Rarely spotted as far east as Central Texas.
More common in West Texas, of course.
As stated in post 16, there have been a few fairly current sightings in Tyler, which is on the other side of the state.
Not common, but not rare either.
Rarely spotted as far east as Central Texas.
More common in West Texas, of course.
Cougars in North America tend to hang out in mountains, desert and canyons mostly. They are not an open plains or flatland animal. They will naturally want to have trees nearby to escape enemies on the ground. They have to have deer for prey. Lions and coyotes tend to be in the same regions but I don't know how far east in Tx 'yotes, bears and wolves range.
T'aint many trees in West Texas.Cougars in North America tend to hang out in mountains, desert and canyons mostly. They are not an open plains or flatland animal. They will naturally want to have trees nearby to escape enemies on the ground. They have to have deer for prey. Lions and coyotes tend to be in the same regions but I don't know how far east in Tx 'yotes, bears and wolves range.
Hokay.As stated in post 16, there have been a few fairly current sightings in Tyler, which is on the other side of the state.
Not common, but not rare either.
Way too warm here for Wolves. Dont think they would migrate down this far.......... Lions and coyotes tend to be in the same regions but I don't know how far east in Tx 'yotes, bears and wolves range.
Way too warm here for Wolves. Dont think they would migrate down this far.
Pretty sure we dont have Bears. Dont know about the far West Texas mountains. Maybe. Seen lots of bear as far south as Northern New Mexico Rockies.
Anyone here ever heard different?
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Had a relative kill a wolf in East Texas probably five decades ago. He called the Game Warden. Game Warden laughed and said he couldn't tell a coyote from a wolf. Until he came out and looked for himself. Then called someone from A&M. Sure enough a wolf. Nobody had any idea how it got in East Texas.Way too warm here for Wolves. Dont think they would migrate down this far.
Pretty sure we dont have Bears. Dont know about the far West Texas mountains. Maybe. Seen lots of bear as far south as Northern New Mexico Rockies.
Anyone here ever heard different?
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Way too warm here for Wolves. Dont think they would migrate down this far.
Pretty sure we dont have Bears. Dont know about the far West Texas mountains. Maybe. Seen lots of bear as far south as Northern New Mexico Rockies.
Anyone here ever heard different?
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Canis lupus baileyi AKA Mexican Grey Wolves with mange are what are commonly thought to be chupacabra in South Texas. 3 different sub species of Black Bears Louisiana Black Bear, Mexican Black Bear and the New Mexico Black Bear. So far West & East Texas do have bears.Way too warm here for Wolves. Dont think they would migrate down this far.
Pretty sure we dont have Bears. Dont know about the far West Texas mountains. Maybe. Seen lots of bear as far south as Northern New Mexico Rockies.
Anyone here ever heard different?
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Buddy of mine old place in Palestine had mountain lion move through. I not only seen prints, I also heard one. Males range up to 200 miles, while females are around 100 mile range.I listen to coyotes every night on their sashay thru my part of east Texas. I haven't seen any but there have been mountain lions spotted in Van Zandt county.
I also heard one.
The lady cougars don't range as far as the fellows. They are home bodies who raise their cubs in caves. The toms will travel farther and spread their genes to a different lady in her respective home range.Buddy of mine old place in Palestine had mountain lion move through. I not only seen prints, I also heard one. Males range up to 200 miles, while females are around 100 mile range.
There are huge numbers of alligators in SE Texas.The lady cougars don't range as far as the fellows. They are home bodies who raise their cubs in caves. The toms will travel farther and spread their genes to a different lady in her respective home range.
There are even beavers, ALLIGATORS and elk surprisingly listed in the Tx game regs. Disney's Lobo (of legends) was desert wolf of the Southwest. There have even been wild jaguar spotted in Arizona but I don't know about Tx. When I think TEXAS reptiles, I don't think gators but rather rattlers and horny toads.
The black bears have been returning to Texas over the past decade after a long departure. Unregulated hunting killed them off years ago. Cougars aren't yet regulated by the Tx game wardens yet.
Lions are regulated in several other western states including Idaho. Treeing Walker hounds are common cat dogs. In California, a cat hunter needed a lion tag years ago and those were rare.
I grew up just north of you, and one of my friends hit a black one with his vehicle back in the 80’s. It was being chased by coon hounds and ran right out in front of him.I live in a rural area nw of Ft Worth, and we recently had a confirmed sighting of a lion, less than a mile from my home, SO COOL!
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