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Big Cat in NW AL?

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CherokeeRidgeMaster

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This photograph was taken in North West Alabama (Colbert County). I've had all of my friends and family guess what kind of animal this is. We cannot come to a clear consensus. I doubt we will be in agreement here, but I wanted to know what you all think.
I am sorry for the poor image quality.
 
CherokeeRidgeMaster said:
No matter how hard I try, I cannot make it look like a coyote in my pea brain. However, coyote is the leading guess among my friends.
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When I did my Conservation diploma, I remember that people often mistake coyotes for cougars, even more so than the more-common bobcat/cougar confusion. It does look super feline at first, second, and third glances. But the color and hunch say coyote to me.
 
A guy in west central Georgia shot a big cat about 10 years ago. The state of Georgia stands on their statement that there are no big cats living in Georgia. So this guy shoots one and proudly calls the game warden and waits for him to show up. State WRD does their investigation and concluded it was an illegal pet that got loose or was released. Case closed, well almost. The US fish and wildlife gets involved and concluded the GADNR was wrong. DNA testing confirmed it came from a wild population of Florida Panthers in south Florida. That’s right the guy got charged with killing an endangered species. It wasn’t pretty. Young males often follow river systems in search of a mate and their own territory. A radio collared male cat from Ocala Florida followed the Suwannee river up to the Okefenokee and then the Altamaha up to ocmulgee and followed it to Macon before turning back south and finding his way back to where he came from.

That doesn’t mean you got a cat on your trail camera. The southeast has enough trail cameras over corn piles that we should get about every animal in the woods on camera as if there’s an animal out there that doesn’t eat corn it eats animals that do. If it was a resident cat you would get more than one picture but it could be one just passing through.
 
It’s clear as day!! It’s a . . . you need a better camera!!lol is that a Tetris setting on your camera??


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Manbearpig....
I've seen 3 panthers in my life and they didn't look like your pic.
I remember the guy in Georgia getting in trouble for killing the panther.
 
It's a weimaraner, see the docked tail? :sunglasses:
Definitely needs boots on the ground to check tracks.
 
Like DanO pointed out...the tail appears to be docked, and taking a stroll through the woods. Chances are the owner wasn't far behind and spotted ur camera (maybe)
 
I have no clue but don't rule out a deer. The muscle definition looks like a deer. The head even looks like a deer with the ears cupped forward. Tail kind of like a deer. The neck and body line don't though but pics just come out weird sometimes. Thats why I set my cameras on video or at least multi shot.
 
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