Hi, This past weekend I've been busy here in SE FL; hot on the tracks of a FL Panther, that's believed to be an unknown in the present population. i have been working the past 4 months following this young adult male in his territory, which ranges 40-50 square miles. Let's just say he's winning right now,LOL! This past few weeks had me right close, once he crossed a road in front of me as I was heading into a town for supplies, go figure it was narrow 2 lane, rush hour, no place to pull over and leave the van <img src="images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> I went back anyway, the next day and cast his pug marks (tracks). I hiked a few hours, but an overnight rain had put out most of the tracks. I then was out on a dayhike, 25 miles South of that location and came across his tracks! The hunt was on again <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Well it entails packing my pack for a week at a time; because if I get close, photos, hair samples (DNA), pug casts, etc are all needed for his 'id file'. So it was I found myself 17 miles on foot, deep in a FL cypress/Slashpine/ palmetto scrub terrain the past 3 days. I got in on Friday, but then the assistant i had, twisted his ankle in a armidillo hole. Be right back, Gene