Who has seen a mountain lion, much less a black one, in the wild, what county, and what was the situation that you saw the cat under? Were you deer hunting, calling, crossed the road in front of you while you were driving, etc.?

I saw one once while deer hunting North of Laredo. I was in a blind over looking a wide opening, late afternoon I believe. He was about 100 yards from me skirting the brush with a slow deliberate, non-stop walk. It took me a bit to figure out what it was. I felt like it was a really cool sighting that I still have a vivid memory of today. When I got back to camp & was talking about it, some were quick to chide me because I didn't shoot it. I didn't see the point. Two days later another hunter shot him (I'm pretty sure it must of been the same one) & big cat weighed 150+ lbs, if memory serves me. He was not black but sandy brown color. I have a picture of hunter & cat somewhere.

A few, driving, hunting, treed, horse back while working

I have
They're out there despite the naysayers.
Yes, I know the difference between bobcats and the long tail big cats

4.5 in CO, called one in, One while MD hunting, one treed by dog in front yard, one horse back while working(had kitten)
2 in NM one horse back while gathering cattle, other elk hunting(now I buy the 2 tags every year)
3 while hauling cattle from dale barns at night in TX driving Earth, Concho, San Saba
1 Laredo crossing sendero

a few Im sure I forgotten.

- 1 crossed the road in the Ozark National Forest, 1980s
- 1 out in western Wyoming crossed the highway, 2004 to 2005
- 1 in Montague county on a turkey lease, it was laying in a ranch road and I walked up on it probably 50-75 feet away. It got up pretty quickly and hopped over a fence, 2006

Seems like there is one more but I can't quite remember where and when.

Their long tails were very distinct.

I've seen 2 that I absolutely identified (not black, just normal brown lions). A couple possible sightings while predator calling south Texas, but I cannot confirm them.

The 2 verified were in Williamson County, north of Georgetown, driving up Ronald Reagan BLVD. along the San Gabriel River in the morning. Watched 2 run across an open, cut hay field at about mach 3. Those suckers were fast coming off the river, but the field was big, and I watched them for a solid 10 seconds in open country. Very easy to tell what I was looking at. This was before they built 600 houses out that way and it was still pretty wild country.

I've seen two that I was certain of. One cat that was laying on a hay bail on the tree line in Nacogdoches county. Hauled a$$ into a field pig hunting and spot lighted him before he hopped down and disappeared. Other was in Callahan county on a buddies ranch off 36. Was driving a road that ran parallel with a thick creek bottom to get to the blind. Saw the cat run across the road and scale the hillside before disappearing. That one was a big cat. Needless to say I did not hunt that blind that evening.

We were building fence in SW Throckmorton County and there was one sitting on a nearby hill watching us. We just kept working and he eventually went somewhere else.

Comanche County young mountain lion crossed about 60-70 yards in front of me while I was driving on CR 113.

I have seen 2 in Montague County, a few years apart, the 2nd being with Pig Popper 3 or 4 years ago. The first I actually watched for 30 minutes or so do some basic grooming, all through my rifle scope, but had no shot as it was on the neighbor's property. The other took off pretty quick after being spotted.

I *think* I saw one and I'm pretty certain I found fresh scat and a den. This was on a Black Bear hunt in Idaho. I had tags for Black Bear, Mountain Lion, and Gray Wolf. Anyway, so I re-positioned from that den and set up shop for hours hoping it would come back. Nothing.

My friend showed me a picture of one behind his house in Travis county

Have found tracks here on the ranch in Breckenridge, and a few of their kills, but never saw one.

Saw my first about 30 years ago, juvenile crossed the CR in front of me the stopped and rolled under a buck and rail fence then casually walked off, Wyoming.
Spouse went on a mt lion hunt a few years later near Dubois and got a nice female.
I went on a mt lion hunt a couple of years later in Colorado, guy did some nuisance lion work near a housing addition in the mountains, we jumped a nice female again and I took her. He said he had tracks on folks front porches and they were freaked out.

Several year ago we both saw a decent sized mt lion on the family place in Cooke County, might be same time frame as the Montague Co sightings. We 1st found tracks in a skiff of snow then saw the cat the next day, right on the Red.

Couple of years ago we took one on the ranch we work for up here, jumped it along the creek -we think it had a kill nearby.
We get tracks around the meadows this time of the year every year, hoping we don't trap one.
Neighbor sent us trail cam pics he got this spring of a female and young next door to the ranch.

Driving back from a hunt in South Texas years ago spouse thought he saw something odd dead by the road in OK panhandle so he stopped, it was a dead mt lion right on 287. I reported it to their game depart.

Two in young co driving in the early morning on the ranch

Near Godlett, Texas (Hwy 287) on the way to Wellington to hunt. 8 a.m. going over bridge saw one near water.

This was 15 years ago.

Yes I have, called up three others, all in the dark. I have see two others when driving on a ranch or down the highway.
This is a frame from the video that we aired on CARNIVORETV show. This lion was there for over 5 1/2 minutes, it could not get enough of the ultrasonic sounds of the FREQ.
I have seen several others in trees over my hounds.
Adios,
Gary

Seen tracks on my old lease in Murray but never one in the wild.

Starr County - crossed a sendero where I was sitting. +/- 2005

have seen 3 in northern Burnet county, NE side of lake Buchanan in the south Morgan creek area back in the mid 1960s with one being in the mid 1970s.

The adjoining LO to the west on my place SW of Ozona has killed 2 in the past year and the LO to the north had one on game camera at a water trough a few months ago.

Near Estes Park CO. I was trying to climb a fairly steep draw between two cliffs. Looked up and two cubs were looking down on me trying to figure out what I was doing. Waited until I got about 50 yds from them and scampered off.

First I ever saw was in the mid 60's about 15-20 miles north of Roma crossing the highway.
Adios,
Gary

South of Freer in the tower. Big cat came on the sendero, and just walked across, split second more a he would have been shot.

I've seen 5 in all my years in Webb Co, all while deer hunting. Was only able to get a shot on one.