Cougar killing horses

[Depmandog]

Missouri Conservation insisted for the last 15 years or so that we did not have mountain lions, then changed their tune to "might occasionally have one passing thru." Just in the last year or so have they conceded we have a small wild population. I think most of us was pretty sure of that a dozen years ago - too many people were reporting sightings.

A year ago, one was shot a killed by LaPlata, in north Missouri, and two weeks prior to that, one was shot about ten miles from me - near KC. Add the one trapped near the bootheel, that pretty well covers our state.

Concerning wildlife crossing water, a few years ago, my brother and I was blasting down Table Rock Lake at daybreak. Right in the middle of the lake, a good 1/4 mile or better from the shore was a big 10 pt buck. Nearly hit him, not something you expect to see in 110' of water - especially so far from shore. Could a mountain lion swim the Mississippi...I could believe it.

 

[Cat_Driver]

The Orange County Register

A mountain lion killed one bicyclist and injured a second this afternoon in separate attacks in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park, authorities said.

According to reports, the dead victim was found in a ravine after the person痴 mountain bike was apparently abandoned on the Cactus Run trail.

The second victim, a woman named Ann, was riding with another woman when the lion reappeared and attacked her. As the lion pulled the victim into a ditch, her friend grabbed her legs and fought a desperate tug of war with the animal.

Another group of mountain bikers arrived and threw rocks to scare away the mountain lion.

"We hit it square with all three rocks," one of the men told KCBS-TV/2.

The injured woman reportedly suffered head and neck injuries and was taken to Mission Hospital.

A 911 call was received at 4:40 p.m.

Trackers and sheriff痴 deputies were searching for the lion tonight.

 

[Ron JD670]

Date line Ruch, S. Oregon 4 or 5 months ago my wife elbows me at 2:00AM ...
Did you hear that.. No ...
Did you barn the goats. Yea I think so ..
She turns on the back light ... Opens the door and call the goats
They answer...
I tell her to go back to bed.
In the morning after letting the goats out, I leave for work and there on the edge of my drive in the front yard is a dear carcass.
We noticed the deer have not hang around our house much any more. I don't go for walks at night any more and make lots of noise when I put the goats away.
We have a cougar issue almost every year in this area and if it stalks or kills live stock the cougar can be hunted. Or if it can be deemed at threat to people ODF&G seemed pretty reasonable about it.

As far as a gun from what the trackers said the cat will see you before you see it and if you don't see it, your lunch or it's gone.
Happy hunting

 

[bcp]

These picture are a total fabrication.

Pictures are real, the story isn't. Cat was dead when mule got it.

http://www.westernmulemagazine.com/image/webimage/MULE VS MOUNTAIN LION2.pdf

Bruce

 

[CurlyDave]

We have cougar in OR, and every time I take my dogs (two labs) out at night, I bring my 3 D cell LED Mag light and use to scan the woods for eyes looking at us.

A few years ago, I saw a pair of very large cat eyes (they are very distinctive vertical slits) looking at me & the dogs from the wood line. I quickly got the dogs in and my wife held the flashlight while I put the scope of my .308 on the cat.

I shot it, but it ran off and was found dead the next day by someone else. I measured the distance to the spot where I shot it and it was 80 yards from the front door...

 

[lockhaven]

Actually your game commissions on the east of the Mississippi are doing everyone a favor by denying the existence of cougars. If they are confirmed they could be classified as endangerd That could mean large tracts of hunting lands declared off limits. Just another thought about the east, people do not want large predators like the cougar yet some of those same people are supporters of populating the wolf in the west. I do not want either around me.

 

[Jstpssng]

Actually your game commissions on the east of the Mississippi are doing everyone a favor by denying the existence of cougars. If they are confirmed they could be classified as endangerd That could mean large tracts of hunting lands declared off limits. Just another thought about the east, people do not want large predators like the cougar yet some of those same people are supporters of populating the wolf in the west. I do not want either around me.

Some of those same people want wolves here. There is also an organization based in Boston that wants to take millions of acres of industrial timberland out of production and turn it into a national park.

 

[jinjimbob]

Some of those same people want wolves here. There is also an organization based in Boston that wants to take millions of acres of industrial timberland out of production and turn it into a national park.

Sounds good to me.

We need these animals back in nature too.

 

[coobie]

I thought cougars only hung out at bars and attacked young men,just kidding.I would get a electronic varmint caller to see if you can get him to come in close for a good kill.coobie

 

[Jstpssng]

Sounds good to me.

We need these animals back in nature too.

That's a NIMBY issue. We already have coyote problems, we don't need more predators.
They would be protected by the endangered species act, even though there are plenty of them in other parts of the continent.