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Without a doubt, our best trail camera capture yet: the first documented observation of a cougar with kittens in Minnesota in modern history. Turn up the volume to hear all the vocalizations. The footage, which was captured on March 25, shows a cougar with 3 large kittens while they... feed on a deer they killed just south of Voyageurs National Park. We captured this surreal footage because we started a study to understand the survival and mortality patterns of deer in our area this winter. As part of that work, we GPS-collared several deer in the area in January. In late March, we received a mortality signal from a GPS-collared deer and found the carcass buried under a pile of leaves on a hillside—a tell tale sign of feline predation. We suspected it was likely a bobcat but thought, just possibly, it could be a cougar. So we put up two trail cameras on the cached deer carcass and 4 hours later, two cougar kittens returned to the kill. The entire family showed up that evening and spent hours in front of our cameras. In total, we captured 7.3 hr (435 minutes) of video footage of these animals. We will share more footage soon! Huge thanks to the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund for supporting the Voyageurs Wolf Project and the recent effort to understand deer survival in the area. Their support was critical to this observation—without it, we would never have captured this footage. And huge thanks to the >10,600 donors who have supported our project and enabled us to purchase trail cameras supplies. The cameras (and batteries, SD cards, mounts) we set at this kill were purchased with funds from donations.show more

Voyageurs Wolf Project

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Фото профиля Paintedelm

Paintedelm4 месяцев назад

My goodness the PEETS on these little guys 😭 too cute especially with their little squeaks

Фото профиля blueflymedia | weaver of worlds 🥷

blueflymedia | weaver of worlds 🥷4 месяцев назад

they really are just big ole house cats lol, except for the might kill you part. I love seeing big cats playing

Фото профиля RESIST488

RESIST4884 месяцев назад

All the cougars I've heard of east of the Dakotas have been solitary males. This is the first breeding female I've seen documented. If this population continues to spread into the Midwest, I sincerely hope humans can peacefully coexist with these magnificent animals.

Фото профиля Coca Farmer

Coca Farmer4 месяцев назад

The audio is a little out of sync, but this was recorded on March 17th.

Фото профиля Hope Adams

Hope Adams4 месяцев назад

What beauties! Healthy looking, how wonderful!

Фото профиля Curious Ink

Curious Ink4 месяцев назад

@DBTayor Fantastic. The vocalizations were so clear! Share your camera make/model, please?

Фото профиля Martha

Martha4 месяцев назад

So pretty! It's amazing she's managed to bear three and keep them alive!

Фото профиля Deb Lee Carson Photography

Deb Lee Carson Photography4 месяцев назад

I flippin' love you guys!!! Thank you for sharing this! It is my goal to see one in the wild! There were recent sightings of an adult on a trail cam by us!

Фото профиля lawn

lawn4 месяцев назад

i cant believe what im seeing and hearing 🥹thank you for posting this is a miracle 🙏🏻

Фото профиля Jackie P

Jackie P4 месяцев назад

@RafaelDeMelchor For heavens sake! Do not put up even a remotely accurate location! Some asshole will go shoot them. Prayers for their protection are desperately needed! 🙏♥️🙏

Фото профиля Mr. C.

Mr. C.4 месяцев назад

I outfitted and guided for both Tom & Woods' and Don Beland in the late 90's and have been paddling in BWWCA and Quetico for decades before and since. The DNR always said the same. I was literally 10 feet from a cougar standing over a gut pile and the DNR wouldn't believe it.

Фото профиля Hyperion2099

Hyperion20994 месяцев назад

The beauty of America... America is beautiful because of a certain American spirit, but also because of its vast, untamed wilderness teeming with wild creatures, and this must be preserved

Фото профиля Nico

Nico4 месяцев назад

Amazing! How many bobcats kill adult deer though? Is that common? Is that common for littler kitties to jump full-grown deer?

Фото профиля Mel

Mel4 месяцев назад

Wow! 🤩

Фото профиля TexasLuluCat

TexasLuluCat4 месяцев назад

Super footage and great news for Minnesota!

Фото профиля Anthony

Anthony4 месяцев назад

May they be forever protected as a species.

Фото профиля Buff, 🇺🇸

Buff, 🇺🇸4 месяцев назад

Great now I wanna pet the murderkittens

Фото профиля Wendy the Warrior 🇺🇸🌻

Wendy the Warrior 🇺🇸🌻4 месяцев назад

Wow. This is amazing footage! I love the loud purring from the kitten being groomed by the mom.

Фото профиля Gordon Schumway

Gordon Schumway4 месяцев назад

Mom kinda acts like she might be ready for the kids to move out on their own.

Фото профиля Cara Lee

Cara Lee4 месяцев назад

Here, kitty kitty. This can't be true though. According to vegans, this is how animals die in the wild:

Фото профиля Taylor Richards

Taylor Richards4 месяцев назад

Such incredible cats and nearly impossible to find, I hope they thrive!

Фото профиля mn_cedars

mn_cedars4 месяцев назад

rare but not the first. Someone documented cougar with kits near ely? back in the early 90s. NBC (kare11) had video. Been fighting this battle for years. A landowner in UP photographed cougar cubs on March 2025. They dont get to the UP before passing thru MN and WI.

Фото профиля Bad Kitty

Bad Kitty4 месяцев назад

We know we have them in the Quabbin in Western Massachusetts. DCR and Mass Wildlife have kept a good lid on it.

Фото профиля Wendi Strauch Mahoney🇺🇸Persevere.

Wendi Strauch Mahoney🇺🇸Persevere.4 месяцев назад

@RoRe7077 I saw a cougar in northern MN a few years ago. Couldn't believe it

Фото профиля motorcityjudy

motorcityjudy4 месяцев назад

Does your state DNR always deny the presence of these magnificent creatures like Michigan’s does?

Фото профиля Ezekiel Jay

Ezekiel Jay4 месяцев назад

Wildlife & Parks: Sorry, no, those are house tabbys.

Фото профиля All American

All American4 месяцев назад

It's been so fun having to pack a handgun bow hunting in MN forest the past few years to potentially defend myself from the new kitties in the woods. We had one on trail cams last year on our property.

Фото профиля Kathy K

Kathy K4 месяцев назад

wonderful. I hope they have LONG and HAPPY lives

Фото профиля b. maat

b. maat4 месяцев назад

i was fortunate on a morning walk to encounter a cougar mother and kittens sunning themselves on one of our canal banks.

Фото профиля Hels

Hels4 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing! It’s so nice to see them just be themselves. They are just big kitties!

Фото профиля Luke Earthcrawler

Luke Earthcrawler4 месяцев назад

Gorgeous cats. I hope humans leave them alone.

Фото профиля KEQUE🫘🆙

KEQUE🫘🆙4 месяцев назад

gorgeous animals

Фото профиля Mary Brian

Mary Brian4 месяцев назад

It’s so cool 😎 their mannerisms are the same as my house 🐈‍⬛🐈😻

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Voyageurs Wolf Project

32,145 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

Interesting footage of a bear visiting a wolf den this spring—a very close call for the pups who were outside the den literally a few minutes before the bear showed up. The bear’s behavior was quite interesting as well. Almost as if it knew it had stumbled into an area it shouldn’t have. Interestingly, we have captured several instance of bears visiting and checking out active wolf dens over the years. However, we have never captured evidence that bears have killed pups, though there was once such report from Wisconsin recently. This footage was only possible because of the generous folks who have donated to our project and supported our trail camera work. We are just 38% away from our annual fundraising goal, and need your help to finish it off. If 1% of the >600,000 folks who follow our project make a small donation ($10, $25, $50), we will reach our goal. A small donation from a lot of folks generates huge support for our work. Donate at the link below and help us to capture and share more footage like this! Donate here:

Interesting footage of a bear visiting a wolf den this spring—a very close call for the pups who were outside the den literally a few minutes before the bear showed up. The bear’s behavior was quite interesting as well. Almost as if it knew it had stumbled into an area it shouldn’t have. Interestingly, we have captured several instance of bears visiting and checking out active wolf dens over the years. However, we have never captured evidence that bears have killed pups, though there was once such report from Wisconsin recently. This footage was only possible because of the generous folks who have donated to our project and supported our trail camera work. We are just 38% away from our annual fundraising goal, and need your help to finish it off. If 1% of the >600,000 folks who follow our project make a small donation ($10, $25, $50), we will reach our goal. A small donation from a lot of folks generates huge support for our work. Donate at the link below and help us to capture and share more footage like this! Donate here:

Voyageurs Wolf Project

27,799 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

Amazing moments from the Northwoods that few ever see! Fortunately, trail cameras allow us to capture little snippets of the fascinating daily happenings such as these. As always, we would enjoy hearing folks favorite moment or sequence! Notably, all this footage was captured last fall and winter. As always, huge thanks to the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. Their funding and support allows us to share footage of the amazing wildlife of Minnesota with millions of people annually.

Amazing moments from the Northwoods that few ever see! Fortunately, trail cameras allow us to capture little snippets of the fascinating daily happenings such as these. As always, we would enjoy hearing folks favorite moment or sequence! Notably, all this footage was captured last fall and winter. As always, huge thanks to the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. Their funding and support allows us to share footage of the amazing wildlife of Minnesota with millions of people annually.

Voyageurs Wolf Project

17,942 просмотров • 11 месяцев назад

An interesting snippet of a wolf chasing a deer earlier this winter—the wolf was 6.5 seconds behind the deer. In particular, we found the bounding/leaping of the wolf as it ran intriguing. We have captured many hunting sequences like this on camera but have not observed one where the wolf was leaping like this. And that one leap was a pretty big one. We don’t know how the hunt played out after this brief observation.

An interesting snippet of a wolf chasing a deer earlier this winter—the wolf was 6.5 seconds behind the deer. In particular, we found the bounding/leaping of the wolf as it ran intriguing. We have captured many hunting sequences like this on camera but have not observed one where the wolf was leaping like this. And that one leap was a pretty big one. We don’t know how the hunt played out after this brief observation.

Voyageurs Wolf Project

78,985 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

Cool footage of 2 bull moose sparring from just 2 weeks ago! And then toward the end of the sequence another small bull decides to join in the fun. All-in-all, some trail camera gold! We’ve only captured this on camera one other time so far. But this footage is much better than our other observation, in part, because the lighting was almost perfect in this video. Suffice it to say, we were pretty excited to capture this footage. In total, the moose were in front of the camera for 14 minutes but we condensed it down to the highlights here. A fair portion of the videos were the bulls just standing there staring at each other.

Cool footage of 2 bull moose sparring from just 2 weeks ago! And then toward the end of the sequence another small bull decides to join in the fun. All-in-all, some trail camera gold! We’ve only captured this on camera one other time so far. But this footage is much better than our other observation, in part, because the lighting was almost perfect in this video. Suffice it to say, we were pretty excited to capture this footage. In total, the moose were in front of the camera for 14 minutes but we condensed it down to the highlights here. A fair portion of the videos were the bulls just standing there staring at each other.

Voyageurs Wolf Project

11,013 просмотров • 1 год назад