Mountain Lion sign in N. Lower MI - But the DNR SWEARS there are none! 🤣

Two years ago I got a picture of a mountain lion on a trail camera on our property. I sent it to the MI DNR and they told me it was a bobcat. I then sent them a picture from the same camera of a black bear that would make the cat about 3ft tall and they STILL told me it was a bobcat.
Well, either we have some MONSTER bobcats roaming our woods or here's some MORE proof of mountain lion activity in Northern Lower MI!
@BPHomestead on FB

[@westentrance]

My friend who lives near Mesick saw one about 15 years ago. He’s an avid outdoorsmen and a solid guy. I believed him then and I really believe him now.

[@jenkemp]

i saw one on rogers city

[@FreightMasterResources]

I grew up in the Sault and in 1990 I was riding my bike home with a stringer of fish and a mountain lion ran across the road in front of me about 20' away. It stopped for a moment and stared at me then walked away. I called the DNR when I got home to report it and the lady I spoke to said "Officially there are no mountain lions in Michigan, unofficially we know they are here.

[@brianfox8126]

shoulda tried feeding it and taking it in person to the frickin DNR. They still woulda denied it, claiming it was imported and informed me I would be under arrest.

[@danperry3116]

I live in mid Michigan and we had one in our back yard 6 feet from the house mind you. That was February 2023 and in late summer one was sighted 12 miles away. But there have been stories for years , some come with photo evidence. And still the authorities deny they are here. One would think that they should be educating people how to act if or when they encounter a cougar. Instead of sticking their collective heads in the sand.

[@bradhatfield1159]

my dad and I saw one cross 7 mile rd up in Irons back in 2008... CAN'T convince me there are none

[@bradrock7731]

Saw one standing right in the middle of the road near Torch Lake Village in 1975. DNR blew me off back then too. Now live in Missouri & it's the same denial here. No matter how many pictures & roadkills.

[@bulldog2200]

I lived in Empire, Mi for many years and about 18 years ago I watched one chase three deer across the road right in front of me. Back then the national park (which surrounds Empire) actually put warning signs on the trails.

[@ladybluecr0w]

In fife lake and Houghton and lake city many people have ring cam/trail cam evidence dnr still denies. Going back to 2017...

[@pennyusa8514]

My daughter saw one on her way to work one morning crossing the road we live in lower Michigan they are everywhere!!!

[@purplegirl1962]

Bears hide their kill like that too!

[@4336aaa]

Bobcats also.

[@johnquillan4626]

I saw one driving to work overtime on a Friday night in Kent county with snow lightly coming down. I was coming up over a crest and saw eyes in the road and i said "Deer" got closer as it had gotten yo the left side of the road and as my headlights hit it just right saw what i would guess was an 80# cat looking at me over her right shoukder. What a beautiful animal. Some believed me some didnt. I dont give a shit what they think. This was in 2003 or 2004.and was on Lincoln Lake ave.

[@gusswenson7811]

I am not a expert but I say you are spot on… It’s just like here in NH a lot of people have seen them and have pictures but Fish&Game says no way either… They are a very stealth animal… Thank you for sharing.. Stay safe and always be kind. Cheers

[@loudq]

So wild! I grew up on starvation lake road. Not far from there. My old man’s father told him be careful in the swamp cause there’s big cats here. And that was in the 60s. I 100% believe they are here.

[@MrSteve8511]

Bears and wolves have now made it to southern michigan...

[@northernhouselife]

We're over by Rapid City, and saw a mom and her babes crossing the road on our way home. We did a double take- we thought it was a dog and her pups at first. We knew there was a possibility of seeing bears near the lake at the end of our road, but we weren't expecting that!

[@haroldoliver2331]

A few years back in February saw a black panther drinking water from the east branch of the usable river near Grayling. That summer before that sighting my neighbor showed me a deer 20 feet up in a pine tree.There definitely are panthers in northern Michigan.

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Heard of black panthers almost 50 years ago in the Eastern UP. People swore they saw them. Covering prey is typical " big" cat practice...lions, tigers, panthers, etc. So is hauling them up trees. An other thing...the DNR will never admit to anything. Folks have seen " mountain lions ( cougars) for years here in Michigan. I remember one written report where the DNR was quota as saying, " the cougars are just " passing through" the state on their way to some where else!! Genius.

[@danperry3116]

One of my uncles swore he saw a black panther in the woods out behind their house when he was about 18 which was 90 plus years ago. He was an avid outdoorsman and knew what he was looking at. This was in mid Michigan just west of Ithaca

[@jakewilson7112]

"black" mountain lions dont exist. Jaguars (Central/S.America) and Leopards (India) are the only species in the Panthera family to show melanation.

[@michaelg.stranestrane1465]

They are in East Central Ohio too. I haven't seen yet but tracks and kills just like that. Know people that suffer their presence. Sheep farmers way back in the hills. Place called Blizzard Ridge. South West Tuscarawas County. That one old farmer was in his 90s said they never left. ODNR denies.

[@dainpeters8680]

They are in Covington, Ohio as well. Spotted one in 2014

[@Trapphausmusic]

There was a mountain lion in Iowa filmed by Hunter in tree stand and a mountain lion hit by a car in Illinois recently.

[@bromethiustrilbotbromeldeh6625]

I found winter 2022 in Jackson County Michigan some cougar feces, tracks, and kills on a huge wetland i hike in. Cougars also pull the carcass into some trees. My two neighbors saw one on their game camera. DNR came and picked up one hit by a car too in lansing michigan.

[@rayswackhammer6750]

Pennsylvania Game Commission is the same way even though every year there is numerous sightings and pictures

[@Svenshine]

Couple stories on lions in lower Michigan: One time I was driving near Rothbury, I saw something on the side of the road and automatically assumed it was a deer, it happened so quickly, bu then I thought “no that was way too LOW and LONG to be a deer”. I thought it was weird. Then a year or two later I saw a picture or video of a mountain lion and my photographic memory immediately recalled that thing I saw at night while driving. It matched it. I am fairly certain that’s what I saw. I hear Lots of sightings in western lower Michigan. I talked to a man once who said he saw a deer straddled up in a tree, like 50 to 100 feet idk, but he said the only animal that does that (props their prey high up in a tree for later), is a mountain lion. He said he was near west branch

[@jamesbergerson7158]

Yes I know someone who has seen 1 a few time by that dead man swamp that goes from westbranch to grayling They are in that swamp and have been for over 40yrs that I know of

[@dainpeters8680]

They are in Hart, Michigan as well.

[@weatherwatcher39]

Very true…trail cam more than once over the last couple of years around the Mountain Rd. area between S. Peninsula Rd. and Ferry Rd. North of the East Jordan area.

[@tomunderwood62]

I saw this short and have to report that this spring my granddaughter was charge by a couger in Monroe county.. When I tried to report it to DNR 4 different people told me that there maybe mountain lions in the UP but they definitely don't den in the lower. To which I informed them that just a few yrs ago the DNR corden off a den site within a mile of my home. I finally was connected to DNR biologist for Monroe county. He wanted time stamped trail camera proof. What a bunch of slackers. There are 3 rivers that converge nearby with miles of woodlands. Keep an eye on your children and pets. I've also have a home 200 hundred miles north where DNR finished off one hit by a car.

[@mantislake4141]

3 rivers in Monroe county?

[@phillipgarrow2297]

I live in Cadillac Michigan back and 1996 had a cougar walk across our back twenty acres in broad daylight we lived a 1/4 mile from a veterinarian office we called them to see if they had a cougar that escaped from their facility they said no.

[@robertgembala8532]

DNR says same thing about Indiana and we have pics on trail camera of two of them at the same time

[@lukerenauld800]

Thanks for the knowledge! Stay safe!

[@dalerash6285]

A mountain lion was just road killed in Illinois last week.

[@SensiblyCatholic]

Yeah, its pretty crazy. People have been seeing them for years, yet for whatever reason, the DNR doesn’t want to admit it. I too have a trail camera photo of a mountain lion, though it was taken in the Upper Peninsula.

[@timothyskop3759]

My brother in law had one on trail cam last year in Charleviox county.

[@annekurzawski862]

Northern wisco here, we've been seeing them for decades, dnr says we still don't have a population, they are just "passing through" whatever!

[@richardroesler2209]

Montcalm County Sheriff had one on video a few years ago...

[@donmiles109channel]

Black Lake, Cheboygan County. Saw one on our property. 1988.

[@mi.gravel]

I wouldn’t be surprised. They denied the existence of them in the UP forever. They recently had to admit they are there because of that video of the cougar eating the deer. Wolves are down here too! Someone recently shot one in the Battle Creek Area because they thought it was a coyote.

[@joeray_skrha]

Saw a mother cougar with two cubs in Branch County..

[@firebrand07]

Though DNR has not wanted to fully commit to cougar existence here in the N Lower they outright contradict themselves by hanging “cougar warning” signs on the trails at Sleeping Bear Dunes.

[@danperry3116]

Yes that's because about 25 years ago one of their interns was walking a path at closing time to clear visitors and had a cougar pop out into the trail and started to follow her. The story was published in the local newspaper,the Morning Sun. After calling her supervisor who told her to walk slowly backwards away from the cat it jumped off the path and she was able to continue with her task. This newspaper ran a series of articles on cougar in Michigan every day for a week. This was around around 1997 or 8 . Time gets away from me.

[@00leaveralone]

I saw a mountain lion cub run right alongside of me in Glen Arbor, MI.

[@jeweleratlarge]

Bobcats don't have a 4 foot tail with a black tip that touches the ground. I saw one 4 years ago near Prudenville

[@knowstradamusucka5713]

Bro I saw one dropping off packages at 4am in Rockford poached just outside of someone’s yard light. It was huge. I still have problems getting out of my car in rural areas. Totally different respect. They’re definitely at least down to northern Kent county.

[@jakewilson7112]

About 5 years ago, I saw a large cat with a long tail run across M33 near rose city. I'm quick to laugh at folks who see shadows and claim it is bigfoot, but I clearly saw this animals long tail trailing behind as it cleared the road clearing in 4-5 strides.

[@l-y-n-n-c]

Of course they are. It's wildlife that's been here for eons. Just be watching your back when out in the woods. And I'm glad the DNR says that.

[@jordanbatka033]

In Mason county off US-10 we have a little cabin and there have been some through there, the neighbors had there dog mauled by something

[@garycrosby1399]

I saw one on Big Stone Lake Road near the Hersey Evart town lineon May 8th glad to know I wasnt seeing things. It was right before dusk and 3 deer ran across the road and the mountain lion was about 100 yards behind them. Im orginally from N.H. and the same thing goes on with the Fish and Game Department there. Too many people have seen them there in Michigan and New Hampshire.

[@GT47179]

Kittehs are everywhere 😮

[@Watchingtheparadegoby]

They have always been in lower Michigan where I had lived thought my childhood, but in low numbers and they are mainly nocturnal to low low light predators anyway who shy away from contact with humans. The tennessee DNR said the same thing but they have been spotted and on camera in the top part of Nashville and east and NE to kentucky. I have personally spotted two at night crossing the road in Tennessee on my way to and from work and one of them was partially melainated. Another man in Macon County set up a trailcam after some of his goats were killed and it showed up on the trail cam. A youth about 60 lbs. Now the TWRA is saying that they do exist in middle Tennessee but are not Eastern Cougers or Florida Panthers, but Migrated Western cougars.

[@brianfox8126]

We measured the pic a friend had, with markers for length. It was taken on his bait pile. It was hunting bait piles. Ten feet, with tail. Six feet 200# plus. WELL fed. Turkeys came back, predators followed. Stay alert. They know yer there, and you know their out there. Watch your pets. And kids. opportunists, ya know? Location? Kent County.

[@mikekemper9566]

Saw a blk panther leap across a rd irons area 4 years ago... wasn't a house cat s.o.b. was at least 50 6o lbs. Long tail

[@frankhartman323]

There were sightings in mackinaw city 3 years ago

[@andrea48164]

My dad always hunted near Tower. One year he was hunting over by the Red Bridge (near Black Lake) and he and grandpa swore they saw one back in the 70’s while out hunting. I never doubting them but wish I could see one to. A few years ago I saw one while we were driving back down state. We were on 33 and it was just starting to get dark and saw 1 just south of Atlanta

[@wishinifishin5172]

Red Bridge on Webb Rd?

[@andrea48164]

@@wishinifishin5172 I think they took the side off black river rd. Just down from a restaurant/ bar Lorenzo’s They would turn onto the red bridge road there and would follow it back to the bridge itself as it goes over the upper black river

[@wishinifishin5172]

@@andrea48164 ah, another red Bridge. Sounds like Crockett rapids area. I know the area well. Fish and hunt there all the time but I'm not good with names

[@andrea48164]

@@wishinifishin5172 doesn’t help that I only know what dad and grandpa called places. It’s not always what everyone else knows it as. Lol

[@jakewilson7112]

saw one cross m33 just north of rose city

[@Svenshine]

No, squirrels also bury their catch too!

[@MandieeeeJo]

😂

[@HomeAgainTerrie]

Last October I saw a cougar walk across my yard in broad daylight in Hersey Michigan. It walked up to a ridge in my backyard and then there was another one following it. They were stalking a deer in my yard. Not one but two! I was too shocked and caught off guard to get a pic of the one in the yard. By the time I got my phone/camera they were on the ridge behind some trees. I have a video but it is not very good quality. The sun was shining at me and my filming was shaky, but you can see their profiles. You can tell by the way they walked that they were big cats! I have seen bobcats too, but these were not bobcats! I also got a pic of a track. Sent everything I have to the DNR twice, and they won’t even call me back. I’m convinced they don’t want to know. Maybe it will make too much work for them!🤷🏻‍♀️

[@HermitDude]

Canadian fires driving them south???????? Hola from Frenchtown, MI

[@openleft4214]

Could have been big foot or chupacabra. DNR swears by it

[@BPHomestead]

Well if the gov't says so... 🤣

[@jamesbergerson7158]

Are you up by hubbard lake hunt camps north of the lake like 10 miles My friend has 1 steal his deer there fall of 2022 he has tracks n 6 trail cam photos

[@BPHomestead]

Nah we're in the Northern Lower

[@LadyYoop]

Same thing U.P. here. Cats are pictured....and NOPE...there are none here! This was taken in Toivola... kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqTTlnaEnNdjiJo&ab_channel=MLive The kid probably walked through several times and the cat thought 'Snack??'...oops...it's a Cougar...but still...

[@matthewb3640]

The bones look too clean to be resently. Not saying it's not mountain lion kill. There are lions in southern Michigan. A unmark dnr truck picked one up hit on M40 near Lawton about 12-15 y years ago. My son saw one cross our driveway. We lived way out in the country. The corridor along Southern M40 is called cougar (lane)? I heard. A neighbor could miles away, had one walk around his truck while he sat in it. I know of someone that had one in battle creek. Their house caught fire and they released it. It was spotted some time later. A customer of mine and her husband saw one in the field across from their home. The sightings go on and on

[@rjdjr6087]

DNR no longer denies this. And it's been since before your video.

[@iii9266]

Both bear and cougar cover their kills at times to come back later. Washington Fish & Game will tell a person there are no Grizzly bears in S.E. Washington but I've seen one with my own eyes (a sow & 2 cubs) on the south side of the Grande Ronde River, west of the Snake River and less than 2 miles north of the Oregon border.

[@BPHomestead]

Bears don't bury their kill...

[@iii9266]

@@BPHomestead ahh, but they do. I've come across a couple Grizzly kills here in Montana. Might want to check that out.

[@BPHomestead]

@@iii9266 Lmao, dude, just bc a bear will partially cover it and come back later doesn't mean they "bury" it like a cat does. Sorry to tell you, I'm sure it's happened, but it doesn't mean it's a trend. Also, there sure as sh*t ain't grizzlies in NLMI, so unless Black Bears have started doing that crap, you're still waaaaay off base. Do some more research, 3%

[@BPHomestead]

@@iii9266 I once saw my dog eat it's own vomit. That just be their sole diet, right? Lmfao

[@iii9266]

@@BPHomestead I disagree. Thekills I've come across were covered/buried every bit as much as that whitetail, if not more. Also the OP said "bear", they did not digress between black or grizzly. As an aside, while not your dog, I've ate dog (Asia) and cat (U.S.)...

[@kdseiwert7360]

There is y small Population in Ontario Canada,why shouldn there be some in Michigan!

[@jenkemp]

i seen big cat nrear rogers city mi

[@scottlowman.1044]

What's the DNRs issue? And now a grey wolf shot in Calhoun County.

[@derricksimmons5644]

Yeah The DNR don't want to do the proper work my buddy got some on his trail cam last week people have livestock and children get em when you can SMH their out in Marion Evart and Sears

[@naturalobserver1322]

Don't bears do the same thing?

[@4336aaa]

And bobcats.

[@rogerlimoseth4790]

Black bear bury their prey.

[@JP-lu5he]

Griz will bury their kill come back for it later black bear eat their kill right there that is why they say to fight a black bear and pretend to be dead with griz. Now as far as sign there would be bear scat around. I’m no expert on bears or cats been around way more bears than cats but no matter what the michigan dnr say there’s cats in michigan and the black bears are getting farther and farther south as well. They need to start thinking of getting rid of wolves in the upper they are killing everything. Poor game mngmt in that state. All about the$ anymore.

[@Aevans786]

La grande ?

[@andrewwhite1576]

If I send you a picture of a casting I made could you tell if it’s from a large cat?

[@BPHomestead]

I am NOT an expert by any means!

[@andrewwhite1576]

@@BPHomestead I can’t make heads or tails of what print I found. I have a German Shepard but I’ve tried to get her paw to look close to the print and no way it could be hers. The print is 4.5” x 4.5” I found the print near where she poops so I was thinking large cat searching for a meal. But they do no large cats this far south. I live in a industrial area so not many people or houses around.

[@Odieson33]

Ive seen one in lower michigan my buddy has seen 2 one of them being on video and contacted dnr and they deny all of it. I dont understand why theyre being so ignorant but they know and they why they dont respond. MI DNR is useless

[@michiganhay7844]

Because when people bring in crappy photographs and videos, they turn out to be videos of house cats that’s why the DNR actually did confirm a cougar and lower Michigan about seven years ago in Clinton county, but it was actual good photographic evidence that they could tie to an actual location

[@user-fp5ep7di8r]

They been in mio mich for 30 years , dnr you lie just like fjb😮

[@steveroxx69]

I was out cutting firewood and followed one up the road into the woods got out looked at its tracks and there was little tracks so I immediately got back in the truck and I'm in lower Michigan Mason county

[@jeffreybowers9152]

I see them all the time in Benzie and Manistee Counties