Marion County, Florida

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Marion County Florida (Class B) BFRO

October 2000

A couple weeks ago we all heard it and it sent my then 10 year old son running into the house, still light out but getting dark. It was still pretty far away. Three Sundays ago (10/15/00) the dog kept going off, starting around midnight till 2:30am, my husband,C., went out several times with the rifle but never heard or saw anything. At 2:50am the dog went ballistic and C. told me it was my turn. When I opened the front door you could he it over the dog barking. It was all the way back into my property behind the horse lounge ring at the back of the property line. It continued to sound off as my husband was loading the other rifle for me and then it sounded like it killed something, this was awful. When we got outside, we stood behind the truck about 50 yards from where the noises were coming from. Then it stopped but heard no movement in the woods, the dog continued this entire time sounding off. After about 5 minutes of silence, my husband shot off a round into the ground and could...

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Marion County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Nighttime sighting by a man walking his dog in a subdivision next to the Ocala National Forest

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Marion County Florida (Class A) BFRO

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Marion County Florida (Class A) BFRO

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Marion County Florida (Class B) BFRO

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Kanawha County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

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Sangamon County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

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Madison County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

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Madison County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

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Jack County Texas (Class A) BFRO

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