you whats weird????

[swampman88]

has anybody ever seen what i guess would be a black panther? i have seen one of them while out hunting. plus my grandfather shot one near his house just outside Arcadia when my dad was 14. The strange thing is i asked a biologist about it last year he looked at me like i was crazy. He told me nothing like would ever or has ever been in florida. has anybody else ever seen anything like this???????

[Cr0ck1]

nope.. they are protected right?

[john l]

A wet panther looks black.

[Iluv2hunt]

I saw one in Croom WMA about 1/2 mile from the check station. I was stone sober and it was about 50 yards in front of my truck. It walked out in the road, stopped, turned and looked at me, and went on across.

I have seen jaguarundi in zoos and it was NOT one of them. I saw the GW a little while later and told him about it. He smiled and said he had seen it too


I bet there are 100k threads on the net whether they exist or not, but I know what I saw.


And there are more damn panthers than they say there are. I have been to the glades a total of three time in my life and saw a panther every time...Now what are the odds of that???
Saw one when I was a kid on a hunt trip down there. Also went fishing in Everglades City 2 years in a row, and saw one cross that road both trips.

[john l]

I agree about the numbers of panthers also. I'v seen 5 in the last two years in Bear Island (Everglades)alone. And another off I-75 heading to Gibsington.(can't spell it)

[kemster99]

i've seen one acouple times out on 37 just south of mulberry.

[swampman88]

no this was a black panther, the biologist told me that if i ever saw another one to shoot and bring it in

[john l]

And then they will throw you in jail. better off taking a pic so everyone will just call you a loon

[Cr0ck1]

And then they will throw you in jail. better off taking a pic so everyone will just call you a loon

+like 50.. lol

[flhuntfish]

if u shoot it and take it in then just say it was about to attack you "lol"

[Skunk Ape]

I seen some black panthers once traveling south,right in Tampa. Lot's of them. Florida used to have ocelots at one time I believe and jagurandi. Now you shoot a cat that turns out to be a Fl. Panther,then bring it to FWC and actually show them,you'd prolly get 10 to 20 and sit in cell with a real black panther that just loves rednecks.

[Skunk Ape]

I'm pretty sure I seen a panther in Cedar Key when I was driving to camp early one morning a long time ago. Just a split second then it jumped back into the woods.

[Cr0ck1]

cedar key is a giant bird sanctuary.. only good for sight seeing.. lol.. ima stick a deer there tho this year.. lol

[Skunk Ape]

I killed my first buck there many moons ago. Lot's of good times there.Hunted Lower Suwanee when it first opened up,I can't remember the hwy we hunted off,it flanked the river and came off 24 I believe. I could tell some good stories about going int town when I was young.

[Cr0ck1]

i love it up there.. cant wait to go this year.. just wish things were a little different then they are going to be.. cant wait to go tho!