Mountain Lion in my Yard

I don't really have a yard, just a carveout. I just couldn't figure out how to put "A mountain lion and/or her cub made kills two nights in a row within thirty to forty yards of the house the two nights before last." into a thread title.

My neighbor told me about the first one and I heard the second one but couldn't pinpoint it. I'm in a canyon and sound distorts, but these were close.

Big cats aren't unusual here. The fires two years ago moved a bunch of the survivors to better food sources and lots of people keep livestock, not to mention that the deer have started to come back.

Anyway I just wanted to to say something since it applies to living in nature.

Enjoy the weekend.

 

Yup.. Have lived with them for years. By the way, they are right tasty!

 

Open season on them here.

 

They're legal to shoot here AFAIK but you have to see them first. They're elusive.

 

Of course they are the kings animals here so to do it legally you have to have a hunting license, tag and do it during season, but most of us country people live by the 3 S's.

Had one just outside the front yard about a month ago so a little leary now since we have a small dog.

 

All 40 bales in the hay storage lot. Completed today.




This is what was left at 1200 to move from delivery point to storage lot.

This Yellow Jacket nest was full when I found it last night at quitting time, just a few inches from my right ankle behind the wheel well!


This is the old pressure tank with the Submarine damage control type repair using BAND-IT Kit and home made patch till I could get the parts and supplies and mock up the new install




New Tank, whole house filter and the Unistrute bolted to the wall and used to support the 1 inch PVC pipe to the Manifold.
Water softener is now in place but not in this picture. Working in a small dome is not the easiest thing I have completed due to the wall layout. Controls stand is yet to come but all things in their time.

 

100K fine for shooting a big cat here or you better have claw marks on you're butt and they need to be deeep claw marks....
3S's always works for some?

 

Remember to float any collar found down the river on a piece of wood, before the shovel part

 

The three S method is best or so I heard once. I remember it was on a canoe trip where we lost our guns.

 

Had a cat in the front yard yesterday morning just before light. Thinking it's the same one that I posted about above or the mate of it since they are territorial and I don't think we have multiple cats here.
We have sensors on the outside of the house for 2 legged varmints, they get set off by deer and you have to go outside and scare them off. Was kind of shocking to have a cat out there instead of the deer. Hate to see what's next since we also have bear and wolves here.

 

If shit /=bear , dog smells piss and will not go there /= cat , use a quiet pellet with grains and 850fps brick .
It's coming back & watching ,, I live there.
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Are you spam ????

 

Looks to be spam and sales only. Life won't be too long here once a mod gets awake.

 

In a mountain lion thread? Spam. Buh Bye.

 

technically you are in the cats yard not the other way around. You moved to the country or where it lived. That said best thing is a dog. That or have the DNR guys set up and trap or tranquilize it and move it somewhere else. I had one DNR Department of Natural Resources ranger sit for two days in my yard to catch an alligator and remove it to another lake miles away one time.

 

I wish the wildlife around here long, healthy lives, even the predators.
I live here because live and let live is my philosophy. I chose to live in nature and I tread as lightly as I can.

That said, it seems a couple of cats are here right now. Likely the same ones again.

I don't have livestock to defend so they get a free pass.

 

I've heard they taste pretty good?

 

I dunno, I'll stick to beef and venison.