What Adirondack animal "hisses" like a large angry cat?

forest dweller · 07-11-2020, 06:49 PM

What Adirondack animal "hisses" like a large angry cat?

My wife and I did a 2 night trip in to Ermine Brook near Moose Pond in the southwestern High Peaks. On our first night, just after dark, a seemingly very angry animal was in close proximity to our tent and it was giving off a hissing sound like a very defensive cat...but whatever it was it seemed much larger than a cat and much angrier than a cat! We don't know if it was aggravated that we were there, or if we just had the fortune / misfortune to be near it while it was doing it's thing! What do you guys think?

Woodly · 07-11-2020, 08:54 PM

Both Lynx and Bobcats hiss for two choices.

forest dweller · 07-11-2020, 10:52 PM

Which 2 choices would that be?

Woodly · 07-12-2020, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by forest dweller

Which 2 choices would that be?

meaning there are likely others.

2505 · 07-12-2020, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Woodly

meaning there are likely others.

Deer make a huffing noise, could sound like a hiss, I guess?

forest dweller · 07-12-2020, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 2505

Deer make a huffing noise, could sound like a hiss, I guess?

Not a chance that was a deer.

WBB · 07-12-2020, 05:19 PM

Skunks.

DuctTape · 07-12-2020, 05:42 PM

forest dweller · 07-12-2020, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by WBB

Skunks.

WAY bigger sound than I imagine would come out of a skunk.

Listening to youtube videos my wife is convinced it was a bobcat. I'm not entirely convinced it was a bobcat.

forest dweller · 07-13-2020, 07:09 PM

Hey thanks everyone, very informative.

rickhart · 07-13-2020, 10:55 PM

According to some sources, Fishers will hiss at times. Possibly another candidate.

Schultzz · 07-14-2020, 08:36 PM

Raccoons, Opossum, Owls, Fishers, Pine Snakes, Hecklers. A male deer can make a loud hissing sound.

Golddragon214 · 07-14-2020, 08:43 PM

Grouse hiss when they have young near by. But you would see them in daylight also.

forest dweller · 07-14-2020, 09:36 PM

Well there were definitely bobcats in the area, we heard those, my wife swears they sounded like the sounds of bobcats that we have found on the internet. She heard them more as she stayed awake terrified...I was too busy snoring!

Wldrns · 07-14-2020, 09:44 PM

My bobcat strory:

My father used to go deer hunting mostly alone until I got old enough. I was probably no older than about 7 or 8 one year when he got one late in the day and came home to get my mother to help drag the deer out. I came along too. They started dragging as it was getting dark. My job was to stay just in front close and hold the flashlight so they could see the trail. I recall being yelled at several times for straying too far ahead with the light (they were walking way too slow for me). All of a sudden a nearby bobcat (so I was told) let out the most blood curdling scream you can imagine. After that there was no longer any problem of me wandering too far away from my parents.

montcalm · 07-15-2020, 12:39 PM

I have nothing useful to add...

But I did once have a bobcat stalk my campsite. It walked around the perimeter of the fire but didn't get any closer than 10-15 yards.

It never made a sound that I could hear, but we could shine the flashlight on it and see it's eyes and face.

I was going to mention a Fisher - but I honestly can't think of anything that would do what you describe and I've heard some scary sounds in the woods - screeches, howls and moans from bobcats, foxes and coyotes.

rickhart · 07-16-2020, 12:15 AM

I was thinking of owls, too. Long-eared Owls make a cat-like noise, and Barred Owls make all kinds of noises -- surprisingly loud.

Buckladd · 07-16-2020, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Wldrns

My bobcat strory:

All of a sudden a nearby bobcat (so I was told) let out the most blood curdling scream you can imagine. After that there was no longer any problem of me wandering too far away from my parents.

Hunting near Taylor Pond when I was in college. My partner came off as a tough guy, but it was nearly dark and we were on our way out and had just spotted some tracks in the snow we thought were a fox or bobcat. Then the cat screamed just as you described it. The tough guy grabbed my arm and said, "what the hell was that?" My sisters spent a sleepless night one summer after one let out near our home.

Perhaps, in this case, a fox?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIR8RtI9kaw

Deer snort:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfhLTUWpSaY

I've had both carry on for several minutes.

07-11-2020, 06:49 PM	#1
forest dweller Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 664	What Adirondack animal "hisses" like a large angry cat? What Adirondack animal "hisses" like a large angry cat? My wife and I did a 2 night trip in to Ermine Brook near Moose Pond in the southwestern High Peaks. On our first night, just after dark, a seemingly very angry animal was in close proximity to our tent and it was giving off a hissing sound like a very defensive cat...but whatever it was it seemed much larger than a cat and much angrier than a cat! We don't know if it was aggravated that we were there, or if we just had the fortune / misfortune to be near it while it was doing it's thing! What do you guys think?

07-12-2020, 05:42 PM	#8
DuctTape Out of Shape Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,908	__________________ "There's a whisper on the night-wind, there's a star agleam to guide us, And the Wild is calling, calling . . . let us go." -from "The Call of the Wild" by Robert Service My trail journal: DuctTape's Journal

07-14-2020, 08:36 PM	#12
Schultzz Low Impact Skidder Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 981	Raccoons, Opossum, Owls, Fishers, Pine Snakes, Hecklers. A male deer can make a loud hissing sound. __________________ Never Argue With An Idiot. They Will Drag You Down To Their Level And Beat You With Experience.

07-14-2020, 09:44 PM	#15
Wldrns Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Western Adirondacks Posts: 4,291	My bobcat strory: My father used to go deer hunting mostly alone until I got old enough. I was probably no older than about 7 or 8 one year when he got one late in the day and came home to get my mother to help drag the deer out. I came along too. They started dragging as it was getting dark. My job was to stay just in front close and hold the flashlight so they could see the trail. I recall being yelled at several times for straying too far ahead with the light (they were walking way too slow for me). All of a sudden a nearby bobcat (so I was told) let out the most blood curdling scream you can imagine. After that there was no longer any problem of me wandering too far away from my parents. __________________ "Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." -Walt Whitman

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07-11-2020, 08:54 PM	#2
Woodly Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: SNY Posts: 638	Both Lynx and Bobcats hiss for two choices.

07-11-2020, 10:52 PM	#3
forest dweller Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 664	Which 2 choices would that be?

07-12-2020, 05:19 PM	#7
WBB Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: WNY/Tupper Lake Posts: 285	Skunks.

07-13-2020, 07:09 PM	#10
forest dweller Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 664	Hey thanks everyone, very informative.

07-13-2020, 10:55 PM	#11
rickhart Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 377	According to some sources, Fishers will hiss at times. Possibly another candidate.

07-14-2020, 08:43 PM	#13
Golddragon214 Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 56	Grouse hiss when they have young near by. But you would see them in daylight also.

07-14-2020, 09:36 PM	#14
forest dweller Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 664	Well there were definitely bobcats in the area, we heard those, my wife swears they sounded like the sounds of bobcats that we have found on the internet. She heard them more as she stayed awake terrified...I was too busy snoring!

07-15-2020, 12:39 PM	#16
montcalm Mobster Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,395	I have nothing useful to add... But I did once have a bobcat stalk my campsite. It walked around the perimeter of the fire but didn't get any closer than 10-15 yards. It never made a sound that I could hear, but we could shine the flashlight on it and see it's eyes and face. I was going to mention a Fisher - but I honestly can't think of anything that would do what you describe and I've heard some scary sounds in the woods - screeches, howls and moans from bobcats, foxes and coyotes.

07-16-2020, 12:15 AM	#17
rickhart Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 377	I was thinking of owls, too. Long-eared Owls make a cat-like noise, and Barred Owls make all kinds of noises -- surprisingly loud.

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