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Yeah, I know that area well and there have been mountain lions there for a LONG time.
Of course, they are saying it's "unclear what attacked the man", so they will spin it as a bobcat.
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I can hear it now - large rabid house cat attacked a man.. Mountain lion? No, none around here - trust us..
Speak softly and use a big bore...
Where's El Cid when we need him...
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I doubt they'll admit it, that will cause too many problems.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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I had one in my driveway a few days ago...
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ODWC did the same here until one was killed on the road within 40 miles of OKC and the news got ahold of the story. Then they had to admit that Yes there's a population of cats running around, but probably just a few... yeah right...
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James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.
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a good friend of mine who is a professional wildlife photographer took a picture of one climbing down a tree on the mountain near me a few months back. clearly a mountain lion and the vdgif still said it was a bobcat.
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Gunsmith in No Wilkesboro, NC has a game cam picture of a cougar that would do some serious damage to whatever it ran into.
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What's up with those G&F people. Back in ND, people would claim to see one now and and again. They would report it to G&F. G&F would scoff at the idea of big cats running loose on the prairie.
Then after a couple got shot. G&F come up with a season on them real fast. A lot of people claimed that G&F helped introduce them to the state to controll the at the time out of control deer population.
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There in one (at least) in Floyd, VA where I deer hunt, but not worth the drama to convince VDGIF... and them mucking about with their 'ologists on private land.
I don't need there "help" and they don't need mine... so don't molest my hunt is best.
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If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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I know for sure that Virginia had one Mountain Lion, because when I was a teen back in the 60's I saw one while deer hunting at Love Lady Gap in Lee County. I watched it for more than 15 min's and if i had a rifle i would have shot it but i was carrying a single barrel shotgun loaded with a slug which it was just out of range of. No one believed me but i know what i saw.
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Eastern Cougars have been considered endangered/extinct in many states. There are several sub-species of "cougar", so just because one is occasionally sighted doesn't mean it belongs to the group that is extinct, or that there is a breeding population in the area. Most are imported "Western" cougars. A consensus exists among wildlife officials in 21 eastern states that the eastern cougar subspecies has been extirpated from eastern United States.
One shot, one kill........ It saves a lot of ammo!
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I watched a mountain lion cross a pasture about 200 yards from me while I was deer hunting in Grayson Co. VA along the NC border in 1993. An impressive critter for sure.
I have also found mountain lion tracks in that same area since.
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Pretty rare for a lion to fugg with people. That was one unlucky dude!
Ton of them out here. Amazing creatures.
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Good Lord, how many times do you have to shoot a mountain lion to kill it? Three .12 gauges firing multiple times and then a rapid burst from a handgun. Mountain lions aren't that tough. My guess is these officers aren't hunters.
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bea175 if that dog every has a litter, I would love to get one of the puppies. Awesome dog!
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