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I couldn't see and have never heard anything like it but last night something was in the yard that sounds like a very angry cat. My fiance heard it sometime last week go through and though it was 2 animals fighting. Our suet feeder was knocked down but no suet gone. The suet feeder has ended up like this about 4 times in the last 7-10 days now. Last night she woke me up at 3am as it was making it's way through the yard again but I couldn't see it at all. Wish I had a trail cam to put out.

It sounds like an angry cat or a cat fighting with something. I didn't see two animals going at it all and the neighbor said she heard what sounded like her cats fighting but it was just one larger cat that she couldn't identify either last week. What makes this noise? Could it be an overgrown POed barn cat? Or is it some kind of bobcat or wild cat? At first though maybe racoons fighting but it sounds more like a cat.

Note: Live about 20 miles outside Moose Lake, I know there is bear, coons, turkey, deer in this area just not sure about what wild cats might be around here.

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Don't go out to investigate! It sounds suspiciously like a Meander (probably a Lesser), and you don't want to mess with one of them. Vicious brutes, and absolutely the most feared bird in the Northwoods. Thankfully they seldom come around homes/people, so most have never seen one.

They run faster than a deer, have razor-sharp talons and a wickedly long and slightly hooked beak. While they tend to be a ground bird, in flight they are blazing quick and have been known to dive down on their prey from trees, often striking without warning.

Have a care.

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The suet holder I'm sure is being robbed by coons. It's on a string in a pine tree and everytime it's knocked down the string is looped up on top of the branch so something is pulling it up from the top of the branch.

Oddly I see the coons running around at times around 10-11pm but they are silent. This thing around 3am is loud. Wonder if we have a bobcat in the area or if it's just the coons fighting. Maybe one of these nights actually get a look at it. Guess it's time to charge up the spot light.

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I agree with Jameson and Archerysniper on the Grey Fox. I've got one here too that comes around early morning. I didn't know what it was until I did a search for Grey Fox sounds. I've seen him in the yard several times over the past 2 years.

Grey Fox do climb trees also.

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