This is NOT meant to be argumentative, only a question........I understand the desert bighorn population to be thriving now in the Trans Pecos......No?
And, yes, I know lifelong ranchers down in that country who seldom, if ever see a lion, but are 100% sure they are there.
It's much better than it was when the entire first herd they put at Black gap got eaten.
I saw that TPWD estimates 1200 or so. Not too sure about that number though.
