Cougar in ardrossan

[buckbrushoutdoors]

Buddy had a cougar on his door step this morning in his subdivision

Just off wye road and 214
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww228/buckbrushoutdoors/0E37CA6E-DBB6-474D-BFFA-5382BC53FD5E-3398-000001CC4C928EBE.jpg

[nube]

Looks like a house cat to me:) Get the hounds!

[Alberta Bigbore]

LOL... not very far from the Blackfoot which also has a tiny proven Cougar population.:)

[chain2]

Tracks look suspisiously distressed...a possible size 9 in progress....please get your buddy to place a live round across the pad as to properly gauge the size like a pro...and resubmit the photo. 22lr should do it justice....:)chain

[bukwild]

Thats wierd! I had this Panther in my yard in Terwillegar.
http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g442/bukwild1/black-cat-romeo-in-the-snow_zps661aaa4c.jpg

[hayseed]

Buk that's awesome to get that pic of the elusive panther!!

I would not want a run in with that without backup...

[ReayMan]

Hahaha

[trooper]

Here Kitty kitty kitty......

[diamond k]

Funny enough until you have kids in the yard. I live north of hyw. 16 on about the same RR and we have seen 2 young cats in the past 5 years.

[timsesink]

Thats wierd! I had this Panther in my yard in Terwillegar.
http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g442/bukwild1/black-cat-romeo-in-the-snow_zps661aaa4c.jpg

:sHa_sarcasticlol:

[winmag]

yum fat house cats

[Vingiu]

Wonderful, so I'm not the only one who believes in a reclusive variety of miniature mountain lion :)

Michael

[Dacotensis]

On a more serious note, yes there are cougars in the area. Hasting lake has a lot of bush for the cats to play in, and not too far from the Blackfoot, and ministick-more bush.

I am positive I saw a lynx many years ago out on 510 late at night, like 20 yrs ago.

[buckbrushoutdoors]

Do you guys honestly think that's not a cougar?

[Optics]

Buddy had a cougar on his door step this morning in his subdivision

Just off wye road and 214
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww228/buckbrushoutdoors/0E37CA6E-DBB6-474D-BFFA-5382BC53FD5E-3398-000001CC4C928EBE.jpg

That's the biggest back step in the history of mankind.

[the wall]

Do you guys honestly think that's not a cougar?

Just reference the size of the step and the cedar twigs and it looks way too small to be a cougar. Too bad the guy didn't put his footprint beside it.

[bdub]

Do you guys honestly think that's not a cougar?

Sorry man but looking at your avatar I must say you are trying to pull a fast one. Meow.

[buckbrushoutdoors]

That's not a step. It's 3'x5' cement landing. That and he saw it.

[chain2]

Well, I honestly thought the pic was a zoomed in shot on a stair tread like the one below it which is commonly 8" or so. My perspective is all off then...kind of a trick photo. It obviously a lion if he saw it then, good enough for me.:):) I cant help think its much out his spots thou... chain

[troyfitt]

My wife seen a cougar in the ditch by 214 and wye 3 weeks ago ,and she seen one go across our back fence line 2 years ago i was like ahhh come on it was just a deer then she said no it had a big tail a couple horses got scrathched up a few years back also and fish and game said it was coyotes lol there are cougers in blackfoot and with the deer population down there probley on the move ,but fish and wild life will never admit

[C Taylor]

Well someone has got to say it. Release the dogs an let's see what happens. There should be horses going thru fences everywhere. Seems I reme er something about srd trying to catch one a couple years ago in that area.

[bigbuck19]

Not very far from me.. I know EINP has cougars so it's not too shocking.

[IR_mike]

My wife seen a cougar in the ditch by 214 and wye 3 weeks ago ,and she seen one go across our back fence line 2 years ago i was like ahhh come on it was just a deer then she said no it had a big tail a couple horses got scrathched up a few years back also and fish and game said it was coyotes lol there are cougers in blackfoot and with the deer population down there probley on the move ,but fish and wild life will never admit

I think they have amitted it:http://albertaregulations.ca/pdfs/hunting-regs/Big-Game-Seasons.pdf

[gopher67]

A neighbour saw one 10 years ago in the same area it crossed in front of her while walking

[Mike_W]

The print does look small to me but I wouldnt say house cat small (a house cats print is no larger than a quarter) but a small cougar is a possibility. Crazy to think it would sit on his landing!!

Few years back my dad seen a cougar on the Whitemud by Snow Valley....this was in the middle of the night as he works a night shift.
Only a few years before that F&W shot one treed in a back yard just off 104 ave and Groat Rd.

[craig_temple]

About 5years ago, a neighbor of my inlaws had one of his horses killed and F&W said that it was from a cougar. This was on RR210 across the road from Elk Island Park. I hunt the area and haven't seen or got one on trailcam, but I believe they're around.
Also heard a story (don't know if it's fully true though) that a cougar stole a chicken off the side tray of a guy's bbq as he was preheating bbq in strathcona county a couple years back. Seems far fetched, but you never know.

I know that F&W say there are a few cougars in the Blackfoot reserve and Elk Island. I believe there's cougars around. Hopefully I never meet up with one walking to my stand in the dark!
-Craig

[rembo]

There are definetly cougars in the Ardrossan area and further east. My brother used to own a 20 acre piece just west of RR#192 about 8 K's south of Hiway 16. About three years ago his neighbor to the west caught one on a security camera crusing thru his yard. He had wondered what was upsetting his horses the previous few nights.

[greylynx]

What about a lynx?

The bunny population is pretty good in urban areas this year?

[Big Daddy Badger]

Do you guys honestly think that's not a cougar?

Nope... thats cougar bait.

[Champion]

The father in law used to live on the Whitemud and RR233... Some of the neighbours had dogs attacked( could be yotes) but a couple others had cougar tracks in the yards... I believe they are around.

[Rovin]

What about a lynx?

The bunny population is pretty good in urban areas this year?

Maybe a kitten Lynx....LOL. that track is no more than 2" wide.

[Rovin]

I take that back....1.25" wide....tops!!!

[steve]

I take that back....1.25" wide....tops!!!

How wide is a cougar track?

[bigbuck19]

This is from a big cat (337) I've seen him and his tracks all over the property.. That's 2 3/4 for size comparison. Could be a smaller cat, not house cat size though..

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff433/bigbuck191/DSC_0013.jpg

[Alberta Bigbore]

maybe have your bud put a shot shell on the same spot and then we can put the photos side by side. Looks small but the steps could be deceiving .

[the pilot cock]

A young guy I know is 18 and wound up having shall we say "intimate relations" with a 39 year old woman. He felt bad about it later, but sometimes when a cougar attacks, there's nothing you can do.... sorry, I couldn't resist....

[Speckle55]

here is your answer

David:)

http://www.bear-tracker.com/caninevsfeline.html