Thread: a short hike the other day ..

Originally Posted by RoobtheLoob

Those definitely look like lion prints. I had a friend (fairly reputable source) claim that he was chased by a lion on his mountain bike in northern California.

Makes you wonder where the lion got the bike from. Wonder if he was also wearing lycra?

Originally Posted by UKRob

Makes you wonder where the lion got the bike from. Wonder if he was also wearing lycra?

I'm fairly certain the animal wasn't even wearing a helmet... Some people just don't understand safety.

The DNR used to say that we didn't have any mountain lions near me also until they got quite a few photos and videos of them after people complaining because they were coming into town and going into backyards when kids were playing. They also decided to place some rattlesnakes in the area also to kill off the some of the turkey population instead of issuing more turkey tags and the snakes aren't even going after the turkeys. Reminds me when they brought in beetles to kill off the tent caterpillars, which worked, but then they brought in some cranes to eat the beetles and the cranes eat everything but the beetles.

Originally Posted by JSmith1983

The DNR used to say that we didn't have any mountain lions near me also until they got quite a few photos and videos of them after people complaining because they were coming into town and going into backyards when kids were playing. They also decided to place some rattlesnakes in the area also to kill off the some of the turkey population instead of issuing more turkey tags and the snakes aren't even going after the turkeys. Reminds me when they brought in beetles to kill off the tent caterpillars, which worked, but then they brought in some cranes to eat the beetles and the cranes eat everything but the beetles.

that sounds like the coyote saga .. the activist say the state released them to lesson the deer population , and some DNR guys will say the activist reintroduced them to lesson the deer population so hunters will not have anything to shoot .. but now there eating more cats and poodles then deer so no one wants to except responsibility ..lol

Mountain Lions/Cougars are on the endangered list in Ontario but that hasn't stopped occasional sightings of them around here. The white tailed deer are really growing in numbers here so mountain lions may be making a comeback with more food available. I don't recall any incidents here with them, not like in BC. All the same, not an animal you want to tangle with.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Mountain Lions/Cougars are on the endangered list in Ontario but that hasn't stopped occasional sightings of them around here. The white tailed deer are really growing in numbers here so mountain lions may be making a comeback with more food available. I don't recall any incidents here with them, not like in BC. All the same, not an animal you want to tangle with.

Bob

in the small town I live in we were on average 43 deer-car incidents a couple years ago , and most city's now allow bowhunting in city limits as well as a few cities hiring companies to come in and kill a certain amount so there is no lack of food source ..lol , we had a disease 2 yrs ago that wiped out a good number in certain areas but the numbers are way back up already .. between them and the turkeys the menu is plentiful ..

apparently the red wolf is starting to breed with coyotes and working there way north from the southern states ...

Originally Posted by gooser

in the small town I live in we were on average 43 deer-car incidents a couple years ago , and most city's now allow bowhunting in city limits as well as a few cities hiring companies to come in and kill a certain amount so there is no lack of food source ..lol , we had a disease 2 yrs ago that wiped out a good number in certain areas but the numbers are way back up already .. between them and the turkeys the menu is plentiful ..

apparently the red wolf is starting to breed with coyotes and working there way north from the southern states ...

Yup, they resorted to a bow hunt within the city limits here too. Unfortunately as the deer move in the moose move out and some moose die from the brain worm parasite picked up from the deer. A growing deer population also bring increasing wolf numbers which are also no good for the moose. If you have ever seen vids of a moose dying from brain worm it ain't pretty.

Bob