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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: HighlandLofts on April 18, 2024, 07:16:41 PM

Title: Color of cougar eyes when spot lighted
Post by: HighlandLofts on April 18, 2024, 07:16:41 PM: A friend had two sheep killed recently, he has seen a set of eyes at night with a light. He said they were blueish in color.
Could they have been a cougar?
Title: Re: Color of cougar eyes when spot lighted
Post by: freshgrease on April 18, 2024, 08:37:57 PM: In my extremely limited one time moment of panic while spotlighting one the eyes were green/yellow
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Post by: Scruffy on April 19, 2024, 02:43:17 AM: yellow as far as I know
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Post by: Bullkllr on April 19, 2024, 09:16:01 AM: I haven't seen enough to be at all certain with cougars, but I do know that multiple deer in a field at night can show different colors of eye shine from white to yellowish/greenish to reddish.
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Post by: ASHQUACK on April 19, 2024, 11:33:31 AM: Greenish/blue
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Post by: hunter399 on April 19, 2024, 12:28:36 PM: Probably depends what kind of light you shine at em. :dunno:
Are you using an old school mag light.
Fancy LED light.
Title: Re: Color of cougar eyes when spot lighted
Post by: ASHQUACK on April 19, 2024, 03:29:36 PM: Shine your light at your or your neighbors cat. Same thing.
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Post by: hunthard on April 19, 2024, 05:20:10 PM: Orange
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Post by: birdshooter1189 on April 23, 2024, 09:06:03 AM: At 45:30 in this interview, the hiker said he saw multiple cougars at night while hiking the PCT and their eyes glowed red.
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Post by: boneaddict on April 23, 2024, 09:36:03 AM: The one I hit with a flashlight as It was following me into my elk hunting spot reflected yellow. Might be different with LED versus other wavelengths. My light was old school
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Post by: Big6bull on April 23, 2024, 09:38:54 AM: Cougars are generally yellow to red, deer and elk white/ blue ish. this can vary with any animal with quite a few factors. I’ve seen 3 or 4 cougars in the dark, they were all very orange eye color and I could verify they were indeed cougars.
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Post by: UrbanTrapper on April 23, 2024, 10:39:24 AM: African Lion's eyes are yellow in a spotlight so I'd imagine that Mountain Lion's are too.
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Post by: pickardjw on April 23, 2024, 02:15:34 PM: Here’s a neat chart.

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/jhnewsandguide.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/6e/a6e974d5-3639-5615-9da7-a8225e669731/54f6443b1be1d.pdf.pdf
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on April 23, 2024, 06:36:50 PM: LMAO, that chart has Biggie and Vampires in it. :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: wadu1 on April 23, 2024, 07:23:15 PM: Quote from: NOCK NOCK on April 23, 2024, 06:36:50 PM
LMAO, that chart has Biggie and Vampires in it. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Better get @Dan-o on this right away, he's the Biggie expert. :chuckle: :chuckle: :dunno:
Title: Re: Color of cougar eyes when spot lighted
Post by: Dan-o on April 23, 2024, 08:36:41 PM: Quote from: wadu1 on April 23, 2024, 07:23:15 PM
Quote from: NOCK NOCK on April 23, 2024, 06:36:50 PM
LMAO, that chart has Biggie and Vampires in it. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Better get @Dan-o on this right away, he's the Biggie expert. :chuckle: :chuckle: :dunno:

>:(
Title: Re: Color of cougar eyes when spot lighted
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on April 23, 2024, 09:20:41 PM: If I’m that close to a big cat, I’m not memorizing his/her eye color….. it’s bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, click, click, sounds of reloading, bang…. :chuckle:
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Post by: MLHSN on April 24, 2024, 07:35:16 AM: Juvenile cats have blue eyes
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Post by: TriggerMike on April 27, 2024, 02:42:58 PM: It depends on the angle the light is hitting it.