Mountain Lion hit by car in Conn was from SD

[JT]

Mountain lion killed in Conn. had walked from S. Dakota - On Deadline - USATODAY.com

 

[kraigwy]

Conn can have them, we in the Black Hills have more then enough. My wife lost a dern good horse to one of those buggers a few years back.

 

[sipowicz]

Thank goodness he had ID on him.

 

[Jst1mr]

I wonder if he traveled in a straight lion....

 

[novalty]

Sounds like a 4 legged Forrest Gump!

 

[sureshotbob]

The state has alway's said there were no mountain lions in Ct. but about 4 years ago one was hit by a car 3 miles from my house by a guy that worked with my wife. A friend of my family had 100 acre's in New Hartford and use to see 1 many years ago regularly he was a hunter so I do believe him.

 

[Steve in Vermont]

I wonder if he traveled in a straight lion....

You just had to say that, didn't you. Thanks, I needed a laugh this afternoon.

 

[joeintexas]

Let's see, South Dakota to Minnesota to Wisconsin then across to Conn. Now there's one cat that could stand to use a gps! Maybe a tomtom.

 

[Engineer1911]

You mean we might get prairie dogs in Georgia.

Now how did the mountain lion cross the Missouri River (SD), Mississippi River (MN) and St Croix River (MN / Wisconsin) border? Was it in a town or one of the interstate bridges? Not arguing, just asking.

 

[ladder13]

Sounds like a 4 legged Forrest Gump!

Yes he does

http://smith-wessonforum.com/lounge/202194-4-legged-forest-gump.html

 

[NKJ nut]

Musta used the bridges

You mean we might get prairie dogs in Georgia.

Now how did the mountain lion cross the Missouri River (SD), Mississippi River (MN) and St Croix River (MN / Wisconsin) border? Was it in a town or one of the interstate bridges? Not arguing, just asking.

He rode a bicycle right across the country. people wouldn't report it for fear of being treated like those who claimed they saw bigfoot

You think I'm Lion?

 

[OK Hog Shooter]

Why did the mountain lion cross the road? He had to; it was on the way to CT.

 

[sipowicz]

I heard PETA is going to trace the lion's route with a candle light walk. It's a long arduous journey on foot but their main problem will be that cars actually braked for the lion...

 

[mtgianni]

Young lions do like to roam. Can we send some of ours?

 

[rchance]

Did he stay at a cathouse at night?

 

[jkc]

They can swim, and apparently don't share the aversion of housecats to getting wet, and apparently routinely swim across AZ's Apache Lake, +/- 1/4 mile or less at many points.

AZ Game & Fish had a radio-telemetry collar on an adult male that traversed more than 100 miles of rugged desert terrain between dusk and dawn. It's not hard to imagine that a well fed and watered healthy lion could trek 1,500 miles through good habitat, and probably pretty quickly at that.

Connecticut and many other eastern states would benefit greatly if mountain lion populations could be established (and /or acknowledged) ---
might hold tree-huggers and PETA member populations in check, and the occasional loss of a child or hiker might change attitudes toward owning and carrying guns.

Just kidding --- recognizing lion populations in the eastern states where their existence is disingenuously denied by wildlife agencies can't help but come to a bad turn, as these animals will almost certainly be treated as "threatened" or "endangered", leading to the imposition of "protective" measures undesirable to hunters, landowners, even state management agencies.

 

[Marshwheeling]

You mean we might get prairie dogs in Georgia.

Now how did the mountain lion cross the Missouri River (SD), Mississippi River (MN) and St Croix River (MN / Wisconsin) border? Was it in a town or one of the interstate bridges? Not arguing, just asking.

That fella came through here (MN, St. Croix Valley). The local paper was wondering the same thing. If he was smart, he would have used the pedestrian walkway on the I94 bridge at Hudson, but the approaches are a little tricky. A better bet is the WI64 bridge in downtown Stillwater, as long as he avoided bar closing time. Of course, he coulda swum. But how did he clear Canadian customs at the Soo?

 

[roundgunner]

He was coming here to meet a lady lion.

The do gooders around here say the only cats here are Bobcats but I know that's bull. Too many people in Hanover have seen them. I have seen some big prints and the biggest bobcat I have ever seen was maybe 60-70 pounds at the most, he wouldn't get on my scale so I'm probably guessing high.

I met a surveyor a couple weeks ago who said he see's them a lot, they come right up to him and he can speak with them telepathically.

He said he was an Indian. I'm Indian but I ain't a nut. I did let him go on and on, I had to wait while my truck got tested for emissions. Makes the do gooders feel good all over.

 

[roarindan]

AZ Game & Fish had a radio-telemetry collar on an adult male that traversed more than 100 miles of rugged desert terrain between dusk and dawn. It's not hard to imagine that a well fed and watered healthy lion could trek 1,500 miles through good habitat, and probably pretty quickly at that.

My calculator says that cat had to make 8.333333 MPH !!! (12 hr day/100 miles) never seen any wild animal move for that long.

 

[redneckemt]

We've got Mt. Lion's in Tenn. Got two things sitting at my Mother-n-laws right now, for when I get to see one. Both shoot, but one goes click the other bang. I've seen the tracks, and have a ton of friends that have seen them.

State Game Wardens don't like to talk about them....