[faq]

Yes, there is a hunting season for Mountain Lions in the Black Hills. Spring Turkey season opens soon and I'm sure a few hunters will be thinking about this when they go out early in the morning.

[Red6]

Global Warming - Bush’s fault.

[Rick.Donaldson]

I’ve seen several lions around Colorado here, and tracked them all over the place. They eat people if they get the chance. haha

[agooga]

We have a bobcat that trucks through our yard a few times a week and we live in Burbank, CA. Believe it or not we see all kinds of wildlife here as we’re close to the hills: mule deer, hawks, coyotes, owls, raccoons, possums and bobcats.

No mountain lion sightings so far, but it wouldn’t surprise me greatly.

[CottonBall]

Ryan Hughes says he was ice fishing Saturday at Sheridan Lake, and a lion jumped him as he left the ice and stepped into the woods. Hughes says the lion had a fresh kill in its mouth.

This is completely fabricated, IMO. Mountain lions only attack humans if they are very sick or injured and can't get any other prey. They are notorious loners and stay away from humans as much as possible. If this lion just had killed something, there's no way it would even get near this man - unless he was attacking its cubs perhaps.

[DouglasKC]

Wow...I used to fish in that lake when I was stationed out there at Ellsworth AFB....never saw a mountain lion though. Didn’t even consider it!

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

They don’t have these kitties in National Parks, do they? Cuz you can’t carry a loaded gun in a National Park. You just get eaten!

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The cat had a kill in its mouth.

I think the hapless fisherman was walking right towards the den when the mother cat showed up with lunch for its kits.

This also explained why the cat attacked and then just walked away. It wanted to return to its den, and then move its kits far away. If they were already eating meat, they would be able to walk without being carried.

[ZULU]

Sounds like not a real “attack”. Small consolation to the guy who was jumped.

A real “attacK’ is an attempt to kill and eat a human as a prey source. Increasingly common but the victims are usually children, women or small men.

[AFreeBird]

Is this like “Bears $#!t in woods”?

[FormerACLUmember]

Just another mean old jackass fighting with a mountain lion.

[urtax$@work]

M-lion btw. Metro KC and MCI airport on I-29 ran over
about 4yrs ago. Think it was confirmed ‘wild’.

M-lion reported by locals in central Mo. near Jeff City but was disputed by conservation dept until found dead on state highway.

also, black bear in south central Mo. for past few years and now NORTH of Mo. river last year.

[TigersEye]

...and a lion jumped him as he left the ice and stepped into the woods.

It doesn't say what time of day it was but it wouldn't be surprising if it was late afternoon. Lions hunt the edges of woods and use the cover of twilight shadows. A local man was run up a tree by a mountain lion under just those circumstances a few years ago.

[RichInOC]

No! Bad kitty!