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Re: Who has seen a mountain lion in the wild? [Re: Southtexas36] #8969566 12/07/23 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Southtexas36
I've seen 5 in all my years in Webb Co, all while deer hunting. Was only able to get a shot on one.



So did you get him?


For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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I'm calling b.s on all these sightings.


There ain't no mountains in South Texas....


For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Seen several. When in high school living in Central California I worked at a turkey ranch at the foothills and all the dead birds we would take to an incinerator on ranch and burn. The cats would hide out in the rocks and eat the dead birds the didn't get loaded to be burned.

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I’ve seen 2, one was in Eastland county back in the early 90’s while bow hunting and the second was in Red River county crossing the Red River into Oklahoma.

Re: Who has seen a mountain lion in the wild? [Re: BenBob] #8969605 12/08/23 12:23 AM
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I saw a dead one on I20 just west of Weatherford about 5 years ago.

Re: Who has seen a mountain lion in the wild? [Re: BenBob] #8969631 12/08/23 01:11 AM
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Early 90’s. Crawford County, AR. Squirrel hunting. Sitting against a tree and heard something coming through the woods. Expected a deer, but was two mountain lions. One a little bigger than the other. Bigger one was wearing a thick blaze orange collar with antenna sticking out of it. After holding my breath and staying absolutely still while they passed 20 yards away, I hightailed it to my truck and got the heck out of there.

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Killed a small tom in Terrell county. He was sitting in a hole in the rimrock. Called a big one in one night in Pecos county but buddy couldn’t get on him. I was running the light. Saw one three years ago early inthe morning by PK lake that ran across the highway.

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1. Webb county. Early ‘90’s. Bow hunting in the desert between Freer and Laredo. I had found tracks a few days before but was skeptical it was a real puma. I was in a ground blind I had made out of brush in the afternoon sitting over a corn pile. It walked out into a sendero around 3 pm about 150 yards to the south. I got a good look at it through my binoculars. It laid down in the grass on it’s belly motionless for about 10 minutes. So still I lost sight of it and thought it had left before it stood back up. When it left it went back the way it had came from. It was tan with some white under it’s jaw and on its belly. Couldn’t say if it was male or female or even whether it was full grown. Only one I’ve seen and a cool encounter but I did not see any deer during that sit which was unusual for where I was. Admittedly I walked out with 15 or so minutes of legal shooting time remaining.

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Re: Who has seen a mountain lion in the wild? [Re: txtrophy85] #8969643 12/08/23 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by txtrophy85
Originally Posted by Southtexas36
I've seen 5 in all my years in Webb Co, all while deer hunting. Was only able to get a shot on one.



So did you get him?


we saw two or at least two sightings(could been same cat) on same ranch different pasture in 2 years.


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I’ve seen one in Smith County (east Texas) while hog hunting one night. I was in the passenger seat running the cordless spotlight. Saw some eyes in the woods and jumped out of the truck and ran down to a deep creek. The cat was standing on the trunk of a big fallen tree. The battery was bad and the light was dimming as I ran up to it. As the light faded away it slipped off the tree and was gone. (2006)

The second experience was about 1995 also in Smith County. Stepdad came in and said we had a cat attack one of our full grown cows. I didn’t believe him, so I jumped in the jeep and headed to the pasture to take a look. There were distinct claw marks down both hips and the tail was bitten off clean, leaving about 8 inches of tail. I guess she was too big to take down.

Don’t hear of many mountain lion sightings around east Texas so still surprised I’ve had these two experiences.

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Originally Posted by txtrophy85
I'm calling b.s on all these sightings.


There ain't no mountains in South Texas....



Well panhandle is not S. Texas.

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Re: Who has seen a mountain lion in the wild? [Re: BenBob] #8969653 12/08/23 01:42 AM
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In all my travels I’ve yet to see a mountain lion. Saw tracks in soft dirt at our lease in Utopia in the late 90’s.

Found a dead fawn caught up in our feed pen on the ranch in Batesville, we were running to another blind so I got it out of the hog panel and left it in the road. Came back 20 min later it was gone. Found it drug head first under some persimmons 20 yards away. I swore it was a cat but others didn’t believe me.

2 weeks later it was seen 200 yards from that sight running thru some dead trees.





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Saw one backpacking the Rogue River trail in Oregon in 2018. Seen a few in BC when I lived there in the early 90s.


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I had one cross the road as I pulled out of my gate. It stopped in the middle of the road, took a look, then hopped the fence. It wasn't more then 60 hyards from me so I got a very good look. My ex wife saw it too. This was southeast Grayson county maybe 15 years ago. I also heard one scream one morning. That will get hyour attention. My neighbor says thye have a female on game camera, but I haven't seen the pics. She said at one point she had two cubs with her.

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Never but every ranch I’ve been on with a sighting had poor deer hunting. Not sure if it was cat related or just not good

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Saw one while hunting mule deer in central Nevada back in 1980. Could have killed it very easily as he was laying under a pinion pine up hill about 50 yards away. I had gun on him and squalled at him and he just laid there twitching his tail.I thought he might think I'm be something to eat so I put a round into a pine about 10' behind him and he jumped about 5' in the air and was gone. He probably weighed 120 lbs or so and young and probably hadn't ever laid eyes on a human.

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Originally Posted by BOBO the Clown
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Originally Posted by Southtexas36
I've seen 5 in all my years in Webb Co, all while deer hunting. Was only able to get a shot on one.



So did you get him?


we saw two or at least two sightings(could been same cat) on same ranch different pasture in 2 years.






Found good blood and hair, when we had to get on our hand and knees in the brush and couldn't see 10ft in front of us we decided to back out. We tried to find some dogs, but this was before Iphones and info at your fingertips and were unable to find any. Think about this all the time.

Had one hunter watch one creep some geese in a tank, watched him for 30 minutes but was one of those guys that didn't feel the need to shoot.

They are there, no doubt about it. I've been holding off on doing a lion hunt in hopes that I'd eventually get one in STX but time is running out elmer

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Re: Who has seen a mountain lion in the wild? [Re: Southtexas36] #8969832 12/08/23 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Southtexas36
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I've seen 5 in all my years in Webb Co, all while deer hunting. Was only able to get a shot on one.



So did you get him?


we saw two or at least two sightings(could been same cat) on same ranch different pasture in 2 years.






Found good blood and hair, when we had to get on our hand and knees in the brush and couldn't see 10ft in front of us we decided to back out. We tried to find some dogs, but this was before Iphones and info at your fingertips and were unable to find any. Think about this all the time.

Had one hunter watch one creep some geese in a tank, watched him for 30 minutes but was one of those guys that didn't feel the need to shoot.

They are there, no doubt about it. I've been holding off on doing a lion hunt in hopes that I'd eventually get one in STX but time is running out elmer


sent you a guy. Callaghan runs them with hounds according to Manager. He said they wait until they got consistent tracks on a couple then call in dog. No thank you. Sounds like 10 roles of duck tape to get all the cactus and thorns out


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Saw 3 mid day, mom and 2 cubs, behind camp in Spur County. Called one in at night 3 years ago in Baylor County.

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I have seen 2 in the wild in the CO of my misbegotten cowboy youth, both when I was elk hunting


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On the ranch in the trans-pecos early one morning I stepped outside just as the first rays of light broke the horizon. He was on the pipe coral fence 30-40 yards away.

A few years later my cousin saw one(maybe the same one) not 200-300 yards from the corals stalking some mule deer does.


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Kerr County .My wife had 1 walk by her at 50 yards while she was hunting sitting on the ground.
I did believe her but there is always that small doubt. The next morning by buddy seen it chase a fawn down a bluff.
She was 30 yards from camp when she seen it and my buddy was 100 yards from camp when he seen it .
So it was around our camp all night. And I think how many time I walked out side that night to take a wiz in the dark and it had to be close .

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La Salle county round 20 years ago while on a hog hunt. Climbed to the top of a tall tripod and he strolled across the road at ~75yds. couldnt get one chambered in time to take a shot. impressive animal though!

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