Mountain Lion in Princeton area (Collin County)

[busykngt]

Could be the same cougar that was spotted earlier, about twenty miles south in Dallas County.

https://archive.vn/dyPvh
(NBC/Texas Parks & Wildlife archived article)

Mountain Lion Spotted in North Texas County

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department confirmed a sighting of a mountain lion near Princeton in Collin County. Photos were captured of the mountain lion earlier this week with a time stamp of Dec. 7. The photos were taken in an area about 20 miles north of a mountain lion photographed in...

www.nbcdfw.com

 

[Mills]

get some

 

[SURVIVOR619]

Thanks for sharing @busykngt, my dad lives in Princeton! Definitely passing this info along to him.

 

[Mills]

And of course there are other dangerous cougars.

 

[Axxe55]

I like cougars.

 

[deemus]

I like cougars.

A cougar for you would be about 70.

 

[Axxe55]

A cougar for you would be about 70.

Come to think about it a little further, I might be at the age where I need to start looking at younger women!

Good point!

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Come to think about it a little further, I might be at the age where I need to start looking at younger women!

Good point!

I've been looking at younger women for a long time....

 

[Axxe55]

I've been looking at younger women for a long time....

But the question is, are they looking back at you?

That's my problem. The little snickering and laughing kind of kills the mojo!

 

[Renegade]

Sounds like he is headed my way.

How cool to catch him on one of my game cams.

 

[Axxe55]

Sounds like he is headed my way.

How cool to catch him on one of my game cams.

I wished we still had some on our area. Last time I remember seeing one was at least fifty years ago.

 

[conorg]

Cougars are cool to see, but if you are out hunting and see one while walking in you will spend the rest of the day looking over your shoulder.

 

[Mills]

2009 a big one was taken near Junction, TX , it was mounted and on display at the local sporting goods store on Junction, it was huge.

 

[busykngt]

If it is the same one, it may be working it's way around to the east side of Lake Lavon.

I had figured it was migrating into the area from the north/northeast. But now it looks like maybe it's moving into the area from the south.... IF it's the same one. I suppose there's the possibility of a mating couple trying to establish a new territory. Certainly that type thing happens in close proximity to large population centers (just take LA county, as an example).

 

[dsgrey]

So he was killed near Celeste...about 5 miles away from where I lived until 2 years ago. Guess he forgot I moved.

 

[busykngt]

Thanks dsgrey, hadn't heard that yet.

Mountain lion killed in Hunt County is likely same animal spotted across North Texas

A mountain lion killed over the weekend is likely the same one that’s been spotted across North Texas.

www.fox4news.com

 

[Axxe55]

Thanks dsgrey, hadn't heard that yet.

Mountain lion killed in Hunt County is likely same animal spotted across North Texas

A mountain lion killed over the weekend is likely the same one that’s been spotted across North Texas.

www.fox4news.com

And of course someone had to start a new thread about it this morning..........

 

[baboon]

Cougars are cool to see, but if you are out hunting and see one while walking in you will spend the rest of the day looking over your shoulder.

You might have a really hard time on safari in Africa! Beside the big cats, buffalo, elephants, rhino, hippos, hyenas, crocs & snakes would have you totally freaked out! I still remember the first time a felt a rhinos foot steps as it was up on the ground blind I was in. Even better was sitting around a fire in a boma & hearing lions roaring most of the night.

Best advice a professional hunter told me about snake bite was if you get bit, find some shade to die in!

 

[satx78247]

To All.

We had a condo just outside of McKinney for several years (until about 5 months ago) & given my known interest in wildlife (And as a TMN, with my contacts in the TPWD), I find it "somewhat peculiar" that I didn't even hear any "common gossip" about a big cat being present/seen anywhere near Collin County.
(My GUESS & that is all that it is, is that it was a "non-resident male", who was a "traveling salesman". = Fwiw, some male "collared cats" have been tracked as much as 300 miles from "home".)

Note: Research by various state Game Departments indicates that female pumas seldom ever venture beyond 5 miles of their place of birth, UNLESS they are driven out by scarcity of food, severe natural disaster OR by "too much nearby human activity".

yours, satx

 

[ZX9RCAM]

It wasn't me....