Nice Picture, We have a long tail up here in Bandera that's been going between my place and neighbors place. They found a young buck dead the other day with bite mark on neck and butt eaten out.
A large bobcat can kill young deer that size also and start at the butt also. Anyone get any TC pics of the mountain lion yet in your area? There are some areas that have them on a regular basis and others that are more random. Where I grew up in northern Bee County there were 2 killed in the 70's less than 3 miles from our home. There has not been one killed or seen since then. Big ranches in the area are now smaller, more fragmented tracts of land are the norm. In Live Oak county we tracked them on family land yearly from the 60's into the 80's but never saw one. IH-37 was started in the 80's and changed wildlife movement patterns and then fragmentation of ranches started. When I lived in La Salle county I was in the area where lions were radio collared and tracked back in the 90's, so I know they were there. I never saw one or got TC pics of them in my years working or hunting down there. I did see what I thought was sign and confirmed by tracks on the neighboring ranch in the same week though. In all my travels and areas I hunted in Texas, I have yet to see one mountain lion. Where I live now we have reports of them every year being seen in person, but not one has been caught on a TC yet. I think there population has increased and grown into some new areas, while other areas they are no longer around like they were in years past. Still waiting to see one when I have my camera with me.
