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My daughters were out tonite for supper- and as my #1 daughter and her boyfriend were driving back to town they spotted a mountain lion down by the river just as they drove across the bridge...They said when they backed up to get a better look at it- it disappeared into the brush...

Since the site they spotted it at is a favorite fishing spot for the kids- and not even 1/4 mile from town, I thought I better let the F & G boys know..They said they'd had another report not far from there a couple days ago-and the folks that reported it thought it had a collar...

When I called the daughter back to see it it had a collar- she said " I don't know Dad but it was freakin huge and a tail longer than it- Huge, I thought a lion had escaped from the circus"...

I was chuckling as it reminded me of my first encounter when I was about 12 years old and one ran across a clearing about 50 foot in front of me--I think my first words when I got home was " It was Huge with a tail a mile long"...
 
Oldtimer said:
My daughters were out tonite for supper- and as my #1 daughter and her boyfriend were driving back to town they spotted a mountain lion down by the river just as they drove across the bridge...They said when they backed up to get a better look at it- it disappeared into the brush...

Since the site they spotted it at is a favorite fishing spot for the kids- and not even 1/4 mile from town, I thought I better let the F & G boys know..They said they'd had another report not far from there a couple days ago-and the folks that reported it thought it had a collar...

When I called the daughter back to see it it had a collar- she said " I don't know Dad but it was freakin huge and a tail longer than it- Huge, I thought a lion had escaped from the circus"...

I was chuckling as it reminded me of my first encounter when I was about 12 years old and one ran across a clearing about 50 foot in front of me--I think my first words when I got home was " It was Huge with a tail a mile long"...
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That is an interesting "tail." Thanks for not making derogatory remarks about the Bush where the lion made its escape. :wink:
 
Have an antelope bow hunter out. As I was showing him around our place, I suddenly remembered to warn him to be on the look out for lions and wolves. This guy works with FWP and told me he was not aware of any wolves in our area. He said they are being reported in the Little Belt Mountains. No shoot sherlock.
 
gcreekrch said:
Want the loan of my Kitty Getter OT? :P :D
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Might need it :wink: Actually they're all around down here on the river- and since the river runs right around the south and east side of town they get a little close- just don't get to see them much- but I see one every so often on this side of the river....I used to think thats where a lot of the little old ladies in towns "Fifi's" used to disapear to when they lost them...

Daughter called this morning still babbling excitedly about her lion--- I told her if she really wanted excitement that will send a chill down your back and make you wet your britches to be down in the timber when one of them things "scream".... :wink:
 
The goverment needs to make a reserve out of that place and promote repopulation. I am sure the owner of the land won't mind the goverment taking control and letting him pay the taxes on it.
 
Oldtimer
Around the Cypress Hills there have been over 20 taken by rifle, snare and traps. Quite a few when the F&W estimated there to be a population of 7! We also now have wolves around and in the park (probably got sick of all you r-calfers and decided to move home ) :)
 
elwapo said:
Oldtimer
Around the Cypress Hills there have been over 20 taken by rifle, snare and traps. Quite a few when the F&W estimated there to be a population of 7! We also now have wolves around and in the park (probably got sick of all you r-calfers and decided to move home ) :)
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If I remember right-last year there were two killed in Montana- one near Lewistown and the other near Hysham (center part of the state) that they tracked back by the collars or tags to the Black Hills of SD.......They say those young Toms will travel a long ways looking for a new territory...I guess usually a females territory covers about 70-100 miles at the most...
 
This mountain lion talk reminds me of the time I was loosing calves in deep south Texas,finally figgered out it was some sort of big cat that had escaped a mexican traveling circus,good thing i didnt see it,they would be less one circus attraction....................good luck

PS here is another instance.
Mexican woman fights off lion with machete
Aug 7, 2008

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican woman says she fought a 500-pound lion with a machete near the resort city of Acapulco and scared him away.

Celsa Aleman said she and her 7-year-old niece were riding a donkey Monday along a road when the lion went after the animal's legs.

The 35-year-old woman said she found the courage to fight the lion because she thought it would attack her niece.

She said she hit the animal with a machete until the beast ran away and Aleman and her niece were unharmed.

The state government said in a statement that the lion had escaped from a private zoo owned by a former local congressman. It said the animal killed two dogs and ate a pig before it was sedated and taken back to the zoo.
 
Update to the lion story--this article is in todays Billings Gazette...Ironically now they've seen the lion several times around the cementary- which is right next to where my daughter that saw it on the Sixth Ave. Bridge lives :roll: :wink: :lol:

I guess the grandkids were playing in the hills by the cemetary the other day- when the Police came along and ran them out of there because they had gotten a call about a sighting in the cemetary...
Probably a fat cat- living off everyones pooch and kitty they turn out in the morning....

Possible lion sightings investigated
By Gazette News Services

GLASGOW - Multiple, but as yet unconfirmed, reports of mountain lion sightings in and around Glasgow have prompted Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials to ask citizens to keep their eyes open and play it safe.

Several of the most recently reported sightings have been in the vicinity of Glasgow High School and the nearby Highland Cemetery. Other reports over the past month have come from near the Stockman Bar in downtown Glasgow and by the Sixth Avenue bridge just west of town. A report also was received from along the Milk River south of Nashua.

Possible mountain lion sightings in the Fort Peck area were called in during the summer of 2007, but none of those reports were substantiated, said FWP Region 6 Warden Captain Mike Herman.

Because they are large and unpredictable predators, any problems arising from mountain lions frequenting populated areas or places with high recreational use will be quickly addressed by FWP wardens, he said. Herman asked that residents call FWP's Region 6 headquarters in Glasgow at 228-3700 during business hours or local law enforcement after hours and on weekends to report mountain lion sightings.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/09/25/news/state/63-lion.txt
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Is it just me, or does anyone else notice a correlation between population density, and the decline of common sense? The heavier an urban area becomes populated, the more it seems to become laden with these examples of mountains made out of mole hills.

OT, I'm sure your family uses common sense when they know they're in cougar country. If this was more of a hick town, or maybe a few decades earlier, someone would shoot the cat on sight(in town limits or not), then call a warden(maybe), and have the hot topic at coffee row for a month. Nowadays it becomes a crusade for the blind and misinformed.
 

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