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The man who shot a cougar in Jackson County on Sunday said Thursday that he and his companion had little doubt they should kill it because children live nearby and horses are kept on the property.That does not appear to be a legitimate reason to kill a mountain lion under Minnesota law.

State wildlife officials are warning deer hunters to keep an eye out for a cougar roaming west-central and northern Wisconsin.

Three different people have reported seeing a cougar or other big cat in and near Duluth this week, including along a driveway in Rice Lake Township and at the Lester Park ski trail and golf course.

Yet another cougar has moved across the Northland, heading east into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

When a group of rural Austin friends found their horses with gaping wounds, missing fur and a nasty limp, their only logical conclusion was a cougar attack.

People in the Wolf Lake area said they're keeping an eye out after several recent cougar sightings.

As thousands of deer hunters fanned out across Minnesota’s woods Saturday, news spread of a cougar captured recently on a trail cam in tiny Wolf Lake.