Big cats UK

[Pewit 970]

18 minutes ago, keepdiggin said:

Just didn’t think sighthound were bay dogs mate sounds like a jacker to me lol

Didn't read the story but it's true mate, hunting dogs would tree cats like leopards and mountain lions. If you had a few sighthounds with a bit of grit they would do the same. It's not in a predators interest to fight unless they are forced into doing so.

Edited August 26 by Pewit

[keepdiggin 9,561]

You never really see though Leopards take big dogs just little street mutts

[Pewit 970]

2 minutes ago, keepdiggin said:

You never really see though Leopards take big dogs just little street mutts

I have no doubts they do take large dogs though mate but a cat that is hungry and on the hunt is a completely different situation to a relaxed cat being harassed and treed by hunting dogs. 

Edited August 26 by Pewit

[Greyman 28,440]

10 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:

It's something people have always argued about. Your more likely to be seriously injured by a leopard but more likely to be killed by elephant, buff or lion. Most PH's killed in Africa have been by buffalo, most 'civillians' by hippo. Cow elephants come second for both groups. 

If a lion charges and gets through it won't let go until you are dead, a leopard will maul you, the PH and your tracker in seconds then be gone. 

I've rarely left Lancashire though so I know feck all, just what I've read. Nearest I've come to big game hunting is carrying my double .410 over my shoulder while hunting squirrels and imagining it's a .500 nitro express and pretending I'm on the trail of a wounded buff

I met a great old fella at the Westmorland show  name of Geoffrey well into his 80s still rides out with the staghounds even travelling regularly to exmoor etc but had spent time tracking and hunting leopard in the colony’s back in his day, he told me if you see them while hunting and they drop out of your line of site more than once it’s time to get gone because the second time they will be stalking you, 

[keepdiggin 9,561]

Would love to hunt Cape buffalo 

[BrumBatMan 2]

250 leopards in the UK?So there’s also 250 mountain lion and 250 lynx?

[greg64 2,825]

1 hour ago, keepdiggin said:

You never really see though Leopards take big dogs just little street mutts

 seen a few videos of leopards taking fairly big dogs like a gsd   but they are usually asleep and its all over in seconds

[keepdiggin 9,561]

Just now, greg64 said:

 seen a few videos of leopards taking fairly big dogs like a gsd   but they are usually asleep and its all over in seconds

Seen a shepherd fight one off and a dogs argentino also seen a Tibetan mastiff get the upper hand against one

 

(video not in person)

[Pewit 970]

2 minutes ago, keepdiggin said:

Seen a shepherd fight one off and a dogs argentino also seen a Tibetan mastiff get the upper hand against one

 

(video not in person)

You'll have likely seen the Tibetan Mastiff tangling with a Snow Leopard mate. 

[keepdiggin 9,561]

Looks like a leopard to me 

[Pewit 970]

2 minutes ago, keepdiggin said:

Looks like a leopard to me 

That's not a Tibetan Mastiff. Lol

[keepdiggin 9,561]

Just now, Pewit said:

That's not a Tibetan Mastiff. Lol

Regardless of the breed it still well 

[Pewit 970]

1 minute ago, keepdiggin said:

Regardless of the breed it still well 

You said Tibetan Mastiff? Yeah, it looks like the dog got a hold of the snoz box and the leopard didn't like it one bit. Lol

[keepdiggin 9,561]

32 minutes ago, Pewit said:

You said Tibetan Mastiff? Yeah, it looks like the dog got a hold of the snoz box and the leopard didn't like it one bit. Lol

I did my mistake 

[forest of dean redneck 11,599]

11 hours ago, keepdiggin said:

Do you have a link 

If your on Facebook this fella has been out with people treeing leopard . I think his dad /relation is on here as I’m sure he’s been mentioned on here ?