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Mysterious mountain lion killed in Connecticut
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| 6-12-2011
| By Lauren Keiper
Posted on 06/12/2011 1:12:01 PM PDT by Islander7
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To: Islander7
Many years ago - about 25 years, in fact - I saw a mountain lion stalking through the grass along the California coast near Point Reyes. Naturally, I was called a lunatic, I was told nobody sane had seen one since 1920, etc., etc.
About 10 years ago, the authorities came out and said, yes, there were mountain lions there, and in fact, there were a lot of them.
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:20:45 PM PDT
by
livius
To: txhurl
“Wilson said mountain lions like to hunt in the shadows and it would be a very remote chance to encounter the cat.”
Yeah, unless it thinks you’re dinner.
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:22:52 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down!)
To: Islander7
The only Cougar proven to have traveled 200 miles in one day.
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:24:15 PM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
To: Islander7
Until it can be determined if there are more mountain lions in the area, all land development that Obama hasn't already stopped will have to cease.
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:31:19 PM PDT
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: Islander7
The 140-pound mountain lion was hit by a small SUV on a highway in Milford, Connecticut, early Saturday morning, and died from its injuries.Shame on that nasty SUV. Prolly killed the last of the species. That SUV needs to be locked up.
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:35:50 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Think you know hardship? Ha! Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
To: Erik Latranyi
Officials have proclaimed all those sightings to be mistakes.
Yep. Even the one the Amish farmer shot a couple of years ago with the ear tag. Have found tracks in the snow at my house. We heard the scream of one last August. They are here and I bet the PA Game Commission introduced them.
For better or worse, our deer population is way down.
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:38:39 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(SP/AW12: Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
To: Islander7; Slings and Arrows
PING this one over to Slings And Arrows!:)=^..^=
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:38:49 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
“The Smothers Brothers”
When they weren’t fronting for the CPUSA, they did some pretty funny stuff (their father Maj. Smothers US Army died in WWII a prisoner of the Japanese).
IIRC, Tommie and Dickie were arguing whether mountain lions should be called cougars or pumas. In the same sketch they disagreed over the pronunciation of “crevasse”. The backdrop was the folk tune “Boil that cabbage down” and mountain lions stalking miners in Colorado.
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:39:18 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("Deport Muslims. Nuke Mecca. Death to Islam. Freedom for mankind.")
To: Islander7
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:39:32 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: Islander7
Mrs BN saw one in Western NC about 15 years ago.
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:41:26 PM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
(For those who have fought for it, Life bears a savor the protected will never know.)
To: Islander7
Once when I was a pre-teen and out hiking, I had a close encounter with a black footed ferret...which was officially extinct at the time. A few decades later, they were re-discovered and upgraded from extinct to endangered.
A friend of mine spotted the endangered wolverine a few years ago in an area where it’s said that none officially exist.
Recently local ranchers have lost livestock to wolves where the Fish and Wildlife Dept says there are no wolves.
It happens.
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:44:36 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Where the Welfare State is on the march, the Police State is not far behind)
To: elcid1970
“Tommie and Dickie were arguing whether mountain lions should be called cougars or pumas. “
Eggs Ackley! You win the prize. When I was young, they used to crack me up!
To: Islander7
Do stories like these kinda make you cross your fingers and pray for the development cheaper, reduced recoil, big bore guns and ammo? Elephant guns were only for the incredibly wealthy a hundred years ago, now CZ makes decent ones under 2K. Not really needed for cougars, but whenever dangerous critters are brought up and you may only have the ability to get off one shot...
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:52:34 PM PDT
by
nerdwithagun
(I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
To: PA Engineer
My son and his wife heard one in the Shenandoah Valley of VA last Fall. He said it was eerie sounding.
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:53:29 PM PDT
by
kalee
(The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
To: REDWOOD99
You have a 70 pound cat???
What did you feed it? Or inject it with?
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:55:26 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(2008 was about words; 2012 will be about numbers)
To: PA Engineer
Once the easily captured deer wise up and flee into the suburbs, panthers will follow. But they will be rightly distracted by slower-moving snacks, namely pets and children.
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posted on
06/12/2011 2:55:40 PM PDT
by
txhurl
(Did you want to talk or fish?)
To: nerdwithagun
cheaper, reduced recoil, big bore guns and ammoI think you're describing a 12 gauge slug gun. Fine at close range on soft skinned game. Stuff like elephants, rhinos, and cape buffalo, I'd still want a .416 Rigby with solids.
To: ElkGroveDan
That is freaking hilarious.
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posted on
06/12/2011 3:08:21 PM PDT
by
onona
(I play hockey)
To: okie01
The WB Sylvester cartoon comes to mind when Spike the Bulldog, instead of going up against Sylvester the housecat, meets a cougar escaped from the zoo. Poor Spike is paralyized:
"Buh-buh-b-b-b-b-b-buh big CAT!"
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posted on
06/12/2011 3:15:06 PM PDT
by
Finny
("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
To: Tijeras_Slim
I know, I love my Mossberg 835! There is some really nifty large game killer ammo out there. Even for a smoothbore, there is Dixie triball. I just can’t help but think what gun innovations will be out in the next 50-100 years.
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posted on
06/12/2011 3:17:17 PM PDT
by
nerdwithagun
(I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
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