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strong eagle

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saw a big one about 30 yards away from the car. driving home through the chop back hills east of here about 50 miles. wasnt a young one. their are just getting too many of them.
 
We see them every once in a while around trash cans set out at night for morning pickup, mostly seen in the evening or at night.

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alt="mountain lion 9k=" />​
Taken with neighbor's trail camera next to our community.
 
I've carried a lion tag for years. When I have a gun I never see one, when I see one I never have a gun. :-(
 
That is one animal I have yet to see in Colorado. Over in new mexico I found tracks once, but that's it.
 
Go West over to Grand Junction area or North around and above Fort Collins Jon.

It's hard to get a permit anymore, but it can be done.

I was hunting near Loveland CO back in the mid 80's, sitting on a game trail and felt like I wasn't alone. This was in muzzleloading season, I'm using a GRRW Leman Indian Trade Rifle in flint. I start looking around and catch a movement. Now I'm watching this spot (in the rocks to my left above me about 30 yards away). After a long period (probably 5 min.) I get a second look at what's behind the rock, backend view of a mountain lion as he re-positions himself to watch me. Now I'm really watching him, he starts that tail wagging thing like our house cats do before jumping on something. He moves around and I have a clear side shot of him and I took my time and touched the flinter off. The cat spun around once then disappeared, I reloaded and moved around looking for him. Down among the rocks he was laying, my hunting buddy throws a few rocks at him, he never moved, he was dead. That experience scared the crap out of both of us, then Kermit says "**** Buck we don't have a permit", I just shook my head.
We took the claws, teeth and the tail leaving the rest for the coyotes. Stayed away from that area for weeks in case the DOW found the cat and had someone watching the area. Scary stuff....
 
never ever turn your back on one, always carry a side arm. they go for the back of the neck. they also never ever show fear. they have seen you, you just havent seen them. i think with the mixture of pines and sun flower fields in this area that is why they are so many of them. my sister in eastern central minnesota is plagued by black bears in the last couple of years. where she farms their is a lot of creeks and small river with heavy cover of leaf type trees along their banks. some one in the area are seeing black bears a few times a week. they cross from one tree groove to another through the fields and are easily spotted. the females with cubs are the most dangerous. they come in the farm yards at night looking for water and garbage. around here possems,(miss spelling) have moved to this area. they are found dead in cattle water tanks all the time in the last few years. they get in them for water and cant get out and drown after hours of swimming around. animals are not going away, they are getting more and more of them all the time. when my wife and i drove to see my mother this week end we drove though a huge flock of grouse in the chop back yucca hill in s.dak. not one hit the car, but it was scarry because they are fat and big, they would have broke a windshield bad if we hit one. it was a tense moment. also just before that a huge herd of mule deer was on the road as we come over a hill. we have good brakes on our car and that saved us. yesterday morning on the way to the gym a huge buck with huge horns was on the road. my truck has good brakes also.
 

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