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Mountain Lions and Mule Deer - We are sure that one does not exist in the Northeast
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Mountain Lions and Mule Deer - We are sure that one does not exist in the Northeast
Saturday, October 18, 2008
We have been sent the picture below a few times. We first received it on August 2, 2008. Yet, we keep getting emails and seeing postings on our Website (and others) that it was killed in various places in Pennsylvania and New York. Of course, each time we hear of it, the mountain lion was killed yesterday, last week, two weeks ago, etc...

We are not saying that mountain lions do not roam through New York from time to time. But we would like to state the obvious from the photo below.

mountain lion new york

Please take a look in the upper left hand corner of the photo. You will see a side room that has a good 20+ mule deer racks hanging. This photo was obviously taken at a taxidermist's shop. Mule deer do not exist in the Northeast. It is hard to imagine that a taxidermist in the Northeast would have that much mule deer business from out West. You will also see what appears to be an elk antler on this guy's left next to the RED broom handle.

This mountain lion was not killed in Pennsylvania or New York or any other Eastern State. According to the article below, it was hit by a truck in Arizona - a State that has plenty of mule deer and elk and mountain lions.
Arizona Mountain Lion Hit and Killed by Truck

Additional Resource
PA MOUNTAIN LION

As always, the DEC encourages anyone with a credible sighting to report it to them. They also have this same mountain lion on their Website, confirmed to be killed in Arizona.
New York DEC Cougar Page

That is all for now.....................


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Previously Entered Comments About: Mountain Lion Rumors in New York
Anonymous - 1/16/2010 5:11:18 PM
Common, who doesnt have a camera phone?> 1 picture, just 1.Nope, no way.
As they say on the interwebz, "pics or it didnt happen"
chris pa - 1/12/2010 5:59:13 AM
I find it hard to believe that in this day an age of small digital cameras not one person has a picture! Havent you ever heard a picture is worth 1000 words!!
Anonymous WNY - 10/29/2009 2:09:09 AM
I come from a small town in Western New York 40 miles north of PA and and there have been many sightings in our area. also there have been many pets that have come up missing. I know there here saw one first hand and by no means was it a BOBCAT. anyone whoo can mistake a bobcat to a lion need there eyes checked.
Neighbor Erin, New York - 10/26/2009 6:20:59 PM
On October 16th 2009 a Neighbors dog was attacked by a Mountain Lion in Erin, New. He was carried over a mile and a half, and was missing for a week and one day. The vet said from the dept of the puncture wounds a Mountain Lion is the only animal that could have cause that deep of a wound. It carried the dog away and was going to save it for later eating, but some how the dog escaped and is now on its way to a recovery. His skin was torn from the top of his back to the middle of his chest. This dog is a 8 year old Cocker who grew up on the property and would have never ran off, and would have done anything to make it home. This was the work of a Mountain Lion, in New York State.
gerard ciccone e. amherst,ny - 1/1/2009 6:45:49 PM
looking out of my window in november i saw a large animal and watched it because i couldnt make out what it was. then it leaped over a fallen tree and i saw the muscular shoulders and then a long tail with a white tip. I told people that that I thought I saw A mountain lion and was told that absolutely was not possible. On december 31,2008 after a 9" snowfall, I walked out of the back door to start my car and notice a line of "footprints" going across the yard starting at about 2 to 3 feet apart to about 6 apart heading toward a overflowing creek. thinking it might be a prowler who ran from the house, i was careful noy to disturb the tracks and walked to the rear of the house to examine a track that was in only several inches of snow. it was a large pawprint about 4 to 5 inches in diameter. i went back to the house and told the kids (teens) that i thought a large cat was out looking for food and to be careful, They only looked at me. Today, january 1 2009 I was sitting at the same window, at the computer, trying to look up a DEC phone, at the same time talking to my adult daughter about what i should do and who should i call when i looked out across the rising creek and there it was. I yelled for someone to come to see and two people in the house saw it. later today it re-appeared and two other adults saw it at the creek edge looking this way. there is no duobt, there is no question, there was no blurr, it was clear, it was brown, it was big, it was and is alive. for those doubters, you are wrong.
Anonymous - 12/5/2008 12:10:14 PM
ive been hunting ny for 30 years ive yet to see a mt.lion or signs of a big cat .i guess with all the people having exotic pets who knows what in the woods .i did see one time about 10 years ago pack of dogs not coyotes ..we maybe part coyote ....
tell you this im not going in the woods with out gun
dead fly broome n.y - 11/23/2008 8:47:13 PM
i swear some people are crazy there are no big cats in n.y
don wny - 11/20/2008 3:12:55 PM
can anonymous post these pics or vids somewhere we all can see them ? let us know where and when posted please . and some kind of proof that it is in ny if possible
Anonymous - 11/13/2008 6:24:38 AM
they say there are no cougars in northern michigan either. ha! ya. right!
Anonymous - 11/11/2008 12:19:00 PM
it is not legal to shoot mountain lions in new york. they are listed as an endangered species in new york
http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/44564.html
i got mig guns amsterdam ny, - 11/10/2008 11:08:51 PM
is it legal to shoot a mountain lion in new york because my neibors have been seeing one and i dont want it getting my dog or cat
Anonymous - 11/10/2008 3:31:14 AM
i know they say there arent mountain lions in ny and i belived it too untill my friend and i got one on his deer cam video, and photos just before bow season in otsego county they are here or at least one is..
mason amsterdam ny, - 11/9/2008 12:36:38 AM
is it legal to shoot a mountain lion in new york
jessie speedsville,ny - 11/3/2008 6:13:44 PM
my daughter and i and a girlfriend were comming home from horse riding lessons one day over the back roads it was about 10 am and a big cat jumped out in the road in front of us out of a swampy area below town and leaped up a hill - we were in shock -it had a long tail and it was big. not your typical bobcat.
mark a new york - 10/21/2008 6:06:24 PM
my father and i found a dead mountain lion in the adirondacks at the enterance to the land we were hunting. we both couldnt believe what we were seeing.it was 9:30 pm and snowing so we called it a night and decided to inspect it in the morning. thing was about 4 long laying down and there was 18" of snow on the ground. when we woke the next day to check it out in the day light it was gone. only patches of hair. it looked like it was hit by a car from the proximity to the road and the blood from the mouth area. if i ever see one again i will notify the dec.
tom monroe county - 10/20/2008 12:45:59 AM
you can see from this photo that this guy is a taxidermist.he is wearing an apron.if you look into the backroom where the door is open you can see several racks hanging.no one guy would have that many nice racks from pa.or ny.

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