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12-09-2009, 05:00 PM
cjbcpa wrote:
A few years ago when I was in Yellowstone I had the privilege of seeing a Mountain Lion. While we were watching a mule deer doe and fawn at dusk a Mountain Lion came out of no where after the fawn, the doe charge the ML and he disappeared into no where. This was in the northern part of the park, that area had nothing more then some small boulders and some sage. I'm telling you that cat disappeared right before my eyes. We told a park ranger about this and filled out a report the following day, he told us of how lucky we were to see this as he has had rangers who work full time in the park for ten years and never saw a ML. I've talked to other officials when I've been out west, they've said while tourists are always worried about bears they really need to be worried about ML's as their the only animal that will track a human. I have a customer of mine who lives in northern NJ, he's a outdoorsmen , he swears he's caught a glimpse of a Lion on he's property at night. Maybe, it escape from somewhere or maybe their really here, there's enough of deer in this state to support a population of ML's that's for sure.
Quote:Over the last few years I've also observed numerous deer move in, then move out, then back in. This transition coincided with a rumored mountain lion sighting that was quickly refuted by our local wild life officer. Conspiracy theory anyone?
CB
A few years ago when I was in Yellowstone I had the privilege of seeing a Mountain Lion. While we were watching a mule deer doe and fawn at dusk a Mountain Lion came out of no where after the fawn, the doe charge the ML and he disappeared into no where. This was in the northern part of the park, that area had nothing more then some small boulders and some sage. I'm telling you that cat disappeared right before my eyes. We told a park ranger about this and filled out a report the following day, he told us of how lucky we were to see this as he has had rangers who work full time in the park for ten years and never saw a ML. I've talked to other officials when I've been out west, they've said while tourists are always worried about bears they really need to be worried about ML's as their the only animal that will track a human. I have a customer of mine who lives in northern NJ, he's a outdoorsmen , he swears he's caught a glimpse of a Lion on he's property at night. Maybe, it escape from somewhere or maybe their really here, there's enough of deer in this state to support a population of ML's that's for sure.
Past RTR member