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re: The last (confirmed) fatal mountain lion attack in the US was 13 years ago
Posted on 1/17/17 at 12:55 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Posted on 1/17/17 at 12:55 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I bet I could take one in a fight
Posted on 1/17/17 at 12:56 pm to bmy
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And now they're confirmed in the counties around nashville where I do environmental work in some remote areas
I imagine bear spray would work well against a Puma.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 12:56 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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In the 1990s, there were SIX fatal attacks in America.
More deaths by rogue Bigfoots in that timeframe.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 1:19 pm to el Gaucho
quote:I've seen various pictures at lodges and outfitters in the Santa Fe, NM region. Those cats are huge.
I bet I could take one in a fight
Posted on 1/17/17 at 1:23 pm to 12Pence
That's so sweet how the cougars let the men hug them like that.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 1:31 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
In the mid or late '90s (IIRC), a woman long distance runner was killed was killed along the San Pablo Ridge or Oakland Hills in the SF Bay Area. It was either near dawn or dusk and the victim had a very slight build - 5'-3" and 100# or so. She was on a training run, alone, when a female mountain lion attacked her and killed her.
The mountain lion was hunted down and killed. It was discovered that it had 2 or 3 cubs/kittens/or whatever you call a baby mountain lion. As I recall, $33,000 was raised to take care of the babies. The human victim had two or three kids, but there was no fundraiser for them.
The mountain lion was hunted down and killed. It was discovered that it had 2 or 3 cubs/kittens/or whatever you call a baby mountain lion. As I recall, $33,000 was raised to take care of the babies. The human victim had two or three kids, but there was no fundraiser for them.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 1:36 pm to White Roach
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n the mid or late '90s (IIRC), a woman long distance runner was killed was killed along the San Pablo Ridge or Oakland Hills in the SF Bay Area. It was either near dawn or dusk and the victim had a very slight build - 5'-3" and 100# or so. She was on a training run, alone, when a female mountain lion attacked her and killed her.
The mountain lion was hunted down and killed. It was discovered that it had 2 or 3 cubs/kittens/or whatever you call a baby mountain lion. As I recall, $33,000 was raised to take care of the babies. The human victim had two or three kids, but there was no fundraiser for them.
San Fran gonna San Fran.
That said, it's a mountain lion. That's what they naturally do. Hunt, kill, eat. Much like an alligator, shark, bear, what's the point in tracking it down and killing it?
Posted on 1/17/17 at 1:51 pm to Forkbeard3777
I wasn't involved in the decision making process, but I believe wildlife officials were concerned that a large predator might have found a marathoner easy to hunt than a deer and subsequently pass that lesson down to its offspring.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 2:00 pm to White Roach
In the eighties as a teen I was hunting mule deer in eastern Nevada near the Utah border with some friends. We had about one inch of new snow that we were using to track with. Wound up losing track of a buck when it went over a ridge but coming back the way we came we saw our footprints tracking the deer tracks that then were covered with HUGE mountain lion paw prints. While we were tracking the deer, the cat was tracking us. Left me a bit shaken at the time.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 2:02 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Congrats, you just got some jogger out west mauled in the very near future.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 2:05 pm to WAR TIGER
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Pretty hot, if you ask me..
What? Fanny packs?
Posted on 1/17/17 at 2:07 pm to nvcowboyfan
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In the eighties as a teen I was hunting mule deer in eastern Nevada near the Utah border with some friends. We had about one inch of new snow that we were using to track with. Wound up losing track of a buck when it went over a ridge but coming back the way we came we saw our footprints tracking the deer tracks that then were covered with HUGE mountain lion paw prints. While we were tracking the deer, the cat was tracking us. Left me a bit shaken at the time.
This story, or some version of it, has been told around a campfire at every camp hundreds of times. Makes you wonder how many people have really be stalked and how many are just full of shite.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 2:14 pm to 12Pence
Mountain Lion Facts
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Mountain lions can:
Bound up to 40 feet running
Leap 15 feet up a tree
Climb over a 12 foot fence
Travel many miles at 10 mph
Reach speeds of 50 mph in a sprint
Posted on 1/17/17 at 2:24 pm to bmy
We saw this mountain lion in southern Colorado's Raton Basin CBM natural gas play. We were driving to one of our locations when we spotted a dead elk along the side of that lease road in the picture. We got out of the truck to inspect it and realized it was a natural kill and not a vehicle impact or poaching. As we were standing over the elk, the hunter emerged from the trees, stood on the lease road for a couple of seconds, then continued moving across the road and into the trees downhill. My coworked was quick enough to snap this pic of before it vanished. We quickly got back in the truck to GTFO of there.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 3:04 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Ran into one on a mtn bike ride just east of Seattle on Weirhouser land. It crossed the road just in front of me. It was a youngster and couldn't get away fast enough. A couple weeks later a 350-pounder was killed close by. I don't ride there anymore.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 3:39 pm to Funky Tide 8
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They are very rare to see, no? I was talking to a Grand Canyon Park ranger when we were there and she said that they average one sighting every two years.
Just because you don't see them, doesn't mean they aren't there. Cats are very good at stalking/hiding.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 3:50 pm to ForeverLSU02
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Leap 15 feet up a tree
Climb over a 12 foot fence
If they can jump 15' into a tree, why can't they jump over a 14'fence. Or climb an even taller fence?
Posted on 1/17/17 at 4:58 pm to ColoradoAg03
Nice picture. That's one bad arse cat.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 5:08 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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mountain lion
Hard pass. Never seen one in the wild, but I am positive they have seen me
Posted on 1/17/17 at 5:12 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:I don't believe there has been a documented bigfoot attack. Doesn't mean that I'm still not wary.
The last (confirmed) fatal mountain lion attack in the US was 13 years ago
This post was edited on 1/17/17 at 5:34 pm
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