'This state ain't big enough for the both of us.'
A young male mountain lion was spotted in a tree by a farmer. That was historic. No mountain lion had been seen in Kentucky since before the Civil War. Over 150 years ago.
The farmer called Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. An officer responded and decided it would be best to dispatch the animal, so he shot it. Dead. Out of the tree.
It was a healthy young male.
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Officer Clem.
Skeeter.
Looks like a painter in that there tree, Officer Clem.
Yep, Skeeter, looks like a painter.
My great-great-great-great grandpaw Zeke done shot one near the old Parkswell scuppernong vines in the summer of ’49, before the Late Unpleasantry. The family done et it.
Et it?
Yep. Waste not, want not. Said it tasted like possum.
Ya don’t say.
Yep.
Reckon I oughta 'spatch him.
Yep.
BANG!
Thud.
How’s the wife and young-uns?
Jes fine, Officer Clem.
Little Skeeter’s a fine fullback. He still dating that youngest Johnson girl?
Yes, sir.
Well, you tell him I said he better not let her go. She comes from a fine family and she makes a good blueberry pie. I et a slice a hers at the county fair last summer. And looks ain’t everything, God bless her. That good eye’s awful purty.
I’ll tell him, but he’s dumber than a barrel of hammers.
Apple don’t fall far, Skeeter. Say, I have three rounds left. You got any dogs around here?
No sir, Officer. You sure that painter's dead?
Either that, or he's pining for the Licking.
Yep. Say, you wanna join us for supper? We’d be honored.
[Eyeing dead mountain lion] I reckon I might, Skeeter. That Becky of your’n makes a fine mess ‘o vittles.
If i lived in Kentucky, and if i saw a mountain lion, and if i shot that lion — i bet a wildlife official would screw me six ways to sunday.
'This state ain't big enough for the both of us.'
Wonderful. Just wonderful.
Yep, that’s the redneck solution to any animal in a tree.
I'm from the GOVERNMENT and I'm here to HELP..................How about some healthcare?...........
125 lbs...
I’d hate for that thing to hit me at 35-40 mph...with claws extended.
Is the sneering, condescending trashing of rural American males really necessary?
I read someplace that only one person has ever been recorded as killed by a Mountain Lion. They should of let it live.
Mountain Lions are all over New Mexico. I saw one outside of Tatum. There are plenty of antelope for them to munch on. They (mountain lions) reappeared as the area depopulated. Imagine getting in a scrape with one of them. A 8 lb. kittycat can scratch you up pretty good - imagine what a 100+ lb cat could do. :)
Kill off the cougars before the feral government moves the timber wolves in.
Shameful. I hope animal rights folks in KY will get busy.
My wife and I saw a mountain lion in Connecticut two years ago. There were other reports that weekend from nearby areas.
A mountain lion tagged in south central Colorado less than a year later was found in a game preserve area along the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska. Their range is impressive.
Typical Southern male attitude, they see a cougar in their area, and the first thought that pops into their mind is to nail the thing.
Not an Ashley Judd ping?
“Say, I have three rounds left. You got any dogs around here?”
Why did you have to spoil a very funny post?
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I might have seen that movie or something... lol
Here in SoCal the mountain lions mostly eat mountain bikers.
Cougars, that’s a whole different ballgame.