My husband's aunt, who lives in Colorado, and raises Alpines, has some of her goats belled to help keep the cougars away. She lost a few to a bear a few years back. Other people lost some livestock, as well.
That is so cool. Nice capture!
I also would absolutely hate to kill a cougar. Interesting though, the main reason I started carrying a fairly large caliber handgun years ago while hiking was because I had been stalked by a cougar twice in one year. The third time it happened, being appropriately armed (.357 S&W J Frame) I was confident and comfortable enough to act normally and not like prey. We sat down and had lunch until it got bored and wandered off.
We have had cougar issues in Oregon ever since our genius voting population mandated that cougars could no longer be hunted using dogs. Its been a mess ever since. Exploding cougar population. Diminishing elk herd. Cougar intrusion into pre-existing populated areas.
The real rub is that they actually have to pay professional hunters to keep the cougar population down as apposed to deriving revenue from hunting enthusiasts who would pay for the privilege to do the same thing.
Funny thing is that most wild animals don't raise my hackles. Well excepting say moose or brown bears. But big cats are so darn hard to read.....
I was amazed at how calm she was through the whole ordeal, even when I was talking to her, I asked her what the heck she was doing in our yard. The tree she was in is just across the pond.
Never once did she pin her ears or flatten her whiskers, show her teeth or growl at us.
She really wasn't very far up the tree either, I could almost touch the end of her tail.
Dot and Chuck were both pretty smart around her, they were at no time trying to jump at her they just circled under the tree and barked at her.
Yep, mountain lions are truly majestic. I'm just not a big fan of how silent and strong they are as a predator. Makes it hard to keep livestock or pets in an area with 'em.
I showed Alan these pics and he said, "I saw one on our road". I said, "No you didn't. You saw a Bobcat". He said, "They are the same thing". I had to slap him around a bit. I explained the difference to him and I think he still thinks they are the same kind of cat.
and after a good slapping he still thinks they are the same...
I say....slap him harder.
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