Last winter there was a horse killed by what was suspected to be a cougar, only 30 miles from my farm and my horses. This happened in south central WI. A second horse in that herd was wounded but lived. This happened in rural Watertown, WI.
I didn’t realize a cougar could take down a full grown horse. Any chance the cat might actually be a jaguar? There are supposedly still a few left in the wild in the US.
I live in North GA. and I always go armed whenever I am in the mountains.
Mountain lions can reach 300 lbs, very rare but does happen, normal male reaches about 150 lbs.
So why didn't she just whack the mook? Ah, fuggedaboutit!
Be careful out there!
I saw a video on Youtube once where a Cougar came upon some campers out West somewhere and their pack mule attacked it and stomped it to death. The whole incident was caught on tape!
The government claims they do not exist in the NC mountains. That is crap. They do. If you ever hear one you’ll know why they are called ghost cats. Its a horrifying noise. We had one the other year. I never saw it but only heard it. Others saw it. Thankfully one neighbor was good enough to shoot it.