The big cat has been extinct here since the mid-1800s. Less successful males roam further. 44-H Links. As recently as 2011 there was one young male mountain lion that cruised all the way from the black hills of South Dakota, up over the Great Lakes, down through New Yorkgetting spotted all along the waykilled a beaver near the Quabbin Reservoir in Central Massachusetts, left behind prints and DNA at that site, and then was hit by a car in Connecticut. We'll hear from her periodically through the show. Mike Guyton pressure was almost Greyhound like very muscular large back legs on it and the coloration on it was almost an orange brownish orange color and so I stop and I look at this thing in the field and as the animal looks at me the face was very chiseled definitely not a bobcat. The most common areas to see mountain lions in Arizona are in places of rocky and mountainous terrain. Rick van de Poll: Yes. So one thing I'll add we're talking about natural dispensers but talking with the conservation officer in the 1980s they recall going to a residence telling a person you can live here but your mountain lion can't. To date, the Department has not received any verifiable evidence (photographic or DNA)of mountain lions existing in New Hampshire. The Lions of New Hampshire: MD44 Links. But I was riding a mountain bike not far from my house. Here it is. Join as a $8 per month sustainer and get our brand-new owl umbrella! Want to put this to to Patrick Tate who may have heard some some info or info from listeners like you about these these these cats. The engineers Dan Colgan our senior producer is Allan Grimm. So here we have you know a very qualified biologist who who found a print took a plaster cast found a scat send it to a university. And that's this morning at 10:00 here on NH PR. A lot of times. Peter Biello: Mm hmm. 1 800 8 9 2 6 4 7 7. So let's let's go to the phones. Have a photo. Over a period of a year and a half, this Mountain Lion left DNA evidence in at least four states. Sam Evans-Brown: So Tim so this cat's been been referenced a couple of times I think we should talk about it specifically lay the whole story out for folks who haven't heard the story because it's actually I think really indicative of a lot of stuff for talking about. Peter Biello: So if they were female mountain lions here they would be more males just because that's what they're looking for. Patrick Tate: So it's very typical. And what was really remarkable about the whole thing was I was maybe a half mile down on all buildings. And you know it's rather interesting because certainly there are those you as a case of mistaken identity or they wanted to see something that perhaps they actually didn't. Is this kind of a typical story. But you've done some reporting on this. Chartered: 1973 . Sam Evans-Brown: What he would have stopped as well I think is way way that the reason that mountain lion kept moving is because he wasn't finding anybody. But you won't find evidence of their existence in paw prints in the snow or a deer carcass in a tree. Today on the exchange we discuss what residents may have been seeing and what breeding mountain lion pairs would mean for our ecosystem. They create these big latrines that are very obvious. Peter Biello: We mentioned that the eastern cougar and the Western cougar are they were separate eastern cougar believed to be extinct. So for those reasons I don't believe the standards are too high the amount of game cameras out on the landscape to record images department alone through contracts had over 150 throughout the state biologists go through various deer yards throughout the year. Like why would you want one wildlife. Really appreciate it. The trouble with accepting every reported sighting as a confirmed mountain lion is that there are so many mistaken identifications. Almost all species disperse greater distances than females. So maybe a good pet for you but not for your neighbor if you just stop by unannounced. Peter Biello: Let's go to Mike in Epping. Peter Biello: And that will make identification for a layperson rather difficult. Using DNA and physical evidence, state environmental officials said they determined that the animal. Patrick Tate: It's wow interesting that you brought this up because I've had people report I saw cardamom. They absolutely do. They don't know the direction they're going. I would just suggest that in my experience as a reporter covering this covering this issue for a few years at least at what point do we reach a certain critical mass for lack of a better term of accounts where I'm not to suggest that you guys aren't taking this possibility seriously. The tail leave is a giveaway but not everybody gets to see the tail. Thank you for visiting the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department website. Contact the Wildlife Division at (603) 271-2461 or wildlife@wildlife.nh.gov to request an observation report form. But also I think it proves the opposite point which is that sometimes they're pretty secretive because all the way from Minnesota where the where was the first time was picked up on a game camera to New York. Mountain Lions in NH - Facebook Fish and Game then deny the evidence. Tim Yeah. Thank you very much for that story really appreciate it. Peter Biello: Well yeah. There are mountain lion in Massachusetts. Rick shaking his head so Rick now correct me please. For all the men out there that don't realize it. However the scarring on the trees did not and the angles were off. Do cougars live in New England? So and so the idea that they can follow up on every individual sighting is just crazy right. The book MAMMAL TRACKS & SIGN by Mark Elbroch has pictures of mountain lion scat found at a multiple beaver kill. So I would put this in the category of sort of like shark attacks right. Peter Biello: Sam I wanted to ask you a little bit about that first and then turn to Patrick Tate efficient game. And so I just wanted to share my share my experience with you guys and it was pretty awesome to see if you get to see one albeit it was in the brush. DNA from scat or from fur, a clear track that is confirmed by an expert, or a photo that clearly shows a mountain lion. The report came in from a conservation officer. nh.gov | privacy policy | accessibility policy Enable JavaScript by changing your browser options, and then try again. Want to report a Mountain Lion sighting in New Hampshire? You know one of the the biggest questions I have about that is it points to how much we don't know and if in fact we don't know enough. If it's just in the middle of a greenfield you can't prove anything. Just one quick point I think I think when we we talk about these conspiracy theories the real story is that fish and game is an agency that that is short on budget and staff. So so it is possible in Maine to still to to to have one but you have to be sort of professional handler as it were. Ask Sam: Why Won't New Hampshire Admit There Are Mountain Lions Here All of that remains unanswered but it is an extremely interesting question. But Absence of Evidence Is Not Evidence of Absence, Right? Well they are the same. Wed love to be part of the first verified sighting. Which brings us to the next question, what are the odds that some of these reported sightings (which, when I posted about this on twitter, I immediately started to get as well) are actually people seeing a mountain lion? Patrick Tate: Martin Like what about Panther Panther saying animals same animal and like a bit of trivia Guinness Book of World Records says the animal with the most names is in English alone they're supposedly 40 names for Mount lion. And as the biologist who's gonna stand on this and if I'm going to say this is a proven picture I need to be able to stand on it so soundly and have the evidence so I going to go through it with a fine tooth comb kept picking pieces apart trying to answer these pieces. That's why we always go back to the physical evidence to support what they're reporting. List of Mountains in New Hampshire is a general list of mountains in New Hampshire, with elevation.This list includes many mountains in the White Mountains range that covers about a quarter of the state, as well as mountains outside of that range.. So that's the specimen that you find going long distances. He said matter of fact I do. Patrick Tate: If I could just say one thing. My wife and I saw a mountain lion. It was not a bobcat. Let us know your story and share your photos. You can see two of them at Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness NH. Thank you very much for being here. As recently as 2011 there was one young male mountain lion that cruised all the way from the black hills of South Dakota, up over the Great Lakes, down through New Yorkgetting spotted all. Administrative Links. Saddleback Mountain Lions She is renowned for tracking. It's got a a smudge of black and bobcats and links just don't have that we don't have any other cards. We're gonna talk about sightings in this part of the program as well we'd love to hear your story. We want answers. Peter Biello: And then it ran away okay. There wasn't a distinct subspecies the North American mountain lion is all is all one species and then you can find a genetically distinct South American subspecies. Patrick Tate: Yes. First off if the standard for an agency to go forward with the public and put out a press release that them outlines here their believers are going to say I told you they'd been here the whole time. Pat ruse and he was sampling doing DNA samples from cats in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We speculate they dont want us to screw up tourism we dont know whats going on. I've actually had to walk in on one or two now and look at what was going on and figured out what was going on. Residents believe cougars still roam New Hampshire's forests - AP NEWS A monthly donation of $5 makes a real difference. Rick van de Poll: Rick your thoughts. Windham Life and Times - November 15, 2019 I noticed it had a really big sweeping tail that kind of curled up behind it and all but still at that point because everyone says there's no mountain lions here. What's going on. Peter Biello: Yeah. So and so they so they do get pretty involved. How many mountain lions are in New Hampshire? - AnswersAll Right. HOLDERNESS, N.H. (AP) Two of the known mountain lions in New Hampshire have spent their 15 years in close proximity to humans. Peter Biello: Nice to be here. Rick your thoughts. So you want identifiable backgrounds. Sunny today high temperatures low to mid 80s it'll be clear tonight overnight lows in the 50s for tomorrow sunshine with high temperatures mid to upper 80s. If you missed part of today's program listen to the exchange. And they asked me about the tail which I just did not remember that tail out of that whole experience. They reported seeing the big tail and everything everything. She was having a garden party on her back porch and everybody in the party saw this mountain lion across the field down below the porch. Mountain Lions are a mythical creature in New Hampshire with strong feelings on both sides of the question: are there Mountain Lions in New Hampshire? Course like Sue said you have to see it and it's not always that visible. Patrick Tate: So I'm not sure what subspecies of cat they're using to differentiate by those markings but once she was describing the White other face in the black. You need a permit to have that. So it's there was no question in my mind. Yes. Patrick Tate: It became a very interesting investigation over time because it started becoming. And it was you know 10 or 12 people saw it all at once. Not one picture of him online while the person meet with us. Pat humans people leave deer carcasses up in trees. And I can recall its information but I can't confirm or verify anything. The second story window through about 30 feet away from it. I think as Pat was saying you know 35 to 50 pounds on a male be reasonable range whereas mountain lions you're up to 100 110 maybe even 130 pounds on a big male. So I will just say this is a big reason why there have not been confirmed sightings I think is that the evidence required first. But you won't find evidence of their existence in paw prints in the snow or a deer carcass in a tree. So that did it for me. As I tried to get a picture of it so there was it was definitely we looked up all the pictures and it was definitely not a bobcat or anything else being it looked just like a mountain lion. How far were you from this cat. Thanks for a great thanks. And it was unmistakable. OK. Rick van de Poll: Rick and I would add that if a mountain lion male takes up residence and successfully finds a female as pets there's gonna be a lot more evidence there will be like deer carcasses up in trees and territorial marking and claw marks and tracks and it you know dispersal is gonna be very tough to see or observed but residential parrots a totally different story. I would say that there's going to be the truth in here somewhere. The number 1 800 8 9 2 6 4 7 7 so promised a discussion about conspiracy theories. That's pretty elaborate. You don't know what's going on. Caller: It had just left that field and was out. Me Im willing to believe its possible that there are some out there. But you can continue the conversation on Facebook or at our Web site and HP Borg. and territorial animals are much more inclined to create a problem with passer bys than dispersing animals in fact I'd be totally shocked if a dispersal would encounter with a human purposefully unless they had already had some type of training to do so. Monday, December 5th: Mountain Lions in New Hampshire? Part I Each person had their own copy and now it was identify the trees the species of tree matched. Sam Evans-Brown: And when we talk about subspecies this actually leads to to an interesting tangent which is that the field of biology recently has been sort of revolutionized by the use of DNA to determine what subspecies are. And those are not the same things. Fish and Game looked into the labs to have them confirm the information in the reports which the labs did not. 8 9 2 6 4 7 7. Patrick Tate: So it's interesting it's brought up. Sam Evans-Brown: Well and I think and the last takeaway here is everyone I think probably agrees that any possible sightings that have been seen. Absolutely there are a lot of folks out there who for some reason need to create something that raises a stir and gets the attention of the media etc.. I just saw the head and the tail that was leaving. These were normal everyday folks. And to anyone listening I would just say you know fishing game who wants proof right. Second when I when they did forward it from Wyoming to to Michigan you know this was coming right from sample 18 and 19 had no remarkable differences from known mountain lions from Michigan or Wyoming. Let's talk to Bob in Laconia Bob. So I did a bunch of research and all the documentation I found was there art are not any pieces of DNA of Eastern online. 44-N Links. 1,470 likes. And you know all that. So so do what you can get to do what you can to get proof. One was in Shelton. So it's six months of a large large predatory animal that moves great distances on the landscape that is not known if it went northeast west Salt and how many circles it did. Reports without physical evidence are not dismissed, however Fish and Game cannot verify a sighting report without physical evidence. This is not the same as saying that there has never been a mountain lion seen in New Hampshire. List of mountains of New Hampshire - Wikipedia HOLDERNESS, N.H. (AP) Two of the known mountain lions in New Hampshire have spent their 15 years in close proximity to humans. Caller: I got home to my wife that a gene that you should have seen the cat. Post your sightings and NH photos here! NHFG Wildlife Biologist Patrick Tate identifies this cat as a bobcat. Peter Biello: Well Mike thanks very much for sharing your story. There were several sightings in CT over the last few months. Patrick Tate: I've had hunters hang deer carcasses forbidding wildlife entries. The great thing about pictures isn't the animal itself it's the background. John. Sandy Hodskins, owner of West Meadow Farm in Bradford, New Hampshire, took time from shoveling Wednesday to enjoy the snow with her horse, West Wind. Patrick Tate: Yeah yeah. What gets confusing is when you have a large adult animal and a smaller juvenile animal of a different species you can now step start beginning talking about overlapping body weights and sizes. So take care of this problem. And just one more note about this danger question when even when you look at the states that have extended populations stable populations of mountain lions attacks are relatively rare. Lots of people have stories about them, people have them on their game cameras I mean its kind of a thing. But having read a bit of information about his cougar there are a darker subspecies. And it's not really strong. Are there mountain lions in New Hampshire? : r/newhampshire - reddit This is the exchange. There's no attraction. Peter Biello: Hmm. BRADFORD, N.H. - All that snow in parts of the Northeast has more than just kids jumping for winter joy. If you go on YouTube and search mount lion Pat you can see people patent their hundred pound kiddie like its regular mascot cat. For starters, part of the confusion might come from the fact that the eastern cougar was taken off the endangered species list earlier this year. Have you seen one. Yeah 13 to 15 years ago 13 to 15 years ago. We had six copies printed out each. But before I go any further I want to say we do not have sufficient game. Phone number 1 800. I found a second scat scent both to him. The states never denied mountain lions are here, and theyve never admitted mountain lions are here. Our guests today Patrick Tate New Hampshire Fish and Game Wildlife biologist Sam Evans Brown host of an HP podcast outside in. And so maybe before I go to you recommend I ask you Patrick Tate is the standard too high. What do you think that. Peter Biello: What about the idea of tourism like us leaving aside the fact that it is not on the Endangered Species Act is it. For over 38 years the Saddleback Mountain Lions have offered people a chance to give back to their community. The western mountain lion lives in a more of a grassland open area now so to blend in with a very lighted situation here in the Northeast we are very shadowy dark situation because of the forest and our cats wear a darker brownish reddish color than what they were and they were also smaller than what the western mountain lion is. I just want to tell you a story that I read. Okay. Can we go to the site. Chartered 1973; Member of District 44-H; . Part II. On Oct. 10, he gave a slide talk called "Wild Cats of New Hampshire," which included the bobcat and the lynx. He played a pivotal role and he battled for recognition. We'll push great photos to the front page. The species that once inhabited the Northeast, known as the eastern mountain lion, is now extinct. There have been several sightings of mountain lions in New Hampshire recently. Were there any differences between these two that we could have noticed right off. However, as far as I can tell theres no Deep State Conspiracy to cover up a breeding population of cougars in the Granite State. Infinite Scroll Enabled. Patrick Tate: So Cougar Mountain Lion katama. Information that weed family automotive dot com sunny for today high temperatures low to mid 80s clear tonight overnight lows in the 50s tomorrow sunny highs in the upper 80s.
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