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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 17660"><p>Linda's prediction has been proven as of yesterday. Lions were spotted and attacked bikers in So. California. I belive they killed the mountain lion (upsetting the big mighty Sierra Club who majority members are from So. Cal). Rumors has it here they cannot use dogs to hunt lions (okay for bobcats). Another rumor is the reintroducting of wolves in eastern/central Oregon! AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! NOOOOO WOLVES!!!!</p><p></p><p>> I agree with you, Dun. When lions</p><p>> lose their fear of humans, there</p><p>> is a disaster in the making. Lions</p><p>> are also protected here, although</p><p>> limited hunting permits are issued</p><p>> some years.</p><p></p><p>> When the foal was killed here, the</p><p>> DNR guy was out that morning to</p><p>> examine the kill. He authorized a</p><p>> trapper to come out with his dogs</p><p>> and hunt the lion. I had taken</p><p>> detailed pictures that morning,</p><p>> but the owners of the foal moved</p><p>> it before the trapper arrived. It</p><p>> was then very hard for him to tell</p><p>> what had happened. I took him in</p><p>> the house and showed him the</p><p>> pictures on the computer and he</p><p>> found them very helpful. The lion</p><p>> wasn't found, and hasn't been</p><p>> back. It's got thousands of acres</p><p>> of rocky hills and mountains to</p><p>> roam, with abundant deer, elk,</p><p>> & moose in the area.</p><p></p><p>> When the full grown female was</p><p>> seen crossing by our house, DNR</p><p>> quietly put out the word among a</p><p>> few ranchers that DNR would look</p><p>> for it, but that it was ok for</p><p>> those ranchers to shoot it if it</p><p>> was seen in this location again.</p><p>> It headed into a cornfield and for</p><p>> an isolated subdivision. Many of</p><p>> us calve in this immediate area,</p><p>> too, so there was some concern for</p><p>> livestock as well as small</p><p>> children. But, since lions</p><p>> normally roam over a very large</p><p>> area, it moved on.</p><p></p><p>> Even so, every time I went out to</p><p>> my mailbox, which sits under some</p><p>> 60 year old willows, I scanned</p><p>> those willows carefully.</p><p></p><p>> Not that it would have done much</p><p>> good - the lion I saw up close in</p><p>> MT froze when it saw me, then</p><p>> began a very slow gliding motion</p><p>> backwards, still crouched, and</p><p>> completely disappeared into the</p><p>> rocks in just a few feet. It had</p><p>> to have been 8 feet long and I</p><p>> knew it was still there, but it</p><p>> blended so well with the color of</p><p>> the rocks and because of its way</p><p>> of moving, that I could no longer</p><p>> see it after a few seconds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 17660"] Linda's prediction has been proven as of yesterday. Lions were spotted and attacked bikers in So. California. I belive they killed the mountain lion (upsetting the big mighty Sierra Club who majority members are from So. Cal). Rumors has it here they cannot use dogs to hunt lions (okay for bobcats). Another rumor is the reintroducting of wolves in eastern/central Oregon! AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! NOOOOO WOLVES!!!! > I agree with you, Dun. When lions > lose their fear of humans, there > is a disaster in the making. Lions > are also protected here, although > limited hunting permits are issued > some years. > When the foal was killed here, the > DNR guy was out that morning to > examine the kill. He authorized a > trapper to come out with his dogs > and hunt the lion. I had taken > detailed pictures that morning, > but the owners of the foal moved > it before the trapper arrived. It > was then very hard for him to tell > what had happened. I took him in > the house and showed him the > pictures on the computer and he > found them very helpful. The lion > wasn't found, and hasn't been > back. It's got thousands of acres > of rocky hills and mountains to > roam, with abundant deer, elk, > & moose in the area. > When the full grown female was > seen crossing by our house, DNR > quietly put out the word among a > few ranchers that DNR would look > for it, but that it was ok for > those ranchers to shoot it if it > was seen in this location again. > It headed into a cornfield and for > an isolated subdivision. Many of > us calve in this immediate area, > too, so there was some concern for > livestock as well as small > children. But, since lions > normally roam over a very large > area, it moved on. > Even so, every time I went out to > my mailbox, which sits under some > 60 year old willows, I scanned > those willows carefully. > Not that it would have done much > good - the lion I saw up close in > MT froze when it saw me, then > began a very slow gliding motion > backwards, still crouched, and > completely disappeared into the > rocks in just a few feet. It had > to have been 8 feet long and I > knew it was still there, but it > blended so well with the color of > the rocks and because of its way > of moving, that I could no longer > see it after a few seconds. [/QUOTE]
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