Mountain Lion In Taney Co. (Branson)

[cnr]

Ive got some serious question about that picture. 1st is there is a Yard Light in the pic, second it was taken by a hunting cam so why would someone have a game cam focused down at a yard light. When every cam ive ever put out or used or for that matter seen is pointed at a forward angle toward a food plot or feeder. Something seems fishy about that picture.

looks like a flash to me, not a yard light.

[Flysmallie]

looks like a flash to me, not a yard light.

I think he is talking about the object in the lower left corner and not the orb of light. It looks like one of those little solar powered garden lights.

[stlfisher]

I think he is talking about the object in the lower left corner and not the orb of light. It looks like one of those little solar powered garden lights.

Yep, that is what it looks like to me.

[Feathers and Fins]

Maybe this will help. Look around the Cat in the original Pic and the one i highlighted the areas

I st there is an obvious fuzz around the cat on the ground and the cat itself. I understand a moving image might be fuzzy but the ground should not and the ground not directly around the cat isnt. Next as i said is the yard light ( wierd place to have a game cam. then the game cam itself facing down right at the place the cat is walking DEAD CENTER when it appears there is a feed trough or water bucket above the cat. Anyone I know would have the game cam pointed and level toward that food/water source to catch the game as it come to it, not to mention they wouldnt have the yard light next to it as the light could keep game from comming. Like I said very fishy picture.

[vonreed]

It looks like a siamese cat to me.

[ness]

Saw Phil's post first but ill post MOP here as well

Ive got some serious question about that picture. 1st is there is a Yard Light in the pic, second it was taken by a hunting cam so why would someone have a game cam focused down at a yard light. When every cam ive ever put out or used or for that matter seen is pointed at a forward angle toward a food plot or feeder. Something seems fishy about that picture.

OK you CSI wannabes: Trail cams are equipped with flash. That mushroom-shaped thing could be about anything. To discount the whole pic (which is so freakin' obviously a cougar or a labrador retriever) based on an anomaly like that is nuts! Oh, and who says cougars can't be photographed in nicely-landscaped yards?

Not sayin' you're nuts, F&F, but....careful there.

[Feathers and Fins]

OK you CSI wannabes: Trail cams are equipped with flash. That mushroom-shaped thing could be about anything. To discount the whole pic (which is so freakin' obviously a cougar or a labrador retriever) based on an anomaly like that is nuts! Oh, and who says cougars can't be photographed in nicely-landscaped yards?

Not sayin' you're nuts, F&F, but....careful there.

Na Ness, Just seen thousands of trail cam pics, and some things in the picture dont add up. Could it be a cat? Certainly, and i wont contest its a cat the body proportions are correct and the looks, I've worked with the big cats so i do have hands on experiance. It is not the cat itself I question it is the yard part I question, Can they be in the yard ? Sure they can, But to many things look fishy in the picture.

[ness]

Well, I've worked with cats professionally myself. I don't like to brag, but I was the head trainer for Siegfried and Roy, back before the accident. So I guess I'm saying I can tell the difference between a tabby and a tiger, and I know how they think. All cats are focused on the three F's -- food, ... well, I'll let you fill in the blanks. They don't care if you're living in a gated community with a manicured lawn and architectural lighting, or a Winters Bone shack with 3 generations of trash on the porch and a pit of caustic chemical residue in the back. They're looking to scratch the 'F' itch.

[Feathers and Fins]

Well, I've worked with cats professionally myself. I don't like to brag, but I was the head trainer for Siegfried and Roy, back before the accident. So I guess I'm saying I can tell the difference between a tabby and a tiger, and I know how they think. All cats are focused on the three F's -- food, ... well, I'll let you fill in the blanks. They don't care if you're living in a gated community with a manicured lawn and architectural lighting, or a Winters Bone shack with 3 generations of trash on the porch and a pit of caustic chemical residue in the back. They're looking to scratch the 'F' itch.

LMAO, I thought they were 5 track animal, Food, Mating, Sleeping, Playing and Investigating everything. They were third on my list of animals I enjoyed working with, Reptiles, Wolves and then the Cats. My wife and I had three wolves and miss them everyday, from their playful streek to the trouble they seemed to just have to find a way to get into. Raising the kids around them I felt they were safer with those animals than with most people. Pack mentality those kids were cubs and they would defend them till their death. Truly miss them.

[strangercreek]

Well, I've worked with cats professionally myself. I don't like to brag, but I was the head trainer for Siegfried and Roy, back before the accident. So I guess I'm saying I can tell the difference between a tabby and a tiger, and I know how they think. All cats are focused on the three F's -- food, ... well, I'll let you fill in the blanks. They don't care if you're living in a gated community with a manicured lawn and architectural lighting, or a Winters Bone shack with 3 generations of trash on the porch and a pit of caustic chemical residue in the back. They're looking to scratch the 'F' itch.

Good reference to Winter's Bone, glad to hear someone else has actually read the book or seen the movie. Daniel Woodrell is a great writer.