I do need to post some game cameras. I’m just a very busy guy with other priorities, but won’t go into all that right now. My son has actually had multiple visual encounters, almost always around dusk. I heard one late one afternoon that seemed to be a couple of hundred yards away up the hill from my house. It was unmistakably a cat semi-growl/snarl, but resonated so deeply that the sound carried very clearly to where I was . . . a bobcat or house cat could not have made that sound. A hunter friend whose property joins ours says that a game warden has confirmed to him that a breeding pair ranges along that river. They just keep it quiet in an effort to protect them.
First off, I’m not calling you or anyone a liar.
I farm out my land to friends who are hunters. I’d hate to see a reduction in my fabulous deer population. I have some especially large bucks and does this year.
But I do have concerns. Now I’m way South of you, between Montgomery and Auburn. I taught computers at Auburn University for 20 years. Friends of mine who teach forestry management and are no BS conservative types tell me there is no evidence of panthers surviving in Alabama, but they would LOVE to see any photos or DNA evidence to prove it. They’re like Agent Mulder, they WANT to believe.
If you ever do get some photos, please contact me, and I’ll pass them to the scientist type at AU.