Big Cat Sightings?

[fiiish1987]

There have been sightings of big cats around weymouth as well. If your gunna hunt them then your stupid and deserve everything coming at you!

[Vulcha]

A tanks a bit excessive don't you think? I reckon a pen knife would be adaquete.

[Baldrick]

Just give it a slap?

[COLINSRI]

Just give it a slap?

 

peg gun with extra big elastic bands........that'll do the trick.

[fiiish1987]

blunt spoon?

[Baldrick]

Diving headbutt?

[pavman]

TBH, I know of someone (guy who owns army surplus store)

He didn`t have a mate called Zed did he??

 

Only joking

 

 

The gimp is asleep

[COLINSRI]

The gimp is asleep

 

Got some leather trousers somewhere in the cupboard......

[EvoCars]

Hi, new to this forum, just read this thread and had to post, im certain these big cats are about, myself and family members have seen one many times in the past, we live in coalbrookdale shropshire on the valley side surrounded by old woodland and fields, they are massive, no way would i go out looking for it , we used to have a very large dog, rotweiler crooss, not far of great dane height and built like a mastiff, he got caught up in a fight with the cat once and came back with his face cut to the bone, like someone had slashed down his face and over his head with a stanley knife, the vet was certain no native animals could of inflicted cuts like that, even the vet had ideas that it might be a big cat, that dog was never the same after that, used to sit all day and night watching the edge of the feild that backed onto the woodland at the back of the house where the cat used to go after rabbits. This thing used to regualry come close to the house, and i know your all reading this thinking its rubbish , but it did, ive seen close up, and know what im was looking at wasnt a wild house cat, lol, very long bodied, long tail, not overly tall but very muscular and thick.

[hill billy]

If any of you have ever read anything like "Death in the Long Grass" by Peter Hathaway Capstick, or actually shot dangerous game, you'll be aware that you really need to use enough gun. If there REALLY is a puma to contend with, I reckon that you'd want to be thinking of a .338 or .375H&H to start with.

 

Shooting at a big cat with a .22RF is asking to be turned into pate.... You really don't want it to get up after the first shot and turn on you and your little rimfire, hence the requirement for a heavy-calibre rifle.

 

don't you think thats a little exsessive you wouldn't no if it was a big cat or a deer after shooting it with one of those there was a story in the sporting gun ages ago were a guy on a safari shot a man eating lion with no9 shot out of a 12bore he was shooting a bird simular to a snipe when the lion came running towards him so he waited till it was about 10 yards away and gave it both barrels it the head so the shot had no time to pattern out and hit it like a slug, so tell who ever wants to shoot it wait till it on top of him then shoot it and pray for no miss fire

[Cranfield]

Too many credible people have reported these sightings and signs, for anyone to claim they are rubbish.

 

The creatures are out there and keeping well away from man as possible, which is no surprise.

 

There are wild pigs in Kent, plenty of sign evidence, but they are very, very hard to see.

[Baldrick]

I'd far rather do a conclusive job on the cat with a double rifle than chance it with a shotgun at 10 yards. They don't dawdle, these things, as you can see from the lion video posted earlier....

 

Yep, I agree Cranfield, but surely in this age when everyone seems to be armed with digital cameras and camera phones, why aren't there any unambiguous photos of these cats?

[EvoCars]

these things are rapid, unbeleivable power, seen one jump from a tree on a very very steep bank, 20 or 30 feet drop, just jumped and ran, was gone in seconds, lol, i wouldnt risk waiting till it was close if it turned on you

[COLINSRI]

We must remember that many hundreds of big cats, such as panthers, were kept as pets until a couple of decades ago. The 1976 Dangerous Animals Act put an end to that, making it an offence to own them. What happened was, many of these pets were released into the wild as a convenient way for their owners to be rid of them. The alternative was to put them down as the zoo's could not take them all.

 

It is possible that by now, these animals are on to their third or fourth generations. They could be the big cats people are seeing on the Chase now.

[Bazooka Joe]

Hi, new to this forum, just read this thread and had to post, im certain these big cats are about, myself and family members have seen one many times in the past, we live in coalbrookdale shropshire on the valley side surrounded by old woodland and fields, they are massive, no way would i go out looking for it ph34r.gif , we used to have a very large dog, rotweiler crooss, not far of great dane height and built like a mastiff, he got caught up in a fight with the cat once and came back with his face cut to the bone, like someone had slashed down his face and over his head with a stanley knife, the vet was certain no native animals could of inflicted cuts like that, even the vet had ideas that it might be a big cat, that dog was never the same after that, used to sit all day and night watching the edge of the feild that backed onto the woodland at the back of the house where the cat used to go after rabbits. This thing used to regualry come close to the house, and i know your all reading this thinking its rubbish rolleyes.gif , but it did, ive seen close up, and know what im was looking at wasnt a wild house cat, lol, very long bodied, long tail, not overly tall but very muscular and thick.

 

 

Shouldn't be hard to get some video/pictures then, what's lacking in this debate is concrete proof.

 

BJ.

[new to the flock]

Have any of you considered why we use hounds to bring these animals to bay?

 

NTTF

 

Oh and Cranfield if you would like to see the boar...expecially if you have a property that you have hunting access on that show these signs let me know and I will set you up.

 

NTTF

[EvoCars]

Hi, new to this forum, just read this thread and had to post, im certain these big cats are about, myself and family members have seen one many times in the past, we live in coalbrookdale shropshire on the valley side surrounded by old woodland and fields, they are massive, no way would i go out looking for it ph34r.gif , we used to have a very large dog, rotweiler crooss, not far of great dane height and built like a mastiff, he got caught up in a fight with the cat once and came back with his face cut to the bone, like someone had slashed down his face and over his head with a stanley knife, the vet was certain no native animals could of inflicted cuts like that, even the vet had ideas that it might be a big cat, that dog was never the same after that, used to sit all day and night watching the edge of the feild that backed onto the woodland at the back of the house where the cat used to go after rabbits. This thing used to regualry come close to the house, and i know your all reading this thinking its rubbish rolleyes.gif , but it did, ive seen close up, and know what im was looking at wasnt a wild house cat, lol, very long bodied, long tail, not overly tall but very muscular and thick.

 

 

Shouldn't be hard to get some video/pictures then, what's lacking in this debate is concrete proof.

 

BJ.

 

One already was very local to me, a few years ago on cctv in a industrial compound, blockleys bricks i think was the place, a game keeper not far from here was trying to catch it not long ago aswell, set big cage traps all over the place to no avail after hed seen it while out

[Bazooka Joe]

Shouldn't be hard for yourself EvoCars, especially if it comes right up to your back garden,

 

like I say, everyones seen one, even up our way, but to date, no concrete proof.

 

BJ.

[EvoCars]

[COLINSRI]

There is proof actually, the bbc did a study last year.

 

1) 2,123 sightings of big cats were reported between April 2004 and July 2005.

2) New evidence published includes a skull found by a Devon farmer in July 2005 that has now been identified as that of a puma

3) three reported attacks on horses;

4) over 35 incidents regarding sheep kills;

5) several confirmed 'big cat' paw prints of which plaster casts were taken;

6) During the study over half a dozen 'big cat' hair samples were collected.

 

The BBC has also gathered evidence of at least 23 releases of big cats into the wild since the Dangerous Animals Act was passed in 1976, including a panther, pumas, lynxes and a host of exotics including caracals, ocelots and jungle cats. Many of the original owners are now owning up to their past misdeeds.

[digger]

nttf,do you lose many hounds ? are they large dogs or lab sized ?

[COLINSRI]

The evidence is all there. I mean, just last week on a hunt I saw the Pink Panther having lunch with Garfield whilst Top Cat was having a sniff around Simba's bottom

[Baldrick]

The BBC, renowned for its objective programming and journalism???

[COLINSRI]

The BBC, renowned for its objective programming and journalism???

 

True but lets face it, some things are more fun to believe . That said Baldrick, your gonna have to come to terms that Santa just isn't real sooner or later mate.

[new to the flock]

nttf,do you lose many hounds ? are they large dogs or lab sized ?

 

Digger,

 

You do loose the odd hound now and again but it is not the rule. Most times when it happens it is a cat that has been run 2 or 3 times in the past and then not harvested for whatever reason. These cats will get a good head start on a hound and then circle back and take it as it comes up the track. But like I said it does not happen very often.

 

The hounds are very much like the English Fox hound in size but can be quite abit broader through the whithers and chest. The Walker in the cat pics post belongs to a friend of mine in Uhta and I would say the same size as a fox hound.

 

NTTF