Panther caught in hog trap, Collin / Fannin County in far north Texas...

[cuate]

If the Feds had anything to do with it, the peta and tree huggers turned it loose again..

 

[TheDan]

Last year while out hunting on some BLM land near Byers...

There's BLM land in Texas? I was always told there wasn't any... Where can I find some maps that show it?

That's pretty neat about the big cat. I would love to see one in person. Not too up close of course.

 

[Big country]

I got the chance to see one Mountain lion (or cougar or whatever you want to call it) up close once. Once was plenty for me! LOL! What's BLM land?

 

[TheDan]

What's BLM land?

Land owned by the Bureau of Land Management. It's federally owned public land. You find a lot of it in western states like CO, UT, and WY. Whats nice about it is its true public lands. You can hunt on it, shoot on it, drive your cattle across it... Whatever you want to do. I've been told that Texas doesn't have any BLM land, but I'd be elated to be disproved. It's one of the things I miss about CO.

 

[Big country]

So you wouldn't need the Texas "public land permit to hunt on it just show up and hunt? Or since it's in Texas you still need to obtain the public land permit?

 

[Hoji]

While I do not disbelieve the story, I do not quite believe it either.

There is no reason whatsoever for a Game Warden to trank a big cat and take it away. They would just shoot it, or more likely tell the trapper to shoot it. They are not protected in Texas. It would help if there were pictures.

 

[BurkGlocker]

I have aways been told that it was BLM land, and honestly, I may be misinformed. I do know that you can hunt on it, but tomorrow, I will call the DPW and find out how the land is registered and give y'all the heads up. BG

 

[Big country]

While I do not disbelieve the story, I do not quite believe it either.

There is no reason whatsoever for a Game Warden to trank a big cat and take it away. They would just shoot it, or more likely tell the trapper to shoot it. They are not protected in Texas. It would help if there were pictures.

I was thinking the same thing. But on the other hand TPWD has taken an interest in mountain lions these past few years and maybe they would trank a big cat to put some kind of locator or something in it. But then they'd let it go to observe. I just can't think of a reason why they would not allow the trapper to take a picture or keep it on the down low. They just wouldn't care enough for a cover up on a big black (likely a chocolate lab kind of dark brown) cat getting stuck in a pig trap. Unless it is an alien that wondered off of the area 51 property and they have been trying to catch it! LOL! But really I think their goal with keeping an eye on the mountain lions has been to figure out if the range of that habitat has expanded, increased, or stayed the same since the last study.

 

[BurkGlocker]

I called the Clay County Game Warden and his exact words, "It is BLM land, yep, uh huh, BLM land..." So, apparently, there is BLM land in TX... Hope this helps...

BG

 

[TheDan]

I called the Clay County Game Warden and his exact words, "It is BLM land, yep, uh huh, BLM land..." So, apparently, there is BLM land in TX... Hope this helps...

lol, not really. I emailed the BLM to see what they have to say, but from looking at this map it doesn't look like there is any BLM land in Texas: GeoCommunicator

 

[Partychief67]

Conspiracy???

lol, not really. I emailed the BLM to see what they have to say, but from looking at this map it doesn't look like there is any BLM land in Texas: GeoCommunicator

O.K. Now the simple panther conspiracy theory just got taken up a level... LOL I was studying the GeoCommunicator map from The Dan's thread above me here and got to looking at the different GIS layers of the map. You can turn the layers off and on to see the "before and after" version. I noticed that every larger lake (Texoma, Lavon, Ray Roberts) is shaded in a pink color that designated it as "DOD" / "Department of defense" property. WTH is up with that?

 

[BurkGlocker]

From from what I understand, they were all Army Corps of Engineers projects... maybe that would explain the DoD classification.

But, the game warden's name in Clay County is Eddie Hood. I had the number here, but I guess the wife threw away the number accidently, but if you like you can ask him. the number shouldnt be too hard to find...

BG

 

[Partychief67]

Thanks BG... When I get the time I'll look it up.

 

[Gopher]

I would love to know. There have been rumors of one in southern Grayson/northern Collin county for years. Our farm is a half mile from Sister Grove creek and I have heard a cat of some kind several times over the years.

 

[Big country]

Yeah there are big cats here in Texas for sure I just wonder how many of them are in that pigmentation stage as to make them "black".

 

[ZX9RCAM]

There was an article in todays paper.....a jogger saw what they think was a Mountain Lion.

 

[Partychief67]

Jogger... Where at?

There was an article in todays paper.....a jogger saw what they think was a Mountain Lion.

Was this around my neck of the woods? Fannin, Grayson, Collin Counties?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Was this around my neck of the woods? Fannin, Grayson, Collin Counties?

Sorry, I read it this am & already forgot, old-timers disease, lol......


EDIT: used my googlefoo.....

www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6846172.html

 

[TheDan]

For what it's worth, here's the response I got back from the BLM...

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From: Theresa_Herrera@blm.gov [mailto:Theresa_Herrera@blm.gov] On Behalf Of NM_Comments@blm.gov
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 12:33 PM
To: Dan
Subject: Re: public lands in Texas

Hello,

Thank you for your inquiry. There is very little public land in Texas (only about 11,000 acres). This is in Amarillo. BLM manages the mineral estate for Texas. I'm told that most of the land in Texas is in private ownership. You may want to contact the Texas Railroad Commission who I understand handles land questions.

Sincerely,
Theresa Herrera

 

[Outbreak]

You guys were getting me all excited about BLM land in Texas.