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On my backyard cam this AM
This is where the mule deer come for water and scraps
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Funny looking mule deer.
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That'll get your attention! Looks like a good sized cat.
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Man that's a big cat!
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If you have mule deer you will have those. That is a big one! I have a friend who lives rural. He has a pond that elk come to. On night a cat killed a 4 year old cow elk in the pond by biting through the skull just above the eyes. He then dragged the elk out of the pond over the dam and down into the spillway where the grass was long & covered it with grass. He had to have the Div. of Wildlife come up so he could put it in a trailer to haul off so it wouldn't become bear bait. That was the second lion killed elk we have seen up there.
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If you have mule deer you will have those. That is a big one! I have a friend who lives rural. He has a pond that elk come to. On night a cat killed a 4 year old cow elk in the pond by biting through the skull just above the eyes. He then dragged the elk out of the pond over the dam and down into the spillway where the grass was long & covered it with grass. He had to have the Div. of Wildlife come up so he could put it in a trailer to haul off so it wouldn't become bear bait. That was the second lion killed elk we have seen up there.
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Yes, tons of mule deer, some are fed by hand through out my neighborhood which doesn't help, we have Elk too but, the bulls are to smart to come close. The mule deer are so numerous that they are mutated or inbred and dwarfed and need to be taken out one way or another It's no wander the cougars thrive here.
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Magnificent critter. My favorite of the big cats.
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That is a big cat, what is the height of the water bucket, I am guessing about 2 feet?
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Those cats do get big.
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That is a big cat, what is the height of the water bucket, I am guessing about 2 feet?
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No about 16" at best, but the cat is big according to my local game and fish guy, must be a male
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Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow…. Oh, forget it.
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Imagine deep voice, "Here Kitty Kitty"
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So the water bucket is 16" high and compared to the cat is... umm, yeah, nice kitty.
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Yup seen its cousin up in the green mountains of Vermont. Funny thing is they claim there are no mountainlions there. They lied. I tracked these in the higher elevations first. Now as they multiply there in the lower elevations too now.
There in ct too. This is a 180/200# kitty cat that wants to eat us. Ccw a 44 snubbie.
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I tought I taw a HUGE...nahhh, too easy.
That is some lion!
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Really nice pics! They are out there just about anywhere there are deer.
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If you search youtube there is a video from a guy who lives up outside of Colorado Springs using his home surveilance cameras caught 3 Pumas checking out his house.
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We have had sightings here in Western IL within the past couple of years. DNR tells us the range of a "cat" is up to 300 miles. The frequency we are seeing them tells me they are closer to home here now.
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I've been hunting, fishing, and camping all over Colorado for over 50 years. Also spent years as a criminal investigator for a state agency covering most of Colorado. After retirement I was a consultant and investigator for insurance claims departments, working cases all over Colorado (and adjoining states). The short version is that I have spent over a half-century traveling around Colorado.
I have seen lions at least 20 times over the years. Of those only 3 or 4 occurred prior to about 1995, and the rest since then. I actually see a lion about once each year now, and sometimes more frequently depending on my activities.
Mountain lions were considered scarce and sightings were rare until about 20 years ago. Even a fleeting glimpse of a lion seemed to be a once-in-a-lifetime moment. Now they are becoming almost common, and confrontations between lions and humans (as well as pets and livestock) are very real problems in many areas. The big cats are living and hunting in close proximity to human developments and demonstrating much less caution about contact with humans, dogs, vehicle traffic, etc.
Lions are magnificent creatures. I am actually pleased to see the Colorado population doing well. At the same time I can't help having some concern over the frequency of dangerous encounters. Livestock, pets, children, even joggers have been attacked by lions in recent years, frequently near major cities (sometimes inside the city limits). I suspect that competition for territories, combined with increasing lion numbers, has resulted in their movement into the less remote and wild areas and into closer proximity to humans. While in their prime lions will exist almost exclusively on deer, elk, and other game animals. Older animals, and those that have sustained some injury limiting their abilities to hunt effectively, will do what they have to do in order to survive. Sheep, cattle, or horses in fenced enclosures, dogs and cats roaming around, children playing, joggers on trails, all of these might be interesting possibilities for a hungry predator.
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Down here we would call that a BFC
That is a #3 washtub I imagine which gives a good indication of how big it is!
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I've been hunting, fishing, and camping all over Colorado for over 50 years. Also spent years as a criminal investigator for a state agency covering most of Colorado. After retirement I was a consultant and investigator for insurance claims departments, working cases all over Colorado (and adjoining states). The short version is that I have spent over a half-century traveling around Colorado.
I have seen lions at least 20 times over the years. Of those only 3 or 4 occurred prior to about 1995, and the rest since then. I actually see a lion about once each year now, and sometimes more frequently depending on my activities.
Mountain lions were considered scarce and sightings were rare until about 20 years ago. Even a fleeting glimpse of a lion seemed to be a once-in-a-lifetime moment. Now they are becoming almost common, and confrontations between lions and humans (as well as pets and livestock) are very real problems in many areas. The big cats are living and hunting in close proximity to human developments and demonstrating much less caution about contact with humans, dogs, vehicle traffic, etc.
Lions are magnificent creatures. I am actually pleased to see the Colorado population doing well. At the same time I can't help having some concern over the frequency of dangerous encounters. Livestock, pets, children, even joggers have been attacked by lions in recent years, frequently near major cities (sometimes inside the city limits). I suspect that competition for territories, combined with increasing lion numbers, has resulted in their movement into the less remote and wild areas and into closer proximity to humans. While in their prime lions will exist almost exclusively on deer, elk, and other game animals. Older animals, and those that have sustained some injury limiting their abilities to hunt effectively, will do what they have to do in order to survive. Sheep, cattle, or horses in fenced enclosures, dogs and cats roaming around, children playing, joggers on trails, all of these might be interesting possibilities for a hungry predator.
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There have been 3 human fatalities as result of lions around here in the last 5 years or so, 2 in NM and one in the Big Bend park in TX. The details on the one in Pinos Altos outside of Silver City was, a guy liked to step out on a rock ledge every morning and shave, he got jumped and killed. Wasn't found for a few days.
The one in the Big Bend, a young boy ran alone ahead of his family a on a asphalt trail right outside a resort hotel and was mauled to death.
Can't find the other one, I may have confused it with this attack in the Taos ski area Man Attacked by Mountain Lion in Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico | Hiker Hell
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Our mountain lion season just ended, and around 60 were taken by hunters. A mature male in our area will weigh in at around 150 pounds. I buy a tag every year, just in case I have one that hangs around and presents a threat to our critters. We have a good white tail population, but sometimes the big cats go after pets or horses. We have both.
While I don't consider them much of a threat, I keep my AR handy in the house, and I carry a handgun when working outside. Last winter, three lions were put down in Keystone, SD, near Mt. Rushmore. A mother lion and her juvenile twins were killing deer in town, and the locals were worried. No humans have been attacked in our area, but I know there have been issues in CO, particularly in the Boulder Canyon area, where runners and bicyclists have been attacked. I would be cautious having little kids stray from my sight, or be left unattended to play in areas where big cats were sighted.
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A number of years ago we had sighting in a city park and the surrounding suburbs. They found tracks and there were some grainy long distance pictures. Nothing came of it.
Now to that I'll add that in 2011 the US Fish and Wildlife Service and other Federal wildlife biologists had declared the eastern cougar to be extinct. These may be a different species, I don't know.
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There were 3 deaths in the 90s here (CO) An 18 year old runner taken and fed on near Idaho Springs,a 10 year old taken on a trail in Rocky Mountain National park and a 4 year old taken from a trail a few miles north of there.There have been many incidents of hikers and mountain bikers being stalked and attacked,especially around the Boulder area.If there are deer,the big cats are around.
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There were 3 deaths in the 90s here (CO) There have been many incidents of hikers and mountain bikers being stalked and attacked,especially around the Boulder area.If there are deer,the big cats are around.
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My son is a college student in Boulder.
I think I've been warning him about the wrong kind of cougar.
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My son is a college student in Boulder.
I think I've been warning him about the wrong kind of cougar.
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That town is full of both :-O
It was a fun place to live :-)
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Man Has Close Encounter With Mountain Lions - YouTube
I always thought they were solitary hunters, it seems strange to see them hunting in a group.
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It is really creepy when one shows up to a predator call. You want the animals you are calling to hunt you, just not one that can take you! My friend bought a tag & did manage to call one up & kill it. Before it died it crawled 5 ft. under a big slab of rock. It took them quite a while before they had the nerve to stick their head in that hole!
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here kitty kitty
Years ago while hunting in north carolina,i observed a black panther cat to my amazement the wildlife warden said the state had reintroduced the cats to keep deer populations in check
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