kanny 19,322 Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) What I seen whilst out shooting with the nightvision wasnt exactly a big cat but it wasnt a domestic or feral cat either. ..I observed the beast from around 100 meters as it made it's way up a hedgerow I presume hunting rabbits as there was a few along that hedge line ...it was pure black and quiet long and with a thick s tail and a longer head than a normal moggy and a very different gate to anything I've seen before ...our old maggot farm was overrun with feral cats and I've culled plenty in the past this wasn't a feral cat .I watched it for around a minute before it vanished into the hedge not before brushing it's head against overhanging briar ...this gave me some reference for scale the Briar tip came too my lower knee...what it was I don't know but I know what it wasn't.Didn't you feel the urge to shoot it kannyNot with a sub 12 at 100 meters no even if I did have the fire power I don't think I would do... that kind of answers bosuns question alsoRight I thought you had a centre fire kanny.Saying that if you were armed with these beauty's they would do more damage than a centre fire lol Can't go wrong if they got bull in em ...can ya ? Edited December 28, 2015 by kanny 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 What I seen whilst out shooting with the nightvision wasnt exactly a big cat but it wasnt a domestic or feral cat either. ..I observed the beast from around 100 meters as it made it's way up a hedgerow I presume hunting rabbits as there was a few along that hedge line ...it was pure black and quiet long and with a thick s tail and a longer head than a normal moggy and a very different gate to anything I've seen before ...our old maggot farm was overrun with feral cats and I've culled plenty in the past this wasn't a feral cat .I watched it for around a minute before it vanished into the hedge not before brushing it's head against overhanging briar ...this gave me some reference for scale the Briar tip came too my lower knee...what it was I don't know but I know what it wasn't.Didn't you feel the urge to shoot it kannyNot with a sub 12 at 100 meters no even if I did have the fire power I don't think I would do... that kind of answers bosuns question alsoRight I thought you had a centre fire kanny.Saying that if you were armed with these beauty's they would do more damage than a centre fire lol Can't go wrong if they got bull in em ...can ya ? Thats what they recon lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beast 1,884 Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 there have been stories oif a big black cat round here for years, and some very knowledgeable reliable people have some interesting accounts, but i have never seen an kind of evidence yself. however, a dear friend of mine was driving through harling forest in norfolk one night and as there are lots of deer there she always drove slow in case they ran in front of the car. well, this pareticular evening a big black cat walked out 100 yards in front of her, and just stood looking at the headlights as she slowed dwonnnnnnnnnn. she stopped about 20 uards away and the cat ssslowly finished crossing the road. this was about 12 years ago. now interestingly enough, this woman has worked as a zookeeper for over 35 years, and even worked for ravensden animal dealers in the 70s, she has seen every animal you can think of and some you never heard of, hand reared all sorts of animals including tiger, leopard, snow leopard, so she knows what shes talking about, and she says that what she saw was a black leopard (panther) and i believe her. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jack lee 137 Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 check this out,2 lads lamping up scotland ,drive down a very remote road,with open moor land either side ,they seen a deer on the left of the van ,turned lights off,sent the dog over sheep fenceing and stood at the side with lamp as road was higher than ground so had a good view of run,dog ran over but halfway across no sign of dog,they lamped but no sign ,so one lad went over fence to find dog ,in a few hundred metres he seen dog standing in bog looking out into darkness,fella called dog but did not respond,when he got to dog he put light out across moor and seen eyes of deer,grabed dog on collar and walked towards eyes,got within 50 metres of eyes,and then relised it was not deer at all,black cat bigger than dog stood up ,he froze and dog was not pulling towards it either,he backed up and kept lamp on hopeing he does not trip up,when he got back to van he told his mate who just laughed,but his mate did say that his mate wont lamp that road anymore He wants to get himself one of those beddy whippets, put his brown undies on and get up that road again and prove they do exist...! He wants to get a better dog and a pair of testicles to be honest mate,heard all that talk before,if the cat was that size it would use any dog as a toothpick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,679 Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Theres an interesting article in the current shooting news about scottish wildcats breeding with domestics and becoming diluted,the highlands are a true wilderness,no reason a larger than average moggie cant roam relatively freely up there,but down in england with its population density,its rail and road arteries dissecting the place,no,there are no breeding or populations of cougar,lynx,leopard or similar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepitcovert 842 Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 None round my neck of the woods, werewolves have eaten the buggers. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDHUNTING 1,817 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Theres no true wilderness in GB even in north scotland its nearly all keepered and never to far from a pair of eyes, imo if there was a large cat population there would be solid evidence Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EDDIE B 3,120 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 As Arthur C Clark once said! " when, or if, big cats do come here, we'll all know about it!? Or was that Aliens!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai dogs 1,193 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 iv seen 2 big cats and got photos to prove it I will see if I can find them and post them up. it was a few years ago so please bare with me while I look for them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,208 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 iv seen 2 big cats and got photos to prove it I will see if I can find them and post them up. it was a few years ago so please bare with me while I look for them. did you slip the bull\deerhound? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai dogs 1,193 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 iv seen 2 big cats and got photos to prove it I will see if I can find them and post them up. it was a few years ago so please bare with me while I look for them. did you slip the bull\deerhound? No i did not have a dog with me at the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai dogs 1,193 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Found them.... 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,093 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 lol....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 4,926 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Found them....They're obviously just large domestic cats ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,183 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Found them....They're obviously just large domestic cats You wouldn't want to clean it's shit out the flowerbed would you ,lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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