Posted on 09/30/2008 7:43:40 AM PDT by george76
At one point the lions were within about 10 feet of their patio door looking right into their dinning room...
“They were meandering around the house, just lollygagging, not in a hurry at all,” Jan explained. “They just kind of hung out in the yard for a while.”
In July 2007, a colt was attacked by a mountain lion near Silt but later recovered from its injuries. Several other incidents involving mountain lions have occurred in the area, according to Hampton, but there’s definitely been an increase this year.
What frightened Jan about the lions near her home was that they retreated from the house on a hiking trail that she and Bruce frequent. In fact, Bruce had been out the prior evening hiking in the same area. According to Hampton, the evening or early morning hikes being put on hold may be a good idea, because dusk and dawn are the times when mountain lion incidents most often occur. It’s a good idea to bring in the pets during those times as well.
If a person encounters a mountain lion Hampton said they should never try and approach the animal. According to Hampton, people should head in a different direction, slowly back away, and make themself appear as large as possible.
“You don’t want to turn and run,” Hampton said. “That will trigger their attack instinct, and they will chase you. Just back away slowly.”
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Plus the ecos have a big push on for spending our tax dollars on multiple wolf introductions around Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming...
Potential longterm job security for new DOW liberal activists and new taxes for us.
I am just waiting for the big push to reintroduce grizzlies.
People in Colorato need to understand and accept that there are dangerous animals in the woods, and take the appropriate cautions.
When did they stop hunting mountain lions in Colorato? Is this a very recent development?
Good for that guy, he did the right thing and it’s good to see the Montana F&W understand it. Too many states protect predators to the point they lose their fear of man.
Good to know that they aren’t protected. The “protected species” thing was just an assumption on my part. So much for assumptions.
Lions are beautiful and have a place in the eco system. Far away from humans (I bet there is plenty of human uninhabited public land there).
This can be accomplished by letting hunters use hounds, which instills a fear of humans in the lions. It worked before city liberals decided it was cruel and outlawed it in many western states.
Also, I suspect, the plentiful deer, (maybe elk) are helping to propel the lion populations to levels that will cause human/animal conflicts.
We are experiencing this in the southeastern U.S. with coyotes.
Hopefully, the lions will discover a new available food in your area — city liberals.
When we have a lot of human/bear conflicts here where I live, the wildlife commission approves more liberal hunting seasons. Of course our biologists with the WL agency here tend to be hunters, or people exposed to nature. From what I understand, folks out west have to also deal with WL managers who are closet animal rights activists. That wouldn’t go over too well here.
Another problem is there are fewer hunters to keep WL populations in check. That is going to create some MAJOR problems in the future.
Lions are beautiful and have a place in the eco system. Far away from humans (I bet there is plenty of human uninhabited public land there).
This can be accomplished by letting hunters use hounds, which instills a fear of humans in the lions. It worked before city liberals decided it was cruel and outlawed it in many western states.
Also, I suspect, the plentiful deer, (maybe elk) are helping to propel the lion populations to levels that will cause human/animal conflicts.
We are experiencing this in the southeastern U.S. with coyotes.
Hopefully, the lions will discover a new available food in your area — city liberals.
When we have a lot of human/bear conflicts here where I live, the wildlife commission approves more liberal hunting seasons. Of course our biologists with the WL agency here tend to be hunters, or people exposed to nature. From what I understand, folks out west have to also deal with WL managers who are closet animal rights activists. That wouldn’t go over too well here.
Another problem is there are fewer hunters to keep WL populations in check. That is going to create some MAJOR problems in the future.
Dang, posting on FR lately has been so slow I ALWAYS post twice, thinking I haven’t posted my comments.
Sorry for the double post, and hope this doesn’t become another one.
Recently there are lots of new DOW rules and classes to take and fees to pay.
The PETA crowd is also trying to get wolves released all over NM, Colorado, Wyoming...which will give longterm jobs to new activists managing even more rules and fees.
They banned dogs, etc already and deer are clever enough to hide inside the city limits where it is illegal to hunt.
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