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Mountain lions make themselves at home on woman’s porch during repeat visits. [ South Dakota ]
KELO ^ | May 14, 2021 | Ariana Schumacher,

Posted on 05/15/2021 4:22:29 PM PDT by george76

It appears some mountain lions appear quite comfortable at a home in Rapid City, South Dakota.

According to Annie Mueller, who lives at the home, the mountain lions visited at approximately 6 a.m., 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Tuesday, and returned at 7 a.m. on Wednesday.

Security camera video from Tuesday morning even shows one of the cougars checking out Mueller’s front door before climbing up on a bench.

Historically, mountain lions have lived throughout South Dakota, with many located in the Black Hills, according to the state’s Game, Fish and Parks department. Their population declined in the 1900s due to unregulated hunting, and bounties were placed on mountain lions until 1966. They were listed as a threatened species in South Dakota in 1978.

In 2003, mountain lions were removed from the state’s threatened species list and classified as a big game animal, the GF&P said on its website. The first mountain lion hunting season was established in 2005 as an “experimental season” and continues to be implemented as a management tool to keep populations at a desired level.

According to the U.S. Forest Service, an adult male mountain lion’s home range is typically more than 100 square miles, and the female’s is approximately 20 to 60 square miles. An adult male can be more than eight feet long and weigh between 130 to 150 pounds, while the adult female can be seven feet long and weight between 65 to 90 pounds.

Mountain lions can be found wherever deer are present, the U.S. Forest Service said on its website. Usually, their habitat is steep, rocky canyons or mountainous terrain.


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalrights; ar; cougar; cougars; lions; mountainlions; rapidcity; southdakota; wildlife
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To: South Dakota

A Colorado mother fought off a mountain lion that attacked her 5-year-old son.. the boy was playing outside in the (fenced in) yard with his older brother. The woman ran outside, where she saw the animal on top of her son, and dragged the boy away.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-mother-rescues-son-from-mountain-lion-attack/

Colorado man fights off, kills mountain lion during trail run, suffers serious injuries..

https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-man-fights-off-kills-mountain-lion-during-trail-run-suffers-serious-injuries


21 posted on 05/15/2021 5:27:00 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

California man finds huge mountain lion hiding behind washing machine: ‘We could have died’..

https://www.foxnews.com/science/california-man-finds-mountain-lion-hiding-behind-washing-machine-we-could-have-died


22 posted on 05/15/2021 5:30:24 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Ten years ago a mountain lion from SD was hit and killed on a CT highway.


23 posted on 05/15/2021 5:38:28 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: george76

Feel like I saw a movie like that from the 70s


24 posted on 05/15/2021 5:40:47 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans ( )
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To: george76

For years they said the paw prints around here were just big bobcats. Until a cougar was shot about 10 miles away.


25 posted on 05/15/2021 5:42:35 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: george76

Years ago, mother lion and her almost full grown cub came with seven feet of me once in the early morning pre-dawn darkness as I was taking out the trash. They ran away when I slammed the metal trash can lid down. A couple of years ago I found the tracks of a big mountain lion in the snow in my front yard.


26 posted on 05/15/2021 6:26:32 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: george76

Here puss puss.🐆


27 posted on 05/15/2021 6:43:21 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Inyo-Mono

Washington state wildlife biologists have caught and tagged a 197-pound mountain lion .. 1 Dead, 1 Injured in an attack.. Two men were riding road bikes ..

It’s so muscular the first tranquilizer dart shot at it popped out as the cat flexed.

State carnivore research scientist Brian Kertson called the cat a “monster.”

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3656583/posts


28 posted on 05/15/2021 6:51:07 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: GreyHoundSailor

A mountain lion from Sd was killed in Kansas city..many years ago


29 posted on 05/15/2021 6:51:32 PM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism)
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To: george76

Give me the cities where one only has to worry about nasty neighbors, thieves, home invasions,drug crazed psychotics,gang wars, bully dogs who would never attack a human, oppressive taxes and regulations, and lunatic drivers.

A hungry wild animal is SO much more dangerous. (HA!)


30 posted on 05/15/2021 6:59:11 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: Rebelbase

Bobcats are nothing compared with a cottonmouth.


31 posted on 05/15/2021 7:09:39 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Rebelbase

” cottonmouth rattlers,”

That sends shivers up my spine.
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It would me too, since there has never been any such critter observed on planet Earth!


32 posted on 05/16/2021 5:52:15 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (China and Russia are dangerously emboldened by the Biden regime.)
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To: GreyHoundSailor

Ten years ago a mountain lion from SD was hit and killed on a CT highway.
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So it had a SD license plate on it?


33 posted on 05/16/2021 5:55:13 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (China and Russia are dangerously emboldened by the Biden regime.)
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To: South Dakota

A mountain lion from Sd was killed in Kansas city..many years ago
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It’s been said the largest Black Bear ever found in West Virginia had a Pennsylvania ear tag on it. When some Wag said to the local Game Warden, “Wonder how it got way down here in WV?” the GW just smiled and said, “I think it probably just WALKED!” Apparently she had forgotten that PA borders WV!


34 posted on 05/16/2021 6:06:21 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (China and Russia are dangerously emboldened by the Biden regime.)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

No, I believe they found a receipt from a SD Burger King in its belly.


35 posted on 05/16/2021 6:20:25 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: Robert DeLong

Their dinner will come out the front door....


36 posted on 05/16/2021 9:01:49 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: minnesota_bound

Not so fast there, as they might be carrying their .44 or more. 8>)


37 posted on 05/16/2021 11:44:07 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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