Yea, when your dogs start raining sand at 2AM and Black Bears on your deck. I live in Henderson County.

@@GeoHvl Worth it. I'd take black bears and dogs over other people any day.

@@GeoHvl what is raining sand

@@walterhartwellwhite2162 I thinking he meant "raising" sand.

All cats are great hunters. Even domesticated cats.

If domestic cats were big they'd be pretty much a leopard

And very intelligent and smart.

Why would it live out its life in peace? It would die.

Very few wild animals die a peaceful death....

Ospreys often eat their prey alive

Unless they try something when I’m hiking they’ll be fine. Every outdoorsman should be licensed to carry or have a awesome knife for protection

Funny!

Lmfao

Same here! we are in Western NC in the mountains and see everything in our yard

Multiple cats

Agreed

I think that was a big white Rat!

So cool...Slayer of squirrels!

My cat catches Chipmunks and grey squirrels all the time , brings them in my house alive and lets them go at my feet, sometimes they run up my leg....My cat is feral , I'm the only one it lets in his world , People drop them off on the country road I live on.....People suk

That or the squirrels are not too bright

Very easy prey if you have a .410😂

Lane That's surprising to me. I've always had cats and some of them were excellent at catching mice, birds, fish and even lizards, but a squirrel was never delivered on the porch.

@@Hallands. I have a farrell cat , not your typical house cat.....It survives with Bobcats , Cougars , Red Fox , mink , otters and Eagles trying to have it for dinner. The country is rough for pets. Since writing my previous comment , I've lost to Mallards and 3 chickens to predators .....It is very heartbreaking at times...I only feed my cat before dark, so that he comes inside , to not get eaten....Hes like my little boy , who tries to impress me every chance he gets. I almost hit a cougar a week ago , and another stood 10 ft. from my truck , and I hissed at the young (dumb) cougar. It showed its teeth and squared up on me. I rolled my window up and went on my way....That coug will learn not to test a human. Cuz people SUK.

@@sidjckc7664 unproven, they said the same about wolves and coyotes, and there are some hybrids in the new England area.

@@sidjckc7664 Although such a hybrid hasn't been 100% proven as of yet, i wouldn't say the two cat species can't hybridise, genus (Lynx) is closely related to genus (Felis). The domestic cat breeds (Felis catus) known as American bobtail, Pixibob, Desert lynx, Highlander lynx etc despite there names are NOT the result of a Lynx species/domestic hybrid. However based on the the fact that the domestic cat breeds (Felis catus) known as Bengal cat and Savannah cat was created by hybridisation between Domestic cat (Felis catus) X Asian spotted cat (Prionailurus begalensis) = Bengal cat, and the Domestic cat (Felis catus) X African serval (Leptailurus serval) = Savannah cat exist never say never.

they're very private animals, like lynxes. You're very lucky you got to see them twice. I would feel honored to see one someday

Robert Vines your probably lucky to see three they’re probably very nocturnal.

And sneaky. I have experienced 4 sightings this year. There is a young one hanging around here a lot, so the odds of a day sighting increased. We actually ran into each other on the trail and he just followed me at about 50 feet distance, as I checked a couple of cams. I have seen him on my water hole cam looking down on me in my garden.

Thanks, Hendersonville, NC - in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

@@WildlifeBehindOurHome Very nice videos. What trail camera are you using??

@@MackinNC1 I use the “no glow” Browning Spec Ops camera series and edit with VideoPad Editing Program for sharpening the video, etc. These cameras detect animals by a simultaneous combination of body heat and motion. Detection is up to 60 or 70 feet away depending on the placement of your camera, the size of the animal and the direction of the animal’s travel.

It’s basically every second you spend outside of your house. No joke

I'll be paranoid to pee in the woods now

I live about 5 min. from you. I love the mountains. At BRCC there's white squirrels. Brevard has a lot of them. We have coyotes here too.

We have property on the southwest side of Hendersonville. My brother lived there for a while and his domestic cat became friends with one of the bobcats. I never got to see (presumably) him but they are exquisite! Of all of the wild cats, our random bred domestic cats (and some of the others) do most resemble them. I imagine their genetics are closely related, similar to wolves and huskies, where periodic interbreeding occurs. Interestingly, I suppose it's the opposite of what's occurring the the coyote population where genetics are being "diluted" by domestic dogs but certainly there are instances where the wild genes enter into the domesticated lines too. Fortunately, my brother's cat was spayed so we didn't have any hybrid babies! Haven't seen or heard coyotes there yet but have them on the northwestern side of Columbia coming in from the northwest, behind the skunks and raccoons. They're meeting the human expansion pretty much on top of us. In over 50 years, we've only spotted one white squirrel in the mountains but they don't seem to survive well outside of their somewhat protected zones and we are pretty far removed, though not as far as it used to be there either. We've also seen or smelled evidence of a black bear for many years now but only caught sight of one last October when she ambled up onto the porch while we were there. We had a tree across the driveway and hiked in so I guess she didn't know "the visitors" were there! I'm gonna say that their hearing or sense of smell isn't terribly acute because she had no idea we were on the other side of the wall peeping through the window. As much as I wanted to watch her, I banged very loudly on the wall to discourage her from getting too close to humans' habitations. She definitely heard and felt that, jumping down off of the porch, crossing the creek, and running halfway up the steep ridge on the other side with her tail literally tucked before stopping to turn around. Sadly, we barely got a picture of her, much less video, but watching her cover territory I've traveled as agilely and quickly as she did gave me a real appreciation for her athleticism from a relatively safe vantagepoint! Ironically, I know the date of the bear interaction because it was my wedding anniversary. After driving to Montana for our honeymoon, we returned to the most glorious splendor of Fall in our mountains I can still recall though, admittedly, I had really missed our trees. I believe we have managed to make it an annual tradition for most of the 21 years we've been married...until this year. We didn't know it would be the last time my mother was able to be close to her "pretty place"...really the end of an era in so many ways and my heart, body, and soul yearn for a visit. I haven't given up hope yet but, either way, I think I may have missed a sign but appreciate the reminder now!

If you have house pets beware, coyotes are Very assertive when foraging for prey. They will come right up to the front door 🚪

also, notice how they move in absolute silence