South Dakota Cougars continue to disperse East into Minnesota..................we need the "lady cats" to join the "Toms" so as to get a breeding population in the land of a 1000 lakes

Another Cougar Caught on Home Video in Pope County?

Seest said he was more prepared when the cougar returned on Tuesday.
"Glanced out the window, and just up the hill here, again I saw the yellow
... and took out the binoculars and I was like, 'Yep, it's back,' and grabbed my camcorder quick and I got some pretty good footage of it for about 30 seconds," Seest said.
According to the D.N.R., cougars are still rare in Minnesota but after several recent sightings, including one spotted by Scott Koskela near Wolf Lake, people are watching out for the pouncing predators.

"Hard to tell, what it's gonna do at this point," Seest said. "I was really shocked to see it again today ... We got three little girls and today we told them, just stay away from the pond."
DNR Area Wildlife Supervisor Rob Naplin said the cats are most likely males from the Black Hills area looking for a mate, but could be dangerous to people and animals."If people are out in remote areas, they can get caught off guard. Pets can be taken," Naplins said. "Most of the time they wouldn't cause any problem but I assume that there would be potential problems with livestock occasionally."
"Hopefully someone will come out and catch it or something, get it relocated," Seest said. "But I don't want to see it shot or anything though either. It's a beautiful cat, I mean, it's impressive."
In the Dakotas, cougars are so common that they have a hunting seasons that run from Sept. through the end of March.
Written for the web by Joe Nelson.
POPE COUNTY, Minn. - Another cougar was spotted in Greater Minnesota Tuesday, this time near Terrace, according to Don Seest who said he spotted the cat on his land in Pope County.
The Seest family in rural Pope County said it's a bit more cautious after seeing a cougar two days in a row, just 200 feet from the family's home.
"(My mom) looked at it (Monday) and said, 'That's not a coyote,' and I looked at it, and that's when it stood up and I saw the long tail and you know, the cat features," Don Seest said. "It was definitely bigger than a cat."