The Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife accepts reports of potential big cats using an online form here. I dont know what they are, bigger than my 50 pound dogs foot prints. Responding to complaints about a predator eating a local farmers sheep, Crowell and a small group of fellow hunters had tracked the big cat through the snow. Jason Hawley says his office gets lots of calls about mountain lions each year. This Snowy Cougar photograph captures the majestic nature of these feline predators. However, reports have started surfacing again in recent years, and we have now spoken with no fewer than SIX reliable people who have SEEN one (maybe the same one, for all we know, but I doubt it) around the Rutland area -- primarily in Mendon or Chittenden -- in the last year. At the head of the driveway is a flower sales table in front of a modest size greenhouse. But one day. I gave grown up in the woods and this was no bobcat. Betty was quiet, and I wondered if even he, a man who does not doubt the presence of these cats in our midst and who himself claims multiple sightings, thought Ottmann was exaggerating. I want emails from Fodor's Travel with travel information and promotions. McEnroe: Scientifically, this is a case where absence of evidence is kind of evidence of absence, right? We hadnt seen a cougar, nor any evidence to suggest a cougar had traveled these woods recently. And consider, for a moment, the concern and outright fear an official acknowledgment of such a carnivorous and predatory creature might evoke. Growing up in northern Vermont, Id heard stories of sightings, though always a few steps removed from the tellersomebodys cousin had seen a cougar cross the road on their way home from deer camp up in Canaan (or was it Coventry? ALSO KNOWN AS Bobcats: Though technically a type of lynx, they are distinct from other species of lynx such as the Canadian lynx. He waves me over and shows me an animal lying in our driveway. Founded in 1971, the paper has gone through many transitions, now expanding into web and mobile platforms in addition to its weekly newspaper and semi-annual magazines. 26M views, 14K likes, 2K loves, 8.1K comments, 19K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from VT: This mountain lion is about to turn a vacation into a nightmare. Photo courtesy of Dave O'Donnell. Patrick's reporting has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, Here & Now, and All Things Considered. There were caribou antlers mounted above the front doors, and the interior walls were covered in row upon row of books; a long table was piled high with still more books in seemingly random arrangements. I can send the pics I have. Just adding my two cents to the discussion. They were huge. Its quite an uphill challenge for us to manage that situation right now. Please email us at editor@staging.mountaintimes.info thank you!! I noticed that there were many great websites, blogs, and discussion boards devoted to mountain lion sightings in other states of New England, but not one just for Vermont. [Betty] and the other guys dont do this shit. Sincerely, John Lutz, 99 Beagle boots Lane, Maysville, WV 26833 or epuma@frontier.com, Hellomy husband and I were at our Vermont vacation home taking a furniture delivery. Li mistaking that long swaying tail. Ive seen bobcats before, this wasnt a bobcat. And its a lose-lose situation, because theres really not a whole lot you can tell them in most cases thats going to change their mind.. It was pretty and calm, Saw one this morning lying in the road on our dead end street only about 100 yards from the main road. Laura: Did you report the dead mountain lion to the state Highway Dept. Despite frequent claims, there has only been one confirmed mountain lion sighting since the late 1800s here. On Friday July 8, 2022 there was a few reported Mountain Lion sightings the last few days one actually involving an encounter with one's family in their lawn. 2023 The Mountain Times, Outer Limits Publishing LLC | All rights reserved. Wildlife experts say no. There were also people who spoke of seeing prints in a specific area in Hartland as well. Cris Ericson 802-289-1000. Hear the full interview: Megafauna mania: our obsession with mountain lions and other large predators, Connecticut Dept. Lets learn to live alongside this very large animal is one of the schools of thought. Just like cats do - it waited to the last moment and then ran across in front of me. Its closest living relative is the cheetah. Prof. Hitchcocks experienced led him to believe, a minimum of 10 wild cougars, inhabited the various forests of Vermont. You could have 50. We know that the closest established breeding population is in either the Everglades of Florida theres a small population down there and then out in South Dakota and Nebraska. Can they really all be cases of false identification? Hi Annie, I dont know if you still keep up with this blog but I thought Id give it a try. I told family and close friends as I was very excited about it .I have hunted deer my whole life and had seen bobcats and lynx but there was no mistaken this catamount! Box, city, zip-code, so a copy can be sent in early April. Its important not to rule any possibilities out, including the chance of a mountain lion, according to Bernier. I appreciated Ottmann and Bettys confidence and commitment, but here I was, poking through thorny thickets behind a bar, trailing a bleeding man whose devotion to proving the presence of cougars was beginning to seem like a quixotic quest with no end. I started asking a lot of questions, and realized theres only one explanation for the answers I was getting: They are here., You could have 30 in Connecticut alone. Dashboard for displaying mountain lion reports to the public. of Energy & Environmental Protection. Director, Eastern Puma Research Network His mention of these encounters was so matter-of-fact that I found myself nodding along. The cat traveled down through New York and was last sighted at Lake George in New York state before it was hit by a car and killed on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Connecticut. Visit VAL and learn more . You know, weve had so many home entries this year. We are pretty sure there's a large actin our vicinity. I have seen 6 bear,several Fishers and all the common wildlife in VT but never anything like this. They usually don't wanna be around you anyways. He honked his horn to scare them off, and the cats made their way into Snows yard. We met for lunch on a Sunday morning in early March, and it didnt take long for me to understand why Harrigan is such a popular columnist. After registering, I can manage my newsletter subscriptions by visiting my Profile Settings page. FYI: I publish a tri-yearly newsletter, dealing with big cat sightings in states, east of the Mississippi River, as reported to us via various websites, as well as telephone calls or letters. In May 2018, a mountain lion attacked two mountain bikers 30 miles east of Seattle, Washington, killing one, but it's only the 15th fatal attack in North America since 1970. Happy hunting Mike Copeland. Where once it was flatly dismissed as impossible in the so-called developed East, scientists have now documented cougar dispersals and reoccupation of a growing list of eastern states and provinces. I have learned one thing in my career, and thats to never say never, she said. Given the long, shared border between these provinces and New England, along with plentiful evidence that other species cross this border regularly, it seems entirely possible that cougars would also engage in international travel. Since then, there have been a handful of confirmed mountain lion sightings in the Northeast, although most have been thought to be escaped captive animals. Wile traveling north up 91 on Oct. 4 2015 with my family at about 3:30 pm We saw a dead mountain lion laying on the left hand side of the north bound side of the road. Its on the property that we own over there. Canada Lynx. During the Summer of 1991, my wife Linda and I, took 3 days on our vacation, to meet both Harold & Martene Hitchcock. She is the editor-in-chief of Headwaters Magazine, UVMs environmental publication. Were arrogant if we think were the only species that makes decisions based on fear, he told me when I called him at his home in Oregon. What else could it be so big I thought it was a deer with a long cat tail? Its definitely a problem thats only going to get worse. We have a lot of bear traffic through here, and deer, Snow said. And even the home entries are kind of changing. I wouldnt let him outside to take a pic and we only had an iPhone. The scientific name for the catamount is Puma concolor. Here's a link to one of his columns. A few years later, though, the scat was retested with DNA analysis and found to be canid, rather than feline, in origin. He has also reported for the Marketplace Morning Report. I was aware, too, of how a certain mythology surrounding the animal had taken root in Vermonts culture and even its identity: The University of Vermonts athletic teams, for instance, are known as the Vermont Catamounts, and their logo features a snarling cat lunging through the cleft of a V., I met with Morse at her home in Jericho. It took the animal down, held the animal in its paws, laid on its side and kicked it /gutted it with its hind legs (I have seen my cat do this). Still, this isnt a foolproof rule for big cat identification. Published: 9/3/2021 5:01:49 PM. Im gonna get hammered for it, he sighed. I could never forget your love for the big cats! Let us know the date, time of day, how long the sighting lasted for, where you saw the cat in Vermont, and describe what the cat looked likeand was doing. It was broadside to my headlights, paused to look me directly in the eyes, its magnificent tail as long as its body. Perhaps, then, the ultimate question isnt whether cougars are among us, but rather how we can encourage them to settle here. I thought it was a deer and slowed in case it ran in front of me. She will also discuss the latest confirmations of cougars in the East, including the recently documented suitability of a substantial amount of wild habitats from Manitoba to Louisiana and Maine to Georgia. Half the sightings have been of a black cougar, however, all CREDIBLE sources. I have also seen a cougar in Roxbury. [The catamounts] movements were so noiseless that Mr. Crowell found himself in this dangerous proximity before he was aware of it, and it was only by great coolness and daring that he severely wounded the animal and perhaps saved his own life, reads a placard attached to the display case. Equinox, Manchester, Vt told me he has seen them in the high mountain road there. He coined the term landscape of fear to describe the relationship between predator and prey in the wild. Wildlife do really crazy things, and you just never know.. Since 1890 in the U.S. and Canada, there have been 100 attacks on humans at all, according to the research organization The Cougar Network. In many cases, what people may think is a mountain lion is actually an Eastern bobcat, a species with a breeding population in Vermont. Finally, in the third camp, there are the true believersthe cougar truthers, if you willthe men and women for whom the only logical conclusion (often reached after a significant investment of time, thought, and sometimes money) is that right here, right now, cougars live among us, feeding and breeding and rearing their young, and that suggesting otherwise is sheer ignorance, willful denial, or part of a mosaic of conspiracy. I am an analytical person and I would say regardless of what they think it is-it was clearly a large cat of some sort. The animal, I learned, is called many things: mountain lion, panther, catamount, puma, cougar and more. The last catamount in Vermont is finally, officially, certainly dead. We need [an apex] predator back on the land, Sue Morse told me. Monday Friday: 10 a.m. 3 p.m. Tracks are among the most common forms of verifiable evidence of Mountain Lion sightings, so it helps to have some idea of what to look for. Subsequent DNA testing found that the animal was from South Dakota. Too loud, too close and too deep a voice to be a shy bobcat2 nights with a big fire blazing. Whats happening in Waterbury? The U.S. Mountain Lions in the St. Croix River Valley. Patrick Skahill is a reporter and digital editor at Connecticut Public. Normally we have good cameras but we were just up there for a quick delivery. Lutz, P.O. I never say never to people who are calling with a sighting, he said. Now I know what it was - a mountain lion. Earlier in the year, Id attended one of these presentations, and even in the tiny village of Woodbury, Vermont, on a stiflingly hot summer evening, nearly 100 people showed up to hear her speak and see her photographs (Morse is a magnificent wildlife photographer). At first my husband thoughtwow huge dog and it turned its head and it was a cat. We watched it kill an animal (a woodchuck or something). Hawley: I feel strongly that we need a harvest here in Connecticut. Felis concolor couguar. Welcome to the blog dedicated to discussing mountain lion sightings in Vermont! Was getting ready to let the dog out but I thought it was a big dog that was loose. What do you think of hunting? Upon discussion I have found that Hartland residents report seeing mountain lions frequently-there are people that swear they come on their porch (one who works at ascutney hospital in windsor) and other older residents who have reported seeing them around the North Hartland Dam on an early morning walk. As a hobby gone astray, I have recorded more than 20,000 big cat sightings, from all states, east of Mississippi River since 1969. PO Box 183 (Postal address) Also the hotel keeper at top of Mt. I have no doubt but that cougars have been spotted all over the East Coast. I am 6-2 200lbs at the time I was looking like Bruce lee because of working out daily for dirt bike racing. So long as the tails there, that is. I was in Waitsfield on the common rd when it happened. But every once in a while, you'll be on your property, on your deck or in your house, and you'll see one walk across your yard or something. I was traveling west on Route 131 in Wethersfield just west of Downers 4 Corners on January 22 about 12:15 AM during a light sleet and snow storm when a big cat ran across the road in front of me. Please contact me at epuma@frontier.com or 304-749-7778. VT Fish & Wildlife photo by Keith Williams. hen I accepted the assignment to write about my quest to uncover the truth regarding the existence of cougars in New England, I had little idea what I was agreeing to. This is part of the cougar business. We watched the entire time. Please make your sighting as detailed as possible. 0. It has, in fact, more names than any animal in the world. If there are mountain lions skulking around Vermont, they wont stay hidden for long, Bernier said. I dont care if it was the western or eastern blah blah I just know that it was a mountain lion!!! As a scientist, lack of evidence is very good evidence. Running into a mountain lion can be a scary experience. I have seen herons and other things there. Big and Fast. Julia is a senior majoring in Environmental Studies with a concentration in climate and environmental justice with minors in Computer Science and Geography. Look out for our newsletters with travel tips and special offers. There were pine cones on window sills, a well-used hatchet and a variety of animal figurines on display, and, near the television, a stack of videos including Life of a Predator and The African Lion. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011. We were both very startled and when it ran away it had a long tail with white and black at the tip.I lived in Colorado for several years, in the vicinity of mountain lions, never saw one and never thought for a moment that they could possibly be in Vermont. I was awakened by a wailing sound that I thought was a woman in great pain and fear in my front yard. But that was OK. Bo Ottmann. Sign up below to receive the weekly newsletter, which also includes top trending stories and what all the locals are talking about! I noticed that there were many great websites, blogs, and discussion boards devoted to mountain lion sightings in other states of New England, but not one just for Vermont. It was a flooded area. Now only feet from what I realized was a mountain lion I was in horror. My partner and I walked much closer to it (about 50-60 ft away). It was his great coolness and daring (either that, or fear) that enabled Crowell to shoot the animal at a distance of one rod only (roughly 16 feet), first hitting it in the leg with his shotgun, then dispatching it with a bullet to the head from a borrowed rifle. I am willing to put my hand on the bible or take a polygraph. Sincerely, What set it off was a National Geographic special on mountain lions in California, right after my daughter and I had two encounters in my driveway, Betty told me. In Vermont, the last known mountain lion was shot near Barnard in 1881, ending an era when the predators were such a nuisance that the state offered a $20 bounty per pelt. In 2011, a cougar was hit by a car and killed on a Connecticut highway. Tickets at the door will be $10 until sold out. Betsy started as an intern at WNPR in 2011 after earning a Master's Degree in American and Museum Studies from Trinity College. Hawley:Were sort of stuck between a rock and a hard place right now. It took me by fantastic surprise! Hes also unafraid to take unpopular positions when he deems it necessary: Shortly before our meeting, hed signed a petition in favor of keeping ATVs off public roads. About a few miles from the covered bridge. Harrigan's column mentioned above continues to talk about this. My favorite mountain lion story while living in California years ago was the turkey hunter who crouched down in front of a rock then used his call several times. Killington, VT 05751, Hours: Would love some feedback just do not see how to upload photos. Stay clear and give 'em space. There are. I started this blog for people to discuss mountain lion sightings and reports in the Green Mountain State of Vermont. Body coloration can range from tan to gray and cubs are usually covered with blackish brown spots. Its a cool story with how far that animal walked. But no. On the idea of bear hunting in Connecticut. Of course. In 1994, scat collected after a sighting in Craftsbury, Vermont, was found to contain cougar hair (the animals are prone to ingesting their hair while grooming), and the commissioner of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department circulated a memo with the following line: Harrigans interest in cougars was sparked in the late 70s, after he took ownership of, Perhaps, then, the ultimate question isnt whether cougars are among us, but rather how we can encourage them to settle here, After 20 minutes or so, we turned and stumbled our way back to the parking lot. Other sightings have come from individuals with various responsible backgrounds. In that time frame, have collected over 9,500 excellent reports from responsible witnesses, which includes law enforcement & forestry personnel. But it also sort of instills that fear, a healthy fear of humans and bears. A few years latter our friends saw the mt lion cross rt 100 directly below the spot of my incounter. Mountain Lions Living Mountain Lion Sightings in Vermont in Vermont? What a site. I am quite sure that I saw a mountain lion (a juvenile) yesterday afternoon north of the Dummerston Covered bridge along the West River. . And he said, This is where the mountain lion crossed. We walked in and there were fresh bobcat tracks in there. Of course no real good tracks on the hard packed driveway but I know what I saw and heard. It can run at speeds of up to 50 mph. These are rare, single events, and in such cases, the cat will leave a prominent trail of evidence wherever they go: indisputable game camera photos, camera photos, scat, tracks, sightings, Bernier said. Originally I began in the Mid-Atlantic States, but widely expanded my collection to include all the New England States, at the suggestion of the late Prof. Harold Hitchcock of Vermonts Middlebury College. He didn't want to dispute what people are saying they saw, he simply says they need proof to substantiate it. Your email address will not be published. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is alerting residents of Cache County, UT that there have been several mountain lion sightings recently in the area, including along the river trail in Logan Canyon. But other hard evidence of the big cats presence is elusive. I want emails from Fodor's Travel with travel information and promotions. Though native to the western half of the U.S., mountain lions are long-distance dispersers and young male mountain lions sometimes strike out looking for mates and food. By mid-19th century, forests made up only about 30 percent of New England (its notable that today that number stands at approximately 80 percent, nearer to what it was when cougars thrived here). If you have a cell phone telephone number I can send photos to, I will send you photos of the prints in the snow around my porchside door. I doubt it but it could be a mountain lion. They set the stage for the exotics to move in, and this has a huge impact on our ecology, he said. Morally i mean Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Its tail was gigantic and it was swishing it back and forth. sunnyside village cohousing; federal halfway house rules and regulations; Owners. This is a site for people to discuss mountain lion sightings in the Green Mountain State of Vermont. Harrigan nodded. Any known activity in Southern Vermont? If you have any pictures you can post them here too! He was big. Less than five years ago, a large muscled cat with striking eyes rimmed with black and a tail as long as almost half its over four-foot long body, was hit by a car in a residential area of Greenwich, Conn. DNA analysis of the mountain lion's ( Puma . Morse will present evidence on cougars returning to the East. The tails gotta be there. My husband hunts and tracks. We have a lot of them here in N CA. Kim Royar, a biologist at the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, told me she receives 40 to 50 reports annually, and although she believes that few, if any, are actual cougar sightings, she doesnt dismiss the possibility that someday someone will happen upon the real deal. They were very large, light tan, with long legs, and long white tipped tail, Kilgore wrote, relaying the account. We think theyre coming in from Canada, Betty told me. In any case, identification without a photo is a challenge, according to Fish & Wildlife officials. He set down his cigarette and looked me in the eye. Like Tate, he gets a lot of photos and . Betty had driven up from his home in Rhode Island. We went back later and the road was hard but we did get some pictures of prints exactly where the cat went back into the woods and the toes were hard to see, but the pad was classic cougar and the print was the size of my hand. Its OK, he told me. 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