You have seen quite a few of them? I think you are misidentifying bobcats or lynxs.
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Bud I know the difference in kitty cats. I hunted fur for quite some time.
Big, big difference between a bobkitty , linx and a cougar.
Like I said, they are not that rare. It usually helps though if you are not looking on main street.
A lot of cougar/mountain lion hunts are conducted.
Judd Cooney is The Man if you want to take one with a bow.
I watched a female cougar raise her kittens one year. She stayed about a half of mile from my house for her home area. She was the biggest I have seen.
I shared my deer stand area with another large one for a couple of years. She would get your attention before sunup . She was quite the vocalist.
Nearly tripped over one in the Palo Duro Canyon.
Spent quite some time one night watching one hunt rabbits through a 6 to 18 Redfield under a spotlight.
Got to share that with a couple of folks who had never seen one other than in a cage.
There have been many.
