keepdiggin 9,233 Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 24 minutes ago, tillylamp said: i had these prints in our garden a couple of nights back....there were two different sets.....i'm pretty sure they are big cat prints.....the single ones were about 31/2 inches in size....and the pic with two prints was about 2 inches in size....and the pics with the set of four prints was about four feet from the first print to the fourth print with three feet between the sets of four....there i got there in the end....lol i've confused myself now......lol Do you keep dogs over there tilly? Link to post Share on other sites
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tillylamp 1,809 Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 minute ago, keepdiggin said: Do you keep dogs over there tilly? no bud....i would like one though....maybe later on in the future...... 3 Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,233 Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 Just now, tillylamp said: no bud....i would like one though....maybe later on in the future...... With big cats in the garden mate it would have be a good size one pal lol 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,343 Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 33 minutes ago, tillylamp said: i had these prints in our garden a couple of nights back....there were two different sets.....i'm pretty sure they are big cat prints.....the single ones were about 31/2 inches in size....and the pic with two prints was about 2 inches in size....and the pics with the set of four prints was about four feet from the first print to the fourth print with three feet between the sets of four....there i got there in the end....lol i've confused myself now......lol Do you think lynx ? I,m just guessing mate I can see feline as it’s showing direct registry but guessing again think a lion would leave scuff marks with its tail ?? Nice visit 1 Link to post Share on other sites
EDDIE B 3,127 Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Greyman said: I don’t no mate I was just given a short film and that’s a still from it No mate just a google search heard of one shot in the Forest of Dean year before last, it was in a chicken coupe after the chickens apparently it had came in the night before and the bloke let his Russel out when the chickens kicked off the dog came back with a few scratches down its face so the next night he just got the shotty out and whacked it as it popped out expecting a fox, I think the forest has a small population think dc put some pics up of a strange scat he found over there that looked quite raccoon like, totally off topic but a pic and story I quite like this coon hound disappeared years ago chasing a raccoon and was only discovered years later when this tree was felled I think it’s on show somewhere in the states if memory serves This is the video I believe mate. Read the description. Video's been around for some time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,852 Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 hour ago, tillylamp said: seen quite a few now....had these in the garden when we was in BC..... Had a mate scared the other week when he heard someone in his back garden, thought it was burglars, in reality it was a trash panda licking fat off his BBQ grill. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,343 Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 11 minutes ago, EDDIE B said: This is the video I believe mate. Read the description. Video's been around for some time. I think it’s one of the ones they had in captivity ready for release in the kilder forest Link to post Share on other sites
tillylamp 1,809 Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 2 hours ago, keepdiggin said: With big cats in the garden mate it would have be a good size one pal lol that's the thing bud, i love the terriers and whippets, I've had a jack Russell, Russell x Lakeland and whippets along with a staff x English bull terrier and a English bull terrier x English bull dog.......whereas my wife loves big dogs....she had a golden Labrador and the old English mastiffs, I just love the spirit/drive of the terriers.....whereas she loves to have a dog she can have a good snuggle up to.......now....the small/toy and a bit bigger breeds can walk around with a target on there backs as wolves, coy wolf, coyotes, cougars, and eagles all would take one if they wanted to.....plus you wouldn't just open the back door at night to let them out for a wee in the garden on there own.....that's when they are probably most vulnerable, I've never heard of a black bear taken any dogs tho, but they do take young deer.....but i have never seen any jacks here and a whippet wouldn't survive the cold...lol.... i have been out in a field and watched a coyote stalk upon a deer, but when it saw me it sneaked away...but if that was me with smallish dog and 2-4 coyotes or a hungry coy wolf chances are that dog could be eaten.... my mate has got an American staff which is a nice dog and a good size and two karelian bear dogs..... so, if we were to have a dog she wouldn't mind a coon hound which would be a good choice or something along them lines...... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
tillylamp 1,809 Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 3 hours ago, Greyman said: Do you think lynx ? I,m just guessing mate I can see feline as it’s showing direct registry but guessing again think a lion would leave scuff marks with its tail ?? Nice visit do i think it was a lynx?....not in this instance mate, only because i have just checked and the report records are that there are no lynx living here where i am, they were declared an endangered species here in 2002 and the only breeding cats here are up in highlands of cape Breton, they were classed extirpated by the beginning of the twentieth century here on mainland....but going back to what you was saying, there were some very light scuff marks as the snow was quite firm which i thought were caused by it's toe tips, your knowledge of big cats is pretty good bud, do you think the smaller prints could have been made by it's young? or would it be to early in the year? we have seen bob cats here and we were lucky enough to drive down the road with one walking on the verge for about 500 or so yards next to us and at about 20ft away it then turned into trees and away it went (fantastic)..... going back to the big cats there in the UK, my mate has a cctv recording of a puma walking past his house which he sent it off to the big cat association there and he got a letter back and a authentication certificate that it was a puma this was years ago now, the funny thing was in the video there was this guy who walked past the front of his house late at night and he went out of view for about 8- 10 seconds....my mate said.....wait.....watch.....so i kept watching and then.....this bloke came running back at a blur across the camera and about 3-5 seconds later this big black puma came walking past....lol lol he only put that cctv up because someone was messing with the cars out front.....lol lol 1 Link to post Share on other sites
tillylamp 1,809 Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 3 hours ago, mackem said: Had a mate scared the other week when he heard someone in his back garden, thought it was burglars, in reality it was a trash panda licking fat off his BBQ grill. ohhhh yes mack....they will eat anything....scavenger opportunists at it's very best....lol they have it down to a fine art....lol wish i could say the same about there road sense....the amount of road kill i've seen of them is unreal.....lol it's on a par with the rabbit road kill back home......lol lol 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Moocher71 4,044 Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 17 hours ago, mackem said: Canada, the old woman's garden over the road same/same, if they are there they are going to be photographed right? I'm hoping to see a few soon 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,343 Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 12 hours ago, tillylamp said: do i think it was a lynx?....not in this instance mate, only because i have just checked and the report records are that there are no lynx living here where i am, they were declared an endangered species here in 2002 and the only breeding cats here are up in highlands of cape Breton, they were classed extirpated by the beginning of the twentieth century here on mainland....but going back to what you was saying, there were some very light scuff marks as the snow was quite firm which i thought were caused by it's toe tips, your knowledge of big cats is pretty good bud, do you think the smaller prints could have been made by it's young? or would it be to early in the year? we have seen bob cats here and we were lucky enough to drive down the road with one walking on the verge for about 500 or so yards next to us and at about 20ft away it then turned into trees and away it went (fantastic)..... going back to the big cats there in the UK, my mate has a cctv recording of a puma walking past his house which he sent it off to the big cat association there and he got a letter back and a authentication certificate that it was a puma this was years ago now, the funny thing was in the video there was this guy who walked past the front of his house late at night and he went out of view for about 8- 10 seconds....my mate said.....wait.....watch.....so i kept watching and then.....this bloke came running back at a blur across the camera and about 3-5 seconds later this big black puma came walking past....lol lol he only put that cctv up because someone was messing with the cars out front.....lol lol 12 hours ago, tillylamp said: do i think it was a lynx?....not in this instance mate, only because i have just checked and the report records are that there are no lynx living here where i am, they were declared an endangered species here in 2002 and the only breeding cats here are up in highlands of cape Breton, they were classed extirpated by the beginning of the twentieth century here on mainland....but going back to what you was saying, there were some very light scuff marks as the snow was quite firm which i thought were caused by it's toe tips, your knowledge of big cats is pretty good bud, do you think the smaller prints could have been made by it's young? or would it be to early in the year? we have seen bob cats here and we were lucky enough to drive down the road with one walking on the verge for about 500 or so yards next to us and at about 20ft away it then turned into trees and away it went (fantastic)..... going back to the big cats there in the UK, my mate has a cctv recording of a puma walking past his house which he sent it off to the big cat association there and he got a letter back and a authentication certificate that it was a puma this was years ago now, the funny thing was in the video there was this guy who walked past the front of his house late at night and he went out of view for about 8- 10 seconds....my mate said.....wait.....watch.....so i kept watching and then.....this bloke came running back at a blur across the camera and about 3-5 seconds later this big black puma came walking past....lol lol he only put that cctv up because someone was messing with the cars out front.....lol lol I don’t no if all but the cats we are talking about can give birth when they deem conditions are right, so there is no real breeding season and you could have young at anytime of the year but as with most predators they tend to give birth a few months before there prey does, pike for example spawn in February so there fry are big enough to eat the bream and roach fry which arrives a few months on, the Cubs also stay with mum for a few years so every chance it had a young adult with it, finally I was using lynx but also meant bobcat as I look at them much the same 1 Link to post Share on other sites
EDDIE B 3,127 Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 Speaking of which, has there ever been footage captured of a big cat with cubs in tow, in the UK lads? If so, any examples doing the rounds? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,852 Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 47 minutes ago, EDDIE B said: Speaking of which, has there ever been footage captured of a big cat with cubs in tow, in the UK lads? If so, any examples doing the rounds? Seen these trail-cam pics recently,Canada. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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