East Texas?

Sabertooth tiger

Clearly a black fox

I can see where you think it may be…

But I think it's a house cat.

A jaguarundi's tail is much longer and thicker.

Me and my buddy saw one 15 years ago through a scope about 200 yards away in Premont, TX. It was sitting with a long tail and a weird looking face.

We didn't know what it was. It was too big to be a house cat, definitely not a bob cat, wrong colors to be an ocelot, too small to be a cougar, and definitely not a coyote.

We made the decision not to blast it for fear of shooting something endangered that we hadn't heard of.

I'll stick by with what me and my homie saw.

Had no idea my barn cat could walk that far.

That area is a known Jaguarundi hotspot, pretty sure it a remnant population there. Could also be the Bass Family has some imported to their ranches. Or it was a feral housecat.

North of Eagle Pass

Mini Fury Trex

House Cat (kill it)

Greatest hunting pursuit of all if you don't know.

BurnetAggie99 said:

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Last sighting for a Jaguarundi in Texas was 1986.

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Officially maybe. But they have been spotted often in south Texas for many years. They are never reported because of the fear that agricultural and oil production operations will be interrupted by overzealous protectors.

Don't believe it. Too many non-landowners taking data for that to be the case. Thousands of birders (often times general naturalists that would recognize the significance) with cameras... no photos. TPWD and private ranches like El Sauz working with hundreds of game cams? No photos. Zero road killed specimens collected and deposited at a wildlife collection like the ocelot in Hidalgo Co last year. Same story with black panthers. Same story with 8 foot rattlesnakes, etc. Show us the photos, otherwise, it's all nonsense.

Tons of Black Panthers and Sasquatch are also spotted in East Texas every year.

A species account of the Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) | Mammals of Texas | Natural Science Research Laboratory | TTU

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Michael Tewes has spent three decades studying ocelots and bobcats in South Texas, and he has been vigilant in attempting to document jaguarundis. He has not found any specimens or verifiable sightings and is convinced the species is now gone from Texas.

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Cool pelt. Get it tanned. Share mediocre pictures all over social media of your jaguarundi hide. Troll the GWs.

Swear I spotted one near Kerrville about 10yrs ago???

12f Mane said:

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Don't believe it. Too many non-landowners taking data for that to be the case. Thousands of birders (often times general naturalists that would recognize the significance) with cameras... no photos. TPWD and private ranches like El Sauz working with hundreds of game cams? No photos. Zero road killed specimens collected and deposited at a wildlife collection like the ocelot in Hidalgo Co last year. Same story with black panthers. Same story with 8 foot rattlesnakes, etc. Show us the photos, otherwise, it's all nonsense.

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Would you take photos or report it if you were a large rancher with these cats on your property? Most large south Texas ranches don't have birders or other oddballs on their properties and they have thousands of acres without highways or other roadkill opportunities. To deny their existence is sticking your head into the sand.

Obvious answer--it's a Dikfer