Spotted Wild Cats In Texas

Also feral cats are not and cannot be listed as game items to be hunted.

Spotted wild cats in texas. Sadly over half of all wild cat species are currently threatened. Of late south Texas and the Hill Country seem to be the hot spots for black panther sightings. Throughout the years I have learned that nothing grabs the attention of an outdoors lover quicker than a wild cat encounter.

It is a crime to intentionally knowingly or recklessly. No two cats have. Their sleek slender light brown coat makes it easy for these big cats to blend in with their environment.

It seems there have been more and more sightings. Texas Penal Code 4209 and 42092. She says because of increased construction and clear-cutting wild cats are moving closer to us.

There are several kinds of wild cats that call Texas home. The mountain lion is the largest of the Texas wild cats and tend to frequent hilly and mountainous areas making the Texas Hill Country a prime spot for sightings. Only about 50 individuals have been identified in the state.

Sometimes the person reports what he or she has seen and perhaps also has. Bobcats breeding with ocelots hybrid bobcat ocelot animals texas bobcats texas ocelots. Rare Wildcat Spotted in Texas.

Yet sightings of these big cats continue to. It was the sighting of a cougar in 1987 that I consider to be one of the most pivotal moments in my life. Dont tell that to Reagan Pope who with other drivers saw a cougar he estimated to be three feet tall and 8-9 feet long nose to tail walking along the FM 2138 road heading toward Maydelle.