I had an up close meeting with a mt lion last year Sept 23rd while elk hunting in CO, and thought it had to have been 2 different cats. One was really big, and then there was a cat behind us and I couldn't figure out how the one was both places so quickly, but I hadn't heard of adults traveling together either.
They were pretty bold for what was going on, and my cousin, a NM biologist thought that whether it was one or two cats, they must have had a kill really close by.
Yeah, I got to hear the low growl turn to a squawl up close, 20-25 yards. Glad there were two of us there for that encounter.
Thanks again for the pics, you are hunting elk on a different level than we were for sure.
