Thanks for the info. We’re near Oak Ridge and have a lot of wildlife. I’m glad we don’t need to worry about the bobcat.
We’re all too familiar with the coons — the reason we have six indoor cats now. Some feral babies and their mother were being tormented by raccoons back in 2011. They’d hide in our French drain but that couldn’t last. Hubby shot a couple but more appeared. Big, nasty, and bold. Once we brought in the cats, no more coons.
We do hear coyotes often. It is a creepy sound when they all start yowling. When we lived in So. Cal., they were so bold they’d sashay down the streets of our subdivision, but we haven’t actually seen any here. Sure do hear ‘em though.
We’ve had possums on the screen porch a couple times. Not scary — kind of cute in a weird way.
To the west of you about 15 miles I'm guessing down on highway 58 that the Turnpike runs into just past the interstate is a Tiger Haven. It's between Kingston and Lenoir City toward Lenoir City right before the Roane and Loudon Co line. I have a cousin that lives close to it. You can stand in his yard and hear them roar. I don't get down there often.