Posted on 03/24/2007 6:34:31 PM PDT by george76
Thanks.
I will use your permit.
There was once a thread someone posted who had watched a coyote grab his Yorkie and run into the woods.
I never forgot it.
Yep, mountain lions run around here - rural WA state, one of my neighbors ran a cougar off her back porch. It was eating dog food.
The mountain lions have all the rights, seriously. And there's deer and elk that you can see any time of the day. The anti-hunting wing of the left has made it over-populated, be careful while driving, they're everywhere.
Mountain lion invades neighborhood, kills family's dog
A Boulder family is mourning the loss of their beloved family pet. A mountain lion killed their 2-year-old dog early Friday morning. The attack comes right as Boulder County decided to delay a decision on taking part in a mountain lion behavior study.
Wildlife officials confirm the 80-pound dog was killed and taken off by a mountain lion. Neighbord say they're sad, but not surprised...
http://cw2.trb.com/news/kwgn-lion-kills-dog,0,5011631.story?coll=kwgn-home-2
Amazing, I was getting ready (within minutes) to post this and ping you.
I picked it up off of www.theoutdoorpressroom.com
I was on the tractor at my in-laws doing some mowing, and saw a Mountain Lion crossing the field about 100 yards up. I didn't elieve it until I talked with some locals who had also seen some.
This is in Iowa.
There are rumors that the DNR is bringing them in to control the deer population and keeping it under wraps. One local farmer said he shot one, and it had a tracking collar.
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Please post it yourself then ping me.
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I have a small Yorkie and do not let him outside day or night alone. I also stay near him as we have huge hawks that have carried away small cats and dogs in this area.
There have been 2 small dogs carried off recently in our city!
Actually, they shoot them with rubber bullets, use offensive noise, etc to keep them away. I offered to lend them my teenagers, but no go.
When hiking I carry a large walking stick. When worried in grizzly country I also carry a large can of pepper spray with a rapid release that is designed for bear. Have talked with pros who have backed a grizzly off a carcass with one (NOT INTENTIONALLY, but bad situations happen)
Have never had a problem hiking all over the mountains. The trick is to know wildlife patterns, check with the local ranger about activity in the area, etc. When hiking, MAKE NOISE (not hard with teenagers along) so you don't sneak up on something.
We have several cougars/mountain lion that live on the bluff in back of our house. as long as you don't have a small yappy dog, they are not a problem, and I worry more about the rattle snakes than the cats when the kids go up on the bluff. Rules are to carry a big stick and make noise. If you come on a cat, (which is highly unlikely, they usually beat feet when humans are around) make yourself look large, throw rocks, etc. Small children should be up on adults shoulders to make the adult look bigger and keep kids off the ground.
When you come across a bear, back slowly away, do not challenge it. And do not call you friends, run up the trail and surround the bear as I have seen done on many occasions. Too bad they kill the bear when it eats people behaving stupidly.
All it takes is a little knowledge and common sense to hike safely in the wilds -- which the bluffs and foothills surrounding the suburbs are, whether people realize it or not.
Three years ago a poacher shot a collared bear in the forest and cut off the collar and threw it off the road and on to our property as he drove by.
We had no idea what was going on, but a red fixed-wing plane circled our house for three days and then one day the doorbell rang and it was DOW.
They had tracked the ping from the collar to our property and wanted permission to search for the bear.
They found the collar and then came back and asked "why" we shot the bear!
I think the fine is something like $10,000 for shooting a collared animal.
I'm guessing a large hammer likely took care of the tracking problem. The DNR won't admit that they're bringing them in, either.
I also was told (for what it's worth) by one of the old boys that he came upon a DNR truck on a country road near his place with two agents and an empty cage in the back. He asked what they were up to, and he was told to mind his own business.
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