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There is NOT a squirrel in the tree!

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#1 ·
Yes Dot, we can see that it is NOT a squirrel.....

what is this girl going to tree next?

last year... 2 bear, a raccoon, many squirrels, rats and ravens too..

so far this year......... one freakin' big COUGAR!







from the looks of her belly, I think she is pregnant.


her tail. :)


it was hard dragging the dogs off so I could get a couple of photos.

had to fire a couple of shots off at the tree to spook her off, so hope she will not be hanging around.

when she jumped out of the tree you could see how big she really is....

in all my years living in the bush, that is the closest I have ever been to a cougar, and only the 4th. one I have ever seen.

was a bit spooky when she was staring me right in the eyeball.
 
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yah that is sorta what I said too. :)

a bit concerned though as Bean is due to kid in about 4 days.

I would hate to have to shoot the cougar,, but if she decides to stick around and cause trouble, it may have to be done.

so lets hope she is just passing through.
 
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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.
 
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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.....

John
Portland
 
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She definitely is a beautiful animal.

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.

Was a very cool encounter for sure.

God I love the bush. :)
 
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