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  • Avacal
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    • Jan 2007
    • 124
    #1

    Cougars revisted.......

    So I talked to a ranger that said the DEC is now aware of cougars in the indian lake area but that they are not reproducing. A few locals that have sighted the big cats have said that they are concerned.

    I guess I would like to see if anyone has anything new to report. I myself came accross tracks in the snow while climbing Algonquin. They were heading down hill crossing the trail with about a 15 foot spread between them. The thing that caught my eye was the "S" swoosh mark in the snow amongst the tracks.....tail marks. Another sighting by a friends brother who saw one dart along the meadow near Johns-brook lodge.

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    • Hobbitling
      spring fever
      • May 2006
      • 2237
      #2
      That would be way cool. I'll hold out for hard proof.

      did you follow the tracks?
      He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.

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        • Avacal
          Member
          • Jan 2007
          • 124
          #3
          Didn't have time to follow. Had a crew I was snowshoeing with. If it is true , I think it won't be too long till a documented encounter occurs.....hopefully not me.
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            • law_adk
              Member
              • Oct 2007
              • 83
              #4
              Thats a good reason to always have a digital camera handy when out in the woods.

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                • mrbrklyn
                  Member
                  • May 2008
                  • 71
                  #5
                  Originally posted by law_adk
                  Thats a good reason to always have a digital camera handy when out in the woods.
                  Might need to set up a trip wire shooter if you want to photograph a cat. They don't announce themselves or pose for pictures and if your close enough to photograph one you might be busy with other matters when face to face with a big cat.

                  When I grew up in Florida both Cougars and Alligators where seen even in Fort Lauderdale and you did not get close to them. Seems the Cougar population down there plummeted since then.

                  Ruben
                  NY Forever

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                    • redhawk
                      Senior Curmudgeon
                      • Jan 2004
                      • 10929
                      #6
                      In the Indian lake Area. Wonder if they migrated from the Silver Lake Wilderness?
                      "If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. Johnson

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                        • law_adk
                          Member
                          • Oct 2007
                          • 83
                          #7
                          You can take pictures of the tracks for someone to make an ID

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                            • Hobbitling
                              spring fever
                              • May 2006
                              • 2237
                              #8
                              A camera trap baited with cougar scat or urine would probably do the trick.
                              He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.

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                                • AdRegion
                                  TourPro
                                  • Dec 2004
                                  • 318
                                  #9
                                  Most Cougars are now younger than me, so I don't mind if they are around.

                                  What?
                                  Adirondack Base Camp
                                  Adirondack Trailhead

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                                    • gulo
                                      Member
                                      • Feb 2007
                                      • 244
                                      #10
                                      Folks are actually finding that body fragrances like Obsession, and even knock-offs at $8 for 8 ounces, work better than natural lures. Plenty of critters are attracted to the natural lures, but as soon as I began putting body fragrances in front of the cams, the change in their behavior was remarkable. They went from pics of interested sniffing to rolling in the stuff, almost like a universal cat-nip.

                                      Some biologists think it's because of the novelty of the scent in the system, but I don't know why that would induce them to act stoned.

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                                        • redhawk
                                          Senior Curmudgeon
                                          • Jan 2004
                                          • 10929
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by gulo
                                          Folks are actually finding that body fragrances like Obsession, and even knock-offs at $8 for 8 ounces, work better than natural lures. Plenty of critters are attracted to the natural lures, but as soon as I began putting body fragrances in front of the cams, the change in their behavior was remarkable. They went from pics of interested sniffing to rolling in the stuff, almost like a universal cat-nip.

                                          Some biologists think it's because of the novelty of the scent in the system, but I don't know why that would induce them to act stoned.
                                          Maybe they're "obsessed" with it. Is it drawing males or females? Maybe I'll try some for myself.
                                          "If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. Johnson

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                                            • colden46
                                              Member
                                              • Oct 2006
                                              • 1060
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Avacal
                                              So I talked to a ranger that said the DEC is now aware of cougars in the indian lake area but that they are not reproducing. A few locals that have sighted the big cats have said that they are concerned.
                                              Who was the ranger?

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                                                • Avacal
                                                  Member
                                                  • Jan 2007
                                                  • 124
                                                  #13
                                                  Sorry, I didn't get a name.
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                                                    • mrbrklyn
                                                      Member
                                                      • May 2008
                                                      • 71
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by redhawk
                                                      Maybe they're "obsessed" with it. Is it drawing males or females? Maybe I'll try some for myself.
                                                      It works on Broadway and the Upper Eastside...
                                                      NY Forever

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                                                        • Rik
                                                          H-E-R-O
                                                          • Nov 2004
                                                          • 1000247
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by gulo
                                                          Folks are actually finding that body fragrances like Obsession, and even knock-offs at $8 for 8 ounces, work better than natural lures. Plenty of critters are attracted to the natural lures, but as soon as I began putting body fragrances in front of the cams, the change in their behavior was remarkable. They went from pics of interested sniffing to rolling in the stuff, almost like a universal cat-nip.

                                                          Some biologists think it's because of the novelty of the scent in the system, but I don't know why that would induce them to act stoned.
                                                          Good to know I'm not the only one that does that.
                                                          Die Free and Live

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