I saw a young one in that area in the late 80's was prolly 10-15 yards from me. 101% young mountain lion. It was October and it was hot, I was close enough to see water drop off its tongue as it was panting. Many years later I discovered a spring in that area, guess it had been there for a drink. Had a 16ga loaded with sixes looking up a tree for a barking squirrel when I saw it, I could have easily killed it. But I was pretty young at the time, I considered shooting it, but was scared to move, haha. Cat took a few steps and got behind an big tree and I turned and ran so fast there was prolly smoke coming off my trail. Ran all the way back to camp, never slowed down, never looked back.
I bet that poor cat did the same when I took off. None of the men that we hunted with believed me. Outright called me a liar, I was vindicated the following weekend when we were planting and it walked out on a right away in some fresh plowed dirt about 150 yrds away. They all oooooed and awed taking turns looking at it through a scope. I was beaming, my first taste of vindication!
We had a grown one sighted three times over a three week period in the early 2000's in the same area.
I bet that poor cat did the same when I took off. None of the men that we hunted with believed me. Outright called me a liar, I was vindicated the following weekend when we were planting and it walked out on a right away in some fresh plowed dirt about 150 yrds away. They all oooooed and awed taking turns looking at it through a scope. I was beaming, my first taste of vindication!
We had a grown one sighted three times over a three week period in the early 2000's in the same area.
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