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When your plan for dealing with a mountain lion is to call 911, you’re a bit behind the curve. That’s kinda like dry land fishing, but for lions not fish, and your kids and pets are the baitOriginally Posted by DC_P
im strong, i can run faster than train
Autopsy results from prior possible attack indicate it was an attack, not post mortem feeding:
https://apnews.com/article/wildlife-...51375dce326936
But they don't say if it was a lion.
Seems CA is going to continue having more lion issues as the cat population grows. I don't believe they have a lion season any longer do they? No reason for the cats to be fearful of people. Start running, treeing, and shooting a few and they'll be a little more leary of human contact. Of course that would require commonsense management and CA legislates by feelings.
They banned hunting cougars with hounds here in WA awhile back. I think they modified that so certain hunters who get state certs now can hunt with hounds. That's really the only way you can control the population. There's a general hunting season for cougars now but you won't be killing any without hounds unless you want to bait them. I hear trail running works really well.
Last edited by Borderland; 01-27-2021 at 05:02 PM.
In the P-F basket of deplorables.
When I started reading your post my first thought was "Outside of a martini or nice chardonnay, how the hell do you hunt cougars without dogs?"
You don't. Lots of people have no clue. Mostly they see wildlife. I see apex predators. Unless a person hunts they wouldn't understand it. I used to hunt grouse in prime cougar habitat with a dog. I always had concerns that either I or my dog would be attacked. I know they were there because I talked to a local Tar Heel who was (illegally) trapping them. Carry on. I don't belong to PETA.
Last edited by Borderland; 01-27-2021 at 10:06 PM.
In the P-F basket of deplorables.
Could you check small kids out of orphanages to take them trail running?They banned hunting cougars with hounds here in WA awhile back. I think they modified that so certain hunters who get state certs now can hunt with hounds. That's really the only way you can control the population. There's a general hunting season for cougars now but you won't be killing any without hounds unless you want to bait them. I hear trail running works really well.
Asking for a friend.
Estes Park, Colorado: Guy's dog gets attacked by a cougar in his yard and he had to hit it with a stick to save the dog.
Damn. Lucky dog-and dude. Survey stake as an impact weapon wouldn’t be my first choice, but I guess it’s better than a sharp stick? Oh, wait.
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