He's baaacckkkkkkk

[cowgirl8]

Had a guy hauling gravel for a weekenders site stop off at inlaws to warn them. There is a creek by their house that crosses the road. He said, it came out and stopped in front of him and stood there, then ran off into the woods. Yep, its the cougar. The guy felt it was too close to their house and they needed to be warned.
SO this morning i'm going to get my camera out. I thought i saw him there a few months ago. Saw something dart across the road. I did not get a good look at it but did note that it moved way different than a coyote or dog...Luckily there is an over abundance of fawns this year so our calves are safe...but, i'm gonna get this sucker and hang his carcass on our wall..bet it even makes the local paper if we get it..

 

[True Grit Farms]

Sounds like your gonna need more than a camera.

 

[cowgirl8]

Sounds like your gonna need more than a camera.

I'll call in my guys when i get a time this cat is around. I'm a bad shot, so i track to save them time....Once i find him we'll set traps or sit and wait for him.... He's in a dense area, so knowing about what time he's out will help..

 

[cowgirl8]

Got my camera all powered up and a blank card in it.. I actually thought that maybe i'd find tracks this time of year. There is some bare dirt, specially down in the dry creeks. And this time of year they have to find water. So, i thought, i'll look around the big pond in that forested area he was seen. Well.... all the fire lanes are covered in leaves, pines covered in needles...the creek is indeed dry, but the ground is as hard as a rock. I cant get around the ponds in there, there is 6 ft of reeds to get though and the banks are covered in plants. Ugh.. I did not follow the creek very far from where i parked my 4wheeler...I picked a good long stretch to set the camera and aimed it where i would have a good time to get a picture if it was moving fast. There was a spot on the bank that had claw marks as if they jumped and grabbed the top of the bank. So we shall see. After wading through brush and brier, i found a better spot on down the fire lane....so, if i dont have anything in the morning, i'll move it..

 

[M.Magis]

Mountain lions have extremely large ranges. The odds of getting a picture in one night is close to zero. Even if you just happened to pick the spot it’ll be at tonight, it will likely avoid the area because there will still be human odor. In all likelihood, it’s miles away now. it could take days or weeks for it to return, that’s just their nature.

 

[Dave]

To say that you will sit and wait or trap him shows that you just don't know much about cougars. They have an absolutely huge range. Back when I was running a long line for coyotes I trapped a few by accident. All but one simply dissembled the trap. We are talking about #4 double long spring traps. The one that I held was a young one that probably only weighed about 80 pounds. I had a friend hold one in a trap. He called the Game Dept to tag it and let it go. Two days later the cougar was road killed about 100 miles South as the crow flies. But this is 100 miles of some of the most rugged country in America.
You want to kill that cat, get some hounds after it. Dogs are the only effective way to hunt cougars.

 

[lavacarancher]

Mountain lions have extremely large ranges. The odds of getting a picture in one night is close to zero. Even if you just happened to pick the spot it’ll be at tonight, it will likely avoid the area because there will still be human odor. In all likelihood, it’s miles away now. it could take days or weeks for it to return, that’s just their nature.

I agree. Their range is very large and it will be several weeks before he/she appears again. Be patient.

 

[ez14]

Got my camera all powered up and a blank card in it.. I actually thought that maybe i'd find tracks this time of year. There is some bare dirt, specially down in the dry creeks. And this time of year they have to find water. So, i thought, i'll look around the big pond in that forested area he was seen. Well.... all the fire lanes are covered in leaves, pines covered in needles...the creek is indeed dry, but the ground is as hard as a rock. I cant get around the ponds in there, there is 6 ft of reeds to get though and the banks are covered in plants. Ugh.. I did not follow the creek very far from where i parked my 4wheeler...I picked a good long stretch to set the camera and aimed it where i would have a good time to get a picture if it was moving fast. There was a spot on the bank that had claw marks as if they jumped and grabbed the top of the bank. So we shall see. After wading through brush and brier, i found a better spot on down the fire lane....so, if i dont have anything in the morning, i'll move it..

You should have a camera in both spots

 

[Caustic Burno]

To say that you will sit and wait or trap him shows that you just don't know much about cougars. They have an absolutely huge range. Back when I was running a long line for coyotes I trapped a few by accident. All but one simply dissembled the trap. We are talking about #4 double long spring traps. The one that I held was a young one that probably only weighed about 80 pounds. I had a friend hold one in a trap. He called the Game Dept to tag it and let it go. Two days later the cougar was road killed about 100 miles South as the crow flies. But this is 100 miles of some of the most rugged country in America.
You want to kill that cat, get some hounds after it. Dogs are the only effective way to hunt cougars.

Dave we have very few but lots of scared people and hunters in Texas that see thousands every year.
These elusive cats are able to cause cameras and guns to malfunction
You have to remember the vast majority of Texas hunters drive a 60k truck pulling a 20k utv a 500 dollar rifle with a 1k scope carrying a 25 cent pocket knife. To top this off they dress in camo from head to toe to climb in an elevated wooden box to hide from red wasp I guess, as I have never figured out why else you would need camo.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwd ... 0_0232.pdf

 

[Kingfisher]

To say that you will sit and wait or trap him shows that you just don't know much about cougars. They have an absolutely huge range. Back when I was running a long line for coyotes I trapped a few by accident. All but one simply dissembled the trap. We are talking about #4 double long spring traps. The one that I held was a young one that probably only weighed about 80 pounds. I had a friend hold one in a trap. He called the Game Dept to tag it and let it go. Two days later the cougar was road killed about 100 miles South as the crow flies. But this is 100 miles of some of the most rugged country in America.
You want to kill that cat, get some hounds after it. Dogs are the only effective way to hunt cougars.

How about using some hi tek night vision to try to gain some advantage?

 

[cowgirl8]

Totally understand the range...But, 2 times in the past couple months..And, the land up here is way different than open ranges. There is so much food here they dont need to roam.
Sure, getting a picture is going to be iffy, but i got one last time so it happens.. I think he's following the dry creek for cover and water.
Imagine me going out and getting a picture of the cat the first night last spring....
He's here

And again the next night

 

[ez14]

To say that you will sit and wait or trap him shows that you just don't know much about cougars. They have an absolutely huge range. Back when I was running a long line for coyotes I trapped a few by accident. All but one simply dissembled the trap. We are talking about #4 double long spring traps. The one that I held was a young one that probably only weighed about 80 pounds. I had a friend hold one in a trap. He called the Game Dept to tag it and let it go. Two days later the cougar was road killed about 100 miles South as the crow flies. But this is 100 miles of some of the most rugged country in America.
You want to kill that cat, get some hounds after it. Dogs are the only effective way to hunt cougars.

How about using some hi tek night vision to try to gain some advantage?

that only work if its there and they travel to much (i think you could do it but you might be sitting there for A LONG time

 

[M-5]

Ive always had good luck catching cougars with a little wine or whiskey after I bait the trap with 100 dollar bills

 

[HDRider]

Cat scratch fever.

 

[cowgirl8]

I'm gonna have that sucka stuffed and mounted on my wall....I want him jumping, so that i can mount him jumping over our balcony...maybe even get a stuffed something that its jumping after..I can see it already, just need to get this POS...

 

[M.Magis]

I can’t find anything in the first pic. The second, honestly it looks like a grey fox to me.

Dave is absolutely correct, if you don’t have experience in trapping, you won’t be catching a mountain lion.

 

[cowgirl8]

The second picture the cat is about 30 ft away....the first picture, all you get is a tail and back, lower left....He was moving fast, so the image of it is a blur....But you get a good picture of the tail and how long it is and length of it as it only get a portion of the back....Tail is not fox, cougar is the only thing with a long tail like there in our area...

 

[cowgirl8]

Look to lower left....you can see a fuzzy thing there that doesnt match the stationary surroundings...

 

[cowgirl8]

We set traps and snares where you can see the cat and all around that area..First night we got a coon.. The second night every trap was set off, thrown everywhere and leaves and ground scuffed around, but got nothing...Snare untouched set on middle of log...so, the cat got in the traps before crossing the log and got out..And yes, they were traps made for animals this size...
This is not the area where he's been seen recently. Where i put the camera is in a different area that connects to other areas where the cat never has to come out into the opening, even crossing the road where he did, all dense forest.

 

[Dave]

We set traps and snares where you can see the cat and all around that area..First night we got a coon.. The second night every trap was set off, thrown everywhere and leaves and ground scuffed around, but got nothing...Snare untouched set on middle of log...so, the cat got in the traps before crossing the log and got out..And yes, they were traps made for animals this size...
This is not the area where he's been seen recently. Where i put the camera is in a different area that connects to other areas where the cat never has to come out into the opening, even crossing the road where he did, all dense forest.

So you have 4 1/2 Newhouse traps? They are pretty rare and valuable but they are what was sold as cougar traps. Canadian or Alaskan wolf traps would work. Other than the possibility of a trap collector I would seriously doubt anyone in that part of the world has traps designed to hold a lion. Like I said I have had cats pull the jaws out of a #4 Victor or Blake & Lamb. I have actually held a higher percentage of bears caught in those traps than I have lions. A trap made to hold coons and coyotes will only educate a cougar.