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http://www.azcentral.com/news/0206jag.html

It ain't the likker making our Arizona flautist nephew see things. Let's just hope the other brother piper don't pay the price himself. Now he'll really keep that khuk handy, right? Digideroo and Tigger too, Y'all!

I could claim I couldn't help meself, but truth be told, it was too good a chance to pass up a cheap shot. Anybody seen Tsimi lately? Or Cougar?
 
..when Finn says "I tawt I taw a puddy tat", his neighbors will sit up and take notice :eek: GOOD time to have a 20" UBE.
 
Is this because of the depletion of the rain forest in Brazil? I have great admiration for that cat and hope he's smart enough to stick to coyotes and wild pigs. I wish him well.
 
My younger Bro sent me the same link the other day. I am quite excited that there's a cat that roars back in the states.
Should give a huge thrill to anyone seeking a Vision Quest in the cat's territory if they should happen to hear the Jaguar.:D
And an even bigger thrill if the Jaguar should approach and "talk" to the Questor.:)
I can just see it now.:mad: There will be a rash of New Agers that claim they went on Vision Quest in So Arizona and now claim a name such as "Jaguar Spirit", or any other names with Jaguar included.:(
 
Do new-agers taste that bad? ( Just food for for thought... )
 
I used to live in that part of the world, right on the Mexican border in a town called Douglas. I used to hunt and camp over in the mountains to east over by the New Mexico border, not to far from Slaughters Ranch. Folks down there have been seeing jaguars and lobos up in those mountains for years (both of which were supposed to be extinct in AZ). Most people never made too much of it. Thing was if you ever told fish and game or a wildlife biologist about it they wouldn't believe you. We'd just shrug and laugh and let them believe what they want. That's a real remote corner of the world and it isn't too suprising that there would be critters out there that only the locals would see.

One of the ranchers down there got some real good photos of a jaguar when his dogs cornered it in some rocks a few years ago. He made a small book about it with the story and the photos which he called "Eyes of Fire" if I remember right. My grandmother is a friend of his and was given a copy. Cool story and good photos.
 
The game department isn't revealing the location of the latest sighting to protect the big cat, which is a young male weighing around 175 pounds.
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IIRC, Jaguars are unique amoung big cats in that they kill their prey by biting through the skull:eek: I'm not sure if they only kill this way, but its still impressive! I read a story awhile back about men in Central America who hunted Jaguars with spears. I think they called them "Le Tigre" which is what the locals call the jaguar(IIRC).

I'm glad to see them in the U.S. too.:) Unless its just a sign of habitat detruction lower down as Uncle Bill said.

Thanks for cool link Rusty:D
 
I think he's the third largest cat in the world, lion & tiger bigger. What's a full grown male weigh anyway? Not that I'd care to go hand to hand with the 175 lb kid.
 
Sorry Long Rifle: The part right after "Xke" that said "this Jag doesn't come in British Racing Green" inadvertently got edited out.
 
We are fortunate enough here in Tulsa too have a pair of Jaguars in the Tulsa Zoo.
I feel sorry in one way to see them captive, but with kids working at the zoo I know the importance of the U.S. Zoo's breeding programs to up the population of endangered animals.
The pair we have are typical of the Jaguar's colors. The female is the familiar yellow with black spots and the larger male is black with black spots!!!!
The 1st time I saw the male I just thought he was solid black then one day Linda, one of our daughters, pointed out the black spots.
He has one window he likes to lay in right next to the glass and the black spots can be readily seen when the sun glints just right off of his coat.
Inside of the Amazonian Rainforest Exhibit there are Jaguar tracks in the floor.
the size of them makes one stop and think about tangleing with one of these animals from any distance.

Rob I read a similar article years ago about the tigre hunters who used great broze spears made like boar spears with a device at the bottom of the spear head to stop the animal from sliding all the way down the spear and killing the hunter.
I was taken with the fact that bronze spears were used and not steel.
I've often wondered about that in the years since?
 
Very nice to see this awesome animal possibly reclaiming part of its former range.

One can only hope that modern man can somehow learn to live with and give both powerful animals and powerful man-made artifacts the space and respect due to them. This instead of trying to eliminate them because people are too lazy to learn how to get along and are too arrogant to provide such things the proper respect due to them.

In my mind this applies to, among other things, large predatory animals, sharp knives and firearms. They all have evolved naturally and deserve to continue to exist even if part of their original purpose is diminished by the changes wrought by modern "civilization" Ignorance and lack of respect for the natural essence of all of these things leads some to threaten their continued existance in this country.
 
Firkin: excellent post. Read it and thought "How obvious" and then stopped to think how much it dated me.

This forum is one of the few places I can reveal my thoughts without sugar-coating them so I don't scare the sheeple. Strike that. Sheeple are going to be scared or oblivious whatever I do anyway.

I'd have far greater concerns for my safety in the Vegas area than in that jaguar's haunts. That jag isn't going to be both drunk and stoned and I can easily remember to treat him with very much respect. On the other hand more Vegas residents than I like to think of are not only drunk and stoned but crazy or sociopathic as well.

Firkin, as Audie Murphy put it so well:

"If the moment of truth comes tomorrow,
I'll be free, or by God, I'll be dead."

My thanks to the Empire Arms website for publishing Murphy's poem in it's entirety.
 
"more Vegas residents than I like to think of are not only drunk and stoned but crazy or sociopathic as well"
-All too accurate Rusty :(

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May I present, LasVegas humor for the uninitiated :D
 
25-30 years back I had an idea for a cartoon something similar.

Imagine a big rig full of rustled cattle, a few Sheriff's cruisers, 2 guys on the tailgate of a 4wd pickup, a tree with a couple of winch cables run over it from the front bumpers of Sheriff's posse jeeps to nooses around the suspect's necks, and CB radios crackling in the background: "Guilty" "Pop the Clutch, Judge" "String 'em up".

The punchline of course would be one rustler turning to the other and saying " You and your 'This isn't the old west!' "
 
Good one Rusty:D :D

Rob I read a similar article years ago about the tigre hunters who used great broze spears made like boar spears with a device at the bottom of the spear head to stop the animal from sliding all the way down the spear and killing the hunter.
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That's interesting. The only thing that comes to mind in choosing bronze over steel might be increased weight. But you would think that the last thing you would want with a fast deadly cat is a heavy spear. Then again maybe they are hard to stick and that extra weight gives it more uumph:)

The "sliding down part" gives me the chills cause you know that that's more than likely an invention that came about the hard way:eek: :eek: Can't imagine that "YEAH! I got em! OH GOD HE'S COMING UP THE SPEAR SHAFT!! GAAHHHHGRHHHH!!!!!!:eek:
 
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