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 Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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02/28/11 04:05 PM
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deweyR
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i heard a feller got a picture of a big kitty on his game camera around Spring Branch. hopefully in a week or so i will get to view the pictures on the camera. i will see if i can get them on my computer and put a picture of the kitty up. anyone else heard of any being spotted around that area?
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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02/28/11 04:43 PM
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I have not. But I cant think of any reason as to why there would not be any cats in that area.
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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02/28/11 06:35 PM
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There have been some sightings at Government Canyon State Natural Area. I don't see why there could not be a big cat over to the northeast.
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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02/28/11 06:36 PM
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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02/28/11 06:39 PM
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Did the fellow mention the color of the kitty? Black? 
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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02/28/11 06:40 PM
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That would be awesome if it was a Texas Black cat.
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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02/28/11 07:10 PM
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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02/28/11 07:22 PM
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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02/28/11 07:23 PM
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I have not seen any lions around here but there sure ain't no shortage of cougars.. Ha ha..
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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02/28/11 07:25 PM
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I have not seen any lions around here but there sure ain't no shortage of cougars.. Ha ha..  a cougar hunt
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/01/11 12:06 AM
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There have been some sightings at Government Canyon State Natural Area. I don't see why there could not be a big cat over to the northeast. government canyon is over 8k acres of unspoiled beauty. spring branch is a conglomeration of spec homes and 5 acre lots
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/01/11 12:32 AM
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A There have been some sightings at Government Canyon State Natural Area. I don't see why there could not be a big cat over to the northeast. government canyon is over 8k acres of unspoiled beauty. spring branch is a conglomeration of spec homes and 5 acre lots The pets in those close together homes might make for some easy meals for a couger
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/01/11 12:39 AM
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A There have been some sightings at Government Canyon State Natural Area. I don't see why there could not be a big cat over to the northeast. government canyon is over 8k acres of unspoiled beauty. spring branch is a conglomeration of spec homes and 5 acre lots The pets in those close together homes might make for some easy meals for a couger i've lived in the area for 10 years.....never heard of a cat in the area. the government canyon sighting is confirmed however
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/01/11 01:44 AM
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lol he didnt claim he was black but said was a cougar. when i see the camera i will try to get the picture.
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/01/11 03:34 AM
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A few years back a friend saw one in Iowa Colony, southwest of Houston.
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/02/11 01:04 PM
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11 yrs hunting and ive never seen one.
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/02/11 05:01 PM
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I'd believe a Bobcat or Yotes in that area as I've seen them out my back window in the Jersey Village area.
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/02/11 05:58 PM
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I will eat my hat if this pans out into anything.
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/02/11 07:13 PM
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/03/11 02:43 AM
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If there have been sightings that close I would not be surprised if one is around. I bet people see cats 1 out of 10+ times that they around. They are smart. We had a supposed sighting on our lease in Blanco county, but is seeming to be less and less likely...why people feel the need to BS on things like this is beyond me
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/03/11 03:18 AM
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I'm sure most of you in the San Antonio and Spring Branch area are familiar with Camp Bullis.
I hunted there for around 16 years and as you well know the encroachment of subdivisions has pretty much surrounded the old Army post, but there are documented sightings of mountain lion on Post and especially around the Cibolo Creek area which is on the northern perimiter.
I've sighted two lions in past years and one was near the intersection of Blanco and Borgfeild road just a few hundred yards inside the fence on Bullis, and I wasn't the only one who has seen them.
It's not suprising that people have never seen one even hunting for several years in an area as they are pretty much nocturnal, and I've hunted for over 52 years and have seen a total of two and they were on Camp Bullis during daylight hours, and I've hunted all over the hill country and a large portion of south Texas, that said I've heard them and I've found fresh sign and kills they made but only actually saw them but twice.
So anyone says they've heard reports I have to believe them because I know they are there, or at least were when they were sighted.
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Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/03/11 04:26 AM
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I'm sure most of you in the San Antonio and Spring Branch area are familiar with Camp Bullis.
I hunted there for around 16 years and as you well know the encroachment of subdivisions has pretty much surrounded the old Army post, but there are documented sightings of mountain lion on Post and especially around the Cibolo Creek area which is on the northern perimiter.
I've sighted two lions in past years and one was near the intersection of Blanco and Borgfeild road just a few hundred yards inside the fence on Bullis, and I wasn't the only one who has seen them.
It's not suprising that people have never seen one even hunting for several years in an area as they are pretty much nocturnal, and I've hunted for over 52 years and have seen a total of two and they were on Camp Bullis during daylight hours, and I've hunted all over the hill country and a large portion of south Texas, that said I've heard them and I've found fresh sign and kills they made but only actually saw them but twice.
So anyone says they've heard reports I have to believe them because I know they are there, or at least were when they were sighted. My biology teacher who is supposedly an expert on lions would beg to differ...I approached her on the subject and she said Texas has a struggling population outside of West Texas. I am afraid that I would disagree with her on that. Just because they are rarely seen and even more scarcely shot(mainly because of lack of ability to hunt with dogs compared to more mountainous areas prone to large trees and less brush such as the western states and west Texas) does not mean that they are not there. I personally think they are all over the place, just no one ever sees them and after years of being hunted, they are far more scared of us than we are of them, as are most animals. sorry for ranting, just in the mood and a little buzzed
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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03/03/11 04:46 AM
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if it does i want a picture of you eating that hat. 
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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10/16/11 05:32 PM
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I be dog gone i foregot about this post. lol I did get the picture yall take a look and tell me? lol 
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Re: Any Lions around Spring Branch Tx
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10/16/11 05:37 PM
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Fishhunter now i want to see a picture of you eating your hat. lol
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