mountain lions in pa??? what do you think!!

Well i just recently watched the wjac news, local news in cambria county, and wanted to inform everyone that just in the past 2 days a elderly lady called 911 and reported a cat on her porch, the 911 dispatcher said it was a house cat and not to be frightened, she called animal control and sent them out. Upon there arrival they found a 90lb mountain lion on ther elderly ladies porch, they tranquilized it, and it says the game commision relocated the mountain lion,,,,   so what does everyone think???     sorry bout the grammer not real good at this stuff.    if you want to check out the story it is on www.wjactv.com        i thought this would bring up a all around good discussion topic!!!!

You REALLY need to check your facts about stories before posting about them.
 
It was in Casper, Wyoming that the lady called about the "big cat" on her porch.
 
 
 
http://www.wjactv.com/family/17597319/detail.html

Well, it is news.  Just not news from around here.  "the game commission relocated the lion"-that part would have made me suspicious.

sorry guys, i got a little excited when it was in our local news---well then hell this is not news, that happens alot out west----MY APOLOGIES

Theres no law that says you cant kill one in PA.

ORIGINAL: griffon


#2- I do not remember the exact article, nor am I going to go searching (better things to do)...

Even if you did do a search for that law you wont ever find it,because it isnt there!!!!

I seen one in PA before so I know they exist.I was fishing not hunting though or I would of proved it years ago....

Spiker -----

If you shoot one  and get caught... YOU WILL AT THE LEAST GET A FINE....
and maybe some jail time....

You are not allowed to shoot
 ANY WILD ANIMAL  that does not have a "season for harvesting  it" as declared and set by the PGC in the state of Penna.

I thought they were birds, not what I consider an animal... ?????
 
What kind of a sportsman would shoot robins or sparrows ???????
 
Call the PGC and ask them if you do not want to believe those of us who say it is illegal to shoot a cougar in Pa...

ORIGINAL: bigtrout4x4

You are not allowed to shoot
ANY WILD ANIMAL  that does not have a "season for harvesting  it" as declared and set by the PGC in the state of Penna. -dr.trout

is this your rule???  so i'm not allowed to shoot a sparrow-or a robin??

I do believe its a $50 fine for every robin you kill.

English sparrows and starlings are non-native species and are fair game.  Fun for me when I was a kid honing my hunting skills and marksmanship with my pellet gun but I have since grown up and only kill what I will eventually eat.  Not begrudging kids that do it to this day, just not for me anymore.  Same reason I don't hunt crows although I wish more people would.  Those noisy buggers annoy the heck out of me sometimes when I am on stand during archery season. 
 
As for the mtn. lions, show me a body or picture in front of a known PA landmark/location and then I'll believe it when I see it. 
 
 

I have personally seen 2 Mt. Lions myself. Both were near Kane, PA. I was told by a local deputy game warden that they don't exist. I had the dicussion about shooting one & was told I would be fined. After a lengthy discussion, he agreed that I could get away with it if it were declared a feral animal( 1 released illegally into the wild). So, if you shoot one, it could go either way. The 2 I saw were on 2 different occasions & were 2 different cats. Both were within a mile of each other. I know what I saw & they are here. If the Game Commission did admit that they are here, then every time someone sees 1 or finds a den, they would close that area of woods to hunting because an endangered species is in existance. In closing, don't push "officials" into admitting they are here, it could be detrimental to your favorite hinting spot. If I get the opportunity to drop 1, you will all see the pics.

^^^^haha that was good-griffon,  but i do agree with fishtamer--if one by chance ever passes in front of me i will ATTEMPT to drop it. And as for a fine of $50 for every robin,, im sorry but when your a kid-like eyezandgillz said everyone does it, look at chipmunks-one of everyones favorite targets when your small, and hell there still annoying, they are protected.  But as for a lion getting shot in pa, if i was the person it would be the biggest event happening that day on the news, if they are going to cuff me and slam me in jail i want it done in front of the news station--- and then say i thought this was not a native species   ,  just to see!!

It's amazing how many people will start to see mountain lions, after there is a little hype started about them. Sometimes, all it takes for people to start seeing bigfoot, ufo's, ghosts, or mountain lions, is a few other people claiming to see them. Once the word goes around that Joe Blow saw a mountain lion up'er on the mountain, the next time someone sees a glimpse of something out of the corner of their eye there, it must have been a mountian lion.
 
I think I mentioned this example in another thread, so I appologize for repeating it, if that's the case... I was guiding a couple on the Little J a month or 2 ago. The husband had told me when we met up, that he had just heard about central PA having a lot of bald eagles, and he would really like to see one. When a large bird flew over our heads while he was fishing, he yelled "look! there's a bald eagle!". It was a hawk, by the way. This is what is happening with mountain lions. A rediculous email gets sent out to a lot of people about some guy killing a mountain lion, and suddenly, they're everwhere, and everyone is seeing them. All it takes for our imaginations to run wild, is for someone to tell us a story.
 
Do I believe there are mountain lions in PA? I would believe it if someone showed me proof. How about a cast of a footprint, an undoctored picture, or even a dead one.... Every town seems to have a story of some farmer killing a mountain lion, yet there are no bodies. Apparently mountain lions are harder to find than WMDs.
 
Spiker, you will be fined if you kill one. A game commission officer mentioned that to some friends of mine and myself. Don't believe us? Then why not take one for the team and shoot one of those mountian lions you know are out there?
 
When's the rumor going to start that the PGC is stocking them? Maybe i'll start it soon, I need a good laugh.

nice spiker, very very nice--sorry dr. trout guess he proved you wrong--hell he already has the diced onion/garlic in the fridge..

and in Pa. it is illegal to kill a cougar (wild or tame) since there is no season for them...


what is so hard to understand there ?????


-- are you guys just "trolling" for something to do ??

proving once again it is silly to try to communicate on this message board 
and that I am just wasting time posting here about anything other than in the THE FISHING SECTIONS ?????

 
I'm not sure how I was proven wrong ???
 
I simply posted what I was taught and the lesson I live by....
 
 

"you don't kill anything you are not going to eat.... and I practice that to this day..... 

 
The fact someone found a recipre for Mt lion proves nothing...
 
I know people who eat snake, tongue, liver, tripe, snails, raw fish etc etc etc
 
I still would NOT KILL something I was not going to eat...