Thread: a short hike the other day ..

Looks like lion tracks to me. We have more than we need around here. Now protected , they can't even spend tax money counting them. We actually have lion tunnels going under the freeway so they can cross. The last 1 I saw didn't take the tunnel and was run over. About 200 feet from a flat bobcat.
One thing for sure, in most cases IF you see 1, your being hunted. They are very elusive.

10pups they killed one down here for stalking a family. I think it was lat year. I know they are real sneaky.

Yeah the new style of deprivation hunting. The self defense clause. I think they get 1 or 2 a year that way. I had this nice gal telling me she was helping/supporting the law protecting these beautiful cats and she had one in her neighborhood they spotted once in awhile. I told her to go out and pet it :<0)

LOL... Yep. Tell her they make fine pets and they are easy to catch.

Originally Posted by Redcane

LOL... Yep. Tell her they make fine pets and they are easy to catch.

3 years ago the state game warden said IF there is one in OH it is a pet that got loose .. uumm ?? ya ok !!!! I know in southern OH they have been seeing more and more the last couple years !! the bears and bobcats are popping up all over OH now sow why not a little ol kitty cat ??

Wild animal pets are a problem in Ca. Don't ask me how they get them but all kinds of critters get loose. I saw a guy in the mountains going towards a shopping center with a young lion on a leash. He rounded a corner and the lion spotted a lady with a dog. That lion must of dragged that guy 200 feet before it stopped at a car door with 1 scared woman inside.
In my old town of Norco they passed a law saying you had to have a permit to own a rhino. Apparently , yep , somebody had 1 :<0)

If I were you I would keep a gun handy all the time. Pet or not a lion for a neighbor is not a good thing.

Mtn Lion sightings have become very common in my local,our drought is driving them and the deer out of the foothills.
Things are real bad as far as water,we have one year left in our dams

Originally Posted by gooser

3 years ago the state game warden said IF there is one in OH it is a pet that got loose .. uumm ?? ya ok !!!! I know in southern OH they have been seeing more and more the last couple years !! the bears and bobcats are popping up all over OH now sow why not a little ol kitty cat ??

My family still owns land in Lancaster and Adelphi (south of circleville). People are always claiming to see things. I guess bears are becoming more common farther south. Don't know how much truth their is but hey... its possible.

Along the lines of wildlife in places you don't think about...
The only human death by bear attack in the U.S. in 2014 was in New Jersey...
Also the first recorded death by bear in New Jersey...

Student snapped final photo before bear attack in New Jersey | Fox News

Originally Posted by Redcane

My family still owns land in Lancaster and Adelphi (south of circleville). People are always claiming to see things. I guess bears are becoming more common farther south. Don't know how much truth their is but hey... its possible.

we have had one den pretty much where I was at for the last 3 years ( don't know about this last winter) it shut down the roads as it ran through town last spring .. the DNR set up trail cameras in the cave and at the entrance to monitor the situation , they tried to keep it on the down low but we all know how that goes ..lol