A mountain lion checks out this patio near
North Swan Road and East Skyline Drive just
after dawn; the resident bagged this close-up.
Posted on 04/13/2008 4:00:41 PM PDT by jazusamo
Predator ping!
Well, that's what I tell my Sierra club buddies, anyway.
LOL! I’ll bet you’re popular with those buddies.
The cat's thinking: “How nice, entertainment before dinner!”
I’m surprised no one has said yet this reminds him of his ex wife.
Don’t know for a fact but I’ve heard ex wives can be more dangerous. :)
The official Fish & Game party line. If it is true that "they're really not a problem for people," then why this:
Game and Fish officials posted signs there warning hikers to be alert due to recent lion activity, Ostergaard said.
Exactly! When predators that size act in that manner there is a problem.
Thanks for the pic, IM. I was thinking of you and almost pinged you, next time I will if you’d like.
I lived in Oracle, off Cody Loop Road with no one behind my house to the top of the Catalinas. I sunk an old bath tub in the back yard and filled it with coarse gravel and water. All kinds of critters came into my yard to water including bobcats, quail, coyotes, javalina, cotamundies, etc. Lots of fun.
Yes, please ping me on any mountain lion or predator story. Thanks!
You bet you’ll draw critters in arid areas by making water available, I guess the word gets around fast.
I call that a taxidermist target of opportunity ... wow he'd lok good as a rug.
He’ll wind up being a rug if he keeps showing up on patio’s or starts eating Fifi the poodle for dinner. :)
I went to let my two miniature poodles out before bed on Friday, March 28, 2008, and was completely shocked at what was in my back yard. I always go out in the yard stomping, making noise, to scare off the “usual” critters; rabbits, raccoons, possums, and particularly skunks, before I let the dogs out.
Friday night, around 9:00 pm, we didn’t have our outside lights on, as we had not been outside since dusk. I opened the garage service door while flipping the switch for the outside lights and there standing by the bird feeder pole in my yard were what I believe to be two, one “very large”, and one smaller, cougars.
The size of the one evoked a “you have to be ******** kidding me” right out of my mouth. They both turned their big round heads and glowing eyes at me for a split second and immediately, almost liquidly, ran the twelve feet to a four foot picket fence and were over it like it wasn’t even there.
Now I’m completely on edge going out with the dogs in the early morning and at night. I have taken to doing a complete search of the yard, trees, rooftop, etc. before I let my dogs out. We live less than a mile from Klein Creek Forest Preserve and the Prairie Path is right down the block. We have had deer and foxes come through our yard from time to time, but this was certainly unexpected and extremely unnerving.
To quantify the sizes: the smaller one looked between 30-40 pounds, 20” shoulder height, the very large one looked pretty beefy in the rear end, and it’s shoulder height around 30”. I only remember the coloring of the big one, it appeared flat greyish.
I don’t know if I should have called the sheriff, they probably would not have come out, and what would they do, anyway.
It’s probably a good idea to report it to the Sheriff or the Fish and Game in case they start having a problem in the area. The Fish and Game will act if pets start disappearing.
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Well, you know chasing them with dogs was so cruel it was outlawed in many western states, so the same people who gave money to the HSUS to help end this cruel practice are probably whining now for someone to do something about them losing their fear of all things human.
Amazing isn’t it?
Illinois likes to pretend that there are no cougars around here. However, there have been several sightings and prints found 30 miles North of where I live, and coincidently on the same night, and a few nights after that.
The police from that town were riding through the town perched in the extendable bucket of the town’s fire truck “looking” for the cat. Yeah, I’m going to call the sheriff.
There is an abundance of deer in the forest preserves, so I don’t think they are prowling around for food.
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