mountain lion watches school kids for hours

LOL, this.

That cat wasn't a 'threat.'

Like I said, if he'd wanted to eat a kid, he certainly would have.

He was just chillin.

These kitties aren't dumb, they know that people are assholes and kill them for pleasure - they tend to stay the hell away from us whenever possible.

And if they are starving to death and try to snag a jogger, you can't really blame them.

I mean, everything's gotta eat.

We (humans) divert all of the water and hunt all of their natural prey and take all of their habitat and then bitch when they have the audacity to exist among us, as if they have a choice.

What the hell??

We don't need more culling of our big cats, we need to respect their habitat and stop human encroachment. Humans are more adaptable to live in areas these cats can't - we need to be the ones moving so that they can coexist, not killing them off for another strip mall or subdivision.

Why is this Country sinking into the ocean ?^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Were doomed man , people don't have common sense God gave a stupid dog

Great , another one headed for the camps

That's because kitties will chase, it's in their DNA.

Like dangling a string in front of them.

And for the people saying that the cats need to be killed off to protect the children, STFU.

How many little kids have been eaten by mountain lions in recent years, despite their large numbers???

None.

Fuck off.

Allot , I'll be back with links

Oh and by the way? Why don't you SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!

I knew the fucking retards were going to pour in here

I attract all kinds

Some peoples kids

[link to www.dfg.ca.gov (secure)]

This is from CA game and fish , relatively low

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Only 20 according to wiki lies

I think they take a lot of dogs, around here anyway they do. One lady called 911 and they saved the greyhound it had taken up into a tree, but the dog lost its leg.

Not a lot.

Try 7 in the last hundred or so years (up to 2007) 3 of which occurred before 1910 and between 1910 and 1985 there were NO known attacks on humans.

More people die from pet dogs than from wild cats.

And we don't hand out hunting tags for pet dogs to protect the children - we put them down as necessary.

There's no reason to cull these cats to protect kids or humans.

Let them be.

So what if they are eating the deer? Fewer hunting tags for people who want to thrill kill??

Too fucking bad.

You children are more likely to be hit by a car than eaten by a cougar.

Calm down.

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Last Edited by Don@ld Trump on 06/16/2014 06:47 PM

You can't blame the cats for poaching a few dogs here and there - it must have been pretty hungry to go for something as scrawny and fast as a greyhound.

I suppose, I hear they eat a lot of raccoons, cant be much meat on them either

Hunt lions , save lions

You calm down tree tard

it's like killing one owl to protect another owl, looks like they both did okay before people came along to "manage" them


In the meantime, you can't cut down trees, so after a few years fire and pine beetles or some other infestation kills them all anyway

You will probably be eaten by a mountain lion

Do you have any secondary schooling in forestry ?

Those are burning down to the ground in droves right now but that's on another thread

Don't be in the woods without ATLEAST a big hunting knife. I'd feel much nicer facing a mountain lyon with a 6 inch blade in my hand.

Any rifle will do , those claws will pull your flesh right off your skull cap

I would never , never , ever want to go hand to hand with a mountain lion

I know people who hunt them with bow and arrow

Not me

yeah, they launch 60 feet, can weigh 250 pounds, hit you on the back of the neck, probably knock your head half off. And they can bring down 1200 pound cows and horses

And Elk , nothing to toy with

I know it's busy , maybe Chip will pin this so we can settle this once and for all

Look at the condition this Country is in from all this " we are the world crap"

Pin it !

This jack ass had his dog on a chain out back , never stood a chance

Once they have easy prey , they will never stop coming back

I know few of you have ever been bitten by a big predator, but you will immediately go into shock, maybe even pass out. Don't think a knife would be my weapon of choice.

No way , not with them

Had this thread saved in a tab earlier & just got around to reading it. But wanted to put this out there so people don't think there's a cougar behind every bush. The actual number of mountain lions in California is around 4000. In researching in the past I have found estimates as high as 5000 but trust the organization at the following link:

[link to www.mountainlion.org]

Plus would like to add that many more people die from dog attacks each year than from mountain lion attacks. And same for snake bites. So your chances of those happening to you are higher than a cougar attack. But that is not to say that they are not dangerous. They do go after children & people jogging/biking.

I've lived in the mountains including Yosemite area (large population of them) most of my life and have been around mountain lions often. We had a ranch in Yosemite area with a female & her 2 babies living on a small hill just above our house. We also had a deer-run across our property and that is why she was there. She didn't once bother our horses or other animals because she had an abundance of her favorite food on our property - deer. We let her be and had no problems.

A healthy adult cougar is focused on deer for food. But the young cougars and the old who don't hunt well any longer do go after easy prey such as your pets. So best to keep them inside at night if you live in an area with cougars. Plus there are many other predators such as fox, raccoon that prey on smaller pets.

And don't recommend biking or jogging through the woods for many reasons & mountain lions is one of them. If your kids are with you keep them close. When walking through woods good idea to look for tracks of what has been before you or what might be behind you. Also look up. Have seen many cougars in the trees.

It's not impossible to live with these beautiful creatures if you use some common sense and precautions.

I never said a knife would be my preferred weapon.

Once my uncle and I were in the woods to go plinking with my new 9mm carbine. My cousin had recently seen a bear in those woods and that came up between us. I said that a 9mm is no bear cartridge. His response reflected the wisdom found among older people.

He said, " It's better than throwing rocks ain't it?"

Look , getting attacked is not the main issue here?

It's the result of what predators do once there numbers are too high !

Wolves pose the same problem , " they decimate the game population "

They literally hunt it out !

Predators must be hunted , I'm sorry everything can't be a Disney movie guys

well as an exotic animal handler/trainer, I'd say the cougar is the easiest to handle. Of course, an animal you raise from birth yourself gives you an advantage but in the big cats, cougar and cheetah take first place.

Bravo , an M-9 is an outstanding weapon by the way

No recoil , and very accurate

My grandmother grew up in the hills of Arkansasway back in the 30s. Her brother was attacked by a bobcat with rabies. It was in his barn loft and jumped on his back. He choked it to death in a struggle for life and death. By then they had a shot for rabies and lived, but received a shit ton of stitches.

My grandmother told of seeing them up in trees ready to pounce on whatever happened along. She said that her daddy pounded it in her head that if she ever heard one scream up close to quickly jump as far as she could because they scream right before they pounce.