notice. They were last seen in 1882 and have since been killed off. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Hmmmm. Spotted a lion last night around 7:30 pm. On Saturday, Sept 28, 2008, at 7:20am, I was on my way to Warrenton from Midland (7 miles southeast of Warrenton). Any info would be greatly appreciated, All the territories are basically taken up so they have to go somewhere else, and somewhere else happens to be the Midwest.. My parents were having their Sunday drive today (9-2-07) in an area called Mabe, near Duffield, Virginia and saw a mountain lion. The Concord Mountain Lions are the athletic teams that represent Concord University, located in Athens, West Virginia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Midwest can offer two of the three, but the males dont have much luck repopulating the area on their own. OK. 2 Sept about 12:30 maybe 12:45 I was jolted out of a good sleep by what I first thought was 2 cats fighting below my 2nd story bedroom window. I went on line and llistened to mountain lions and cougar screams and it sounded exactly like that. The boys and dogs went back to the old beaver pond. October 2007, Patrick County, VA. . they may have migrated there by way of fractured habitat that has forced them into the area due to encroachment. And yet there are numerous reports of hikers and residents spotting these creatures, especially in the mountains. A large, darkish animal approximately the height of a retriever/setter, long tail that curved at the very end, large cat-like head, and very close, prominent shoulders, that I still can see moving up and down when I think about it crossing Meetze Road. We were too busy looking at each other asking, Did you see that? We should have ben focusing on details. I was leaning against a tree w/my parka hood blocking the wind, when I saw a grown cougar walking straight toward me. Tuesday, April 08, 2008. Their conclusion: "Sir, you don't have a mountain lion.". The only confirmed mountain . Though, they grew large quickly, and set themselves apart from the domesticated cat with ease They eventually returned back to the woods. I was about 100 yards away from the cat and watched it jump up a bank and into a patch of woods that had been logged. If I knew how, Id post the picture here. It was big enough to clear the two lane road in two leaps. But I never CLEARLY & TRULY actually encountered one until a few weeks ago! There are so many camera traps now for both research (academic inductions, VDWR and VDACS) and private hunters. The next day, my neighbor said that he and his fishing partner had seen a cat similar to the one I described as they were going fishing one morning around 3:00 a.m. My father a retired Secret Service agent who used to shoot alot with Regan spotted a mountain lion on the side of rt. If for some reason there were any cougars rediscovered in the east that werent migrants from the west, the protection status is up to the state in which it is found, LaRue said. I had my food hanging ten feet in the air so i thought it was a bear. He saw the cougar on March 10, 2015 while working in the field near Vida, Oregon.". Unless of course you already know this and are relieved to know that it is not that of the great puma . In 2012, LaRue and her colleague Dr. Clay Nielsen published a paper in the Journal of Wildlife Management analyzing 178 confirmed sightings between 1990 and 2008 throughout the Midwestern and Eastern states and parts of Canada. If you have any copies of these Virginia cats, you should post them or at least the links. You want to talk about uneasy its almost like it was stalking us. Being in a residential neighborhood does nothing for a cougar.. Its near a nature preserve so noone ever calls to report it . Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Lil Rose/flickr. He told me that there are areas in the Valley that could sustain mountain lions, but that the deer numbers there were too low, and theyd eventually make their way towards humans. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Eastern Cougar Recovery Plan, morphological differences identified from museum specimens was used to classify over 30 subspecies of the Eastern Cougar, before DNA analysis was available Plenty of squirrel and turkey too. Long enough I was wishing he would be quiet so that I could hear if any deer were coming. After passing the long horn pasture over the summit I thought I was clear, hadnt seen eyes at any distance in a while. Since 1970, 121 sightings have been identified as possible mountain lions, but have not been officially . Approximately 4 feet long near Midlothian. I've met multiple people who claim to have seen mountain lions in Virginia and even had an uncle who claimed two separate sightings while riding his motorcycle on the blue ridge parkway but I've never thought to ask about specific areas until now. a cougar is not going to risk attacking a horse as they are a somewhat delicate animal which I have seen killed by an elk if they choose the wrong one.. horses are too substaintial unless there are no deer at all around, but in your case I think if there are cats there it is because their food is ther. On June 17, 2015, the U.S. and the does mated again? The traffic was moving quickly but he had no doubt that it was a cougar. A MOUNTAIN LION did in fact attack one of our horses early this morning, just before daylight. While hiking in the winter after a good snowfall I came across huge cat tracks that were fresh. Authorities say there have been reports of . While bringing wood into the house I saw a cat like animal behind the wood pile squat down then run into the woods. That might depend on who you ask, but LaRue, whos been studying mountain lions for more than a decade, isnt convinced that eastern cougars were ever any different from the western subspecies. Kentucky and N. Carolina. For the first time in years, these cats are on the rebound and extending their range further into their historic regions. that i recieved ,send me your request to Coolizm@gmail.com this area is located on the Scott and Wise county line in SW Virginia..I wonder if the VDGIF will continue to refuse the truth . A few weeks later, I saw it dart across the dirt road for a split second. I told everyone the next day what I had seen and I was told there no big cats here any more. They are back folks here in North Western Virginia, if they ever totally went away at all. At least, that was the case until recently, when a moose was spotted near Lake Frederick in northern Virginia. Were not taking any action to move them or kill them. Is it a change in the regime their [sic]? This picture seemed to have been at night. If it hadnt been the last day of our trip, I would have gone back to look for tracks to possibly photograph! Some of the Forest Service questioned whether or not it was just a wild cat. First, the nature of the mountain lion is to be elusive. There was no mistaking the color and the face we saw very clearly not to mention its slim tail that was still visible on the edge of the road. He was licking his coat. I grew up in North Georgia. This is because they are very territorial and mark their territory with scat and claw marks. If any would like to see the pictures that was with this E-mail. Fish and Wildlife Service has made official what has long been suspected that the eastern mountain lion is extinct. I went back to the area for my job maybe 3 weeks later and saw nothing. I hope that maybe I can find a place I can place a trail camera nearby to search for it. It was less than a year before that my daughter said she came across a litter of cute puppies while riding her mule in the park. Although the eastern cougar is extinct, there are still sightings of these cats across the state. In comparison, deer are more dangerous. ANY REPLY IS WELCOME, Dont know if you have any cougar there, but it sure sounds like a good place for wolves. Then well try to figure out what kind they are and get more evidence.. 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Still, many sightings arent clear or even true, so being skeptical is still the best bet when it comes to sightings in Virginia. I work with someone who says that on his familys farm in Virginia (not sure exactly where, but can find out) he said there are wolves. Not many I bet, and there are thousands of those out there. In 1994 a friend and I were driving up the Blue Ridge Parkway on our way to Panther Hollow. tail, gray to tan in color. Cougars prowled nearly all of the United States below Canada, and all of Virginia from mountain . I live in Rockbridge Baths and found a trail of 4 dog prints in the woods! The first time I heard the screams I went in the direction with a flashlight, fully expecting to find a victim. I, on more than one occassion heard the screams of what sounded like a woman who needed help. 1. Suitable habitat is available now, but for decades it was not. He charged at the Fish and Game guy in the process. One of her biggest concerns about the recent declaration of extinction is that any cats in the area (whether western migrants or otherwise) and their habitats wouldnt be protected. Mountain lions once lived in much of the eastern United States. In another leap, the cat was up the bank on the right hand side of the road and off into the woods. Ideas? Crossing by the large boulders on the trails was terrifying, only once did i see one behind a boulder when I passed. It was, without question, a mountain lion. Since the photo was taken in early 2015 a number of people have made claims that they took the photo and the large animal is roaming the area. I made deep, loud noises and threw my hands up and used my flashlight to look large. When very quietly without any noise I saw movement coming out of a clearing. Three months later a mountain lion was wiped out by an SUV on a highway in Connecticut. I quit taking my solo walks in the woods after that!!!!!Leen. 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