We are now allowed to hunt mountain lions here in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Nine taken so far in the past couple of weeks. Last winter, one took our kitty off our back deck. We saw it happen. Several neighbors lost small dogs around the same time. Another neighbor lost all the koi out of his pond. They are becoming a big problem around here.
shoot, shovel and shut up...
That's the good news.
The bad news is that all but one (maybe two) were females, pointing to an early season closure with only 1/2 the quota of 35 harvested.
These guys need to get cracking on taking out some males.
One of our neighbors lost a dog in their backyard to a lion.
The folks were sitting in lawn chairs as the lion ran thru the yard and the lion caught the dog.
No kids yet.