We have a female cougar settled within five mile of home here in southern Indiana. LIves along the river. When it floods she moves up to high land very close to my home Have seen her twice
I love big cats-but I watch for mountain lion tracks when hiking-don’t want to meet one of those kitties in person...
There is a mountain lion living in the woods below the cliff across the river from the road I live on-I’ve seen the tracks by the river when hiking a few times-my neighbors and I see deer carcasses it has killed and dragged into brush to munch on sometimes, too-they don’t bother livestock out here-they really don’t like to go near humans, and there are plenty of deer, small game to eat-and the occasional loose pet cat or dog belonging to a snowbird in an RV or cabin on the river-who does not realize we have mountain lions here that consider pets take out/fast food...
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