Big cats in East TN

[Number9]

Here is an animal that most people will never see...
But, you know it's real.. in the South you can hear it on warm nights.
And it's been in many song lyrics!

It is the Whip-poor-will.

They sound like this...

 

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[liftloop]

nice post

 

[kuger]

We call em Night Hawks as well,in Nevada its very common to see em,spent many a night watching em "zoom",if ya have never seen,or heard one do this,its something else!!!Only second to the sound of the Loon,on my favorite bird sound list!

I see there are another kind....I dont know that I have seen the kind you speak of #9?

There are a lot of animals that exist but seldom seen,here we have Ringtail Cats,spotted skunks,etc. difference is....they ocassionaly are hit by cars.I am waiting for a wild Black Panther to be hit,or shot

 

[Number9]

We call em Night Hawks as well,in Nevada its very common to see em,spent many a night watching em "zoom",if ya have never seen,or heard one do this,its something else!!!Only second to the sound of the Loon,on my favorite bird sound list!

I see there are another kind....I dont know that I have seen the kind you speak of #9?

There are a lot of animals that exist but seldom seen,here we have Ringtail Cats,spotted skunks,etc. difference is....they ocassionaly are hit by cars.I am waiting for a wild Black Panther to be hit,or shot

The Common Nighthawk(Chordeiles minor) and Whip-poor-wil(Caprimulgus vociferus)l are in the same group but they are different.

 

[Number9]

"I am waiting for a wild Black Panther to be hit,or shot

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My guns are loaded!!

 

[kuger]

"I am waiting for a wild Black Panther to be hit,or shot

"

My guns are loaded!!

...dont kill it...take pics,I trust ya wont use photo shop!

 

[Number9]

...dont kill it...take pics,I trust ya wont use photo shop!

I'm going to kill it then mail it to ya!!!

(Weird stuff in the Tennessee Mountains... light rain now with thunder in the distance. High today around 63.
Tonight.. Snow tonight with some thunder possible!)

 

[kuger]

I'm going to kill it then mail it to ya!!!

(Weird stuff in the Tennessee Mountains... light rain now with thunder in the distance. High today around 63.
Tonight.. Snow tonight with some thunder possible!)

here too...we had the biggest snow storm I can remember,last week,was 70 degree's Saturday,and now they are calling for more snow tonight!

 

[mical66]

heavy rain here in east Tenn,, calling for chance of snow with maybe a foot of it.
then in the 50s thursday ...lol

 

[Number9]

heavy rain here in east Tenn,, calling for chance of snow with maybe a foot of it.
then in the 50s thursday ...lol

Maybe a good time to track them Black Panthers!!?

 

[Tnmountains]

Starting to feel like tornado weather in Tn. Be safe. I did see a lot of Bob Cats this last winter.

 

[jamey]

i just saw this post,and i did see one in middle tn,it scared me really bad as i had know weapon the wind was in my face so i knew i was good so i just watched it for a few then it dissappeared.i could of got me if it wanted to i think as i just came from the area it was comming from.i had to go back that way to get back to my car i just took a longer way back.anywat i called the twra and they said i didnt see one and told me to get pictures of its tracks,i told them to do it,well my friend ended up getting them and they said something about them just going thru the area and didnt think they were breading here,you will see them in early spring around here and i still kinda scared when i go back there,took me a long time to go back there also

 

[Number9]

i just saw this post,and i did see one in middle tn,it scared me really bad as i had know weapon the wind was in my face so i knew i was good so i just watched it for a few then it dissappeared.i could of got me if it wanted to i think as i just came from the area it was comming from.i had to go back that way to get back to my car i just took a longer way back.anywat i called the twra and they said i didnt see one and told me to get pictures of its tracks,i told them to do it,well my friend ended up getting them and they said something about them just going thru the area and didnt think they were breading here,you will see them in early spring around here and i still kinda scared when i go back there,took me a long time to go back there also

Hey Jamey...

Questions..

How far away was it and time of day that you saw it?
What color was it?
Where, or what area did you see it?

Best at ya!
-Wayne

 

[liftloop]

we have mountain lion a round here for 5 year the DnR the department of no results said there not here
people found scat sent it out came back positive DnR dam near Russia still denied it finally some one in town took a pictures can't escape that one finally the DnR had to admit there here don't be feeding them or you will get a citation.

 

[kuger]

i just saw this post,and i did see one in middle tn,it scared me really bad as i had know weapon the wind was in my face so i knew i was good so i just watched it for a few then it dissappeared.i could of got me if it wanted to i think as i just came from the area it was comming from.i had to go back that way to get back to my car i just took a longer way back.anywat i called the twra and they said i didnt see one and told me to get pictures of its tracks,i told them to do it,well my friend ended up getting them and they said something about them just going thru the area and didnt think they were breading here,you will see them in early spring around here and i still kinda scared when i go back there,took me a long time to go back there also

They dont have a breeding season,so I am not sure why they mentioned Spring?I wont deny that lions are in States that are denying they are there....why I dont know?

 

[jamey]

hi number9 it was around non or so really sunny and was in a feild near a river,it was 75 yards away and i have great eyesight and i saw this big almost orange long tailed cat walking down a tree line.the thing was as big or bigger than me.ive seen bobcats coyotes big ole farm cats,but this was a mountain loin for sure im 46 years old and was not smoking anything there here in middle tn i assure you

 

[kuger]

....three lions ran across the road in front of me this morning on my way to work.Likely Female and two adolescent cubs

 

[jamey]

oh ya i have a friend that seen one sitting on top of a big round hay bail in in a field too,i think they are eating the huge population of wild turkeys round here too.im looking for them now but armed with a camera now i was told you cant shoot them

hey kuger they finally said that they just pass thru and not breeding as in staying around for awhile the day after seeing it it was on fox news about them covering it up.i think a friend of mine had something to do with the media.

 

[wvwildman]

Here is an animal that most people will never see...
But, you know it's real.. in the South you can hear it on warm nights.
And it's been in many song lyrics!

It is the Whip-poor-will.



They sound like this...

ive seen a few around here in wv

 

[Number9]

hi number9 it was around non or so really sunny and was in a feild near a river,it was 75 yards away and i have great eyesight and i saw this big almost orange long tailed cat walking down a tree line.the thing was as big or bigger than me.ive seen bobcats coyotes big ole farm cats,but this was a mountain loin for sure im 46 years old and was not smoking anything there here in middle tn i assure you

No doubt about the regular looking mountain lion... that was the kind I helped bury on Signal Mountain about three years ago.
I'm still hoping to touch a black one.. and I know they are here!