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I guess this topic could go in the big game category too ,but we`ll put it here.Has anybody here ever hunted them? I know they have a big range they roam and they are hard to get a chance at without dogs.There are rumors abuzz around here of two big cats roaming on some land I hunt and neighboring farms and ranches.I have yet to see one or a track or anything in a whole lot of roaming myself.I wish they were here in numbers large enough to hunt them.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29th, 2005 06:39 AM |
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Hey Timberghozt , Is this what you are looking for !  The big cat is a 200 lbs Tom Cat that killed that moose ! The other is about a 130 lb. female - with we were practicing tree and release just work the dogs a bit ! I think we got the work out they loved it ! Regards - Bullet 
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29th, 2005 11:13 PM |
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Mountain Lion
Puma concolor
TPWD photo © 2004
Description
Body length: 3-4 ft.
Tail: 2.5-3 ft.
Height at shoulder: 25-30 in.
Weight: 70-170 lbs.
The mountain lion is a large, slender cat with a smallish head and noticeably long tail. Color is a light, tawny brown which can appear gray or almost black, depending on light conditions. Contrary to popular belief, there are no black panthers; no one has ever captured or killed a black mountain lion. Also called cougar, puma, panther, painter and catamount.
Life History
A relatively uncommon, secretive animal. A carnivore that preys on a variety of animals; favorites include deer and wild hogs. Also preys upon rabbits, jackrabbits, javelina, and rodents. Some lions occasionally kill livestock or dogs.
Solitary, except during breeding. Young (typically 2-3 cubs) can be born almost any time of the year. Females usually breed every two to three years.
Habitat and Distribution
The mountain lion has the widest distribution of any wild cat, from Canada to South America. Formerly distributed throughout North America, the mountain lion is now found mostly in the remote areas of the western U.S., as well as western Canada and much of Mexico. A small population still exists in southern Florida, where the species is considered endangered.
In Texas, the mountain lion is found throughout the Trans-Pecos, as well as the brushlands of south Texas and portions of the Hill Country. Currently classified as an unprotected, nongame animal. In spite of it's lack of protection, sighting and kill reports indicate that mountain lions now occur in more counties than they did 10 years ago and appear to be expanding their range into central Texas.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29th, 2005 11:17 PM |
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The most widely distributed cat in the Americas (found from Canada to Argentina), the Mountain Lion is a solitary, strongly territorial hunting species. Unlike most cats, it hunts day or night, although it is generally active by day only in undisturbed areas, choosing to hunt at night in populated areas to avoid humans. A good climber and excellent jumper, able to leap more than 20 feet (6 m), this animal swims only when necessary. It feeds primarily on large mammals, especially deer, but also eats Coyotes, porcupines, beavers, mice, marmots, hares, raccoons, birds, and even grasshoppers. Sometimes it waits for passing game, but more often it travels widely after prey; a male may cover up to 25 miles (40 km) in one night. It can outrun a deer, but only for short distances. After locating large prey by scent or sound, it usually slinks forward slowly and silently, with belly low to the ground and legs tensed to leap. It tries to stalk within 30 feet (9 m) before running from its hiding place and leaping onto its victim’s back, keeping its hindlegs on the ground for support, control, and stability. The Mountain Lion kills its prey by biting into the back of the victim’s neck. Where deer abound, an adult Mountain Lion may kill an average of one per week. (This is often beneficial to the deer herd, helping to keep it from overpopulating.) There have been rare, unexplained killing orgies, when an individual has slaughtered several deer or a flock of domestic sheep in one night. This carnivore covers the meat it does not eat immediately with leaves, sticks, and like material for later use, and may visit the cache several times. Usually silent, the Mountain Lion can produce many kinds of calls, including screams, hisses, and growls. It also utters a shrill, piercing whistle, evidently an alarm, when it has been treed or cornered; a female uses this whistle to signal her cubs. The Mountain Lion’s bloodcurdling mating call has been likened to a woman’s scream. The male has a large home range that does not overlap with that of another male; the female has a smaller one that may overlap with those of other females and may be enclosed by that of a male. The home range of a male (and sometimes of a female) is marked by "scrapes," piles of dirt kicked up by the hindfeet. The Mountain Lion breeds at two and a half years, then generally every other year thereafter. The young are born in a maternity den that is lined with a small amount of moss or other vegetation and located in a rock shelter, crevice, pile of rocks, thicket, cave, or other protected place. The newborn cubs, heavily spotted for the first three months of life, are raised only by the female. At about three months, the young are weaned and begin hunting with the mother. Mother and young, who remain together for about a year and a half, communicate by licking, rubbing, and vocalizing. The young produce loud chirping whistles. A female Mountain Lion can breed until at least 12 years of age, a male to at least 20. These animals pair only during the breeding season, when for about two weeks male and female hunt together and sleep side by side.”
description A large, unspotted cat with a relatively small head and a long, dark-tipped tail. Pale brown to tawny above; white overlaid with buff below. Dark spot at base of whiskers. Ears short and rounded, with dark backs. Legs long and heavy; feet large. Juvenile buff with black spots.L 6–9' (1.5–2.75 m); T 21–37" (53–92 cm); HF 8 3/4–12" (22–31 cm); Wt 75–275 lb (34–125 kg).
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29th, 2005 11:33 PM |
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Great pics bullet and excellent info Doc!!!
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When did the generic name become Puma?
All references I have seen for the last 50+ years give the generic name as Felis.
Do taxanomists just sit around dreaming up new names for the poor critters?
Is this just a way to keep them in a job?
Examples are the poor oriole, specific and common name changed at least 4 times in the last 20 years, the true basses from Roccus to Morone, the poor Blackbellied and Fulvous , Tree, Whistling , Duck , Swans, the latter the people cannot even get the common name to agree with the true group, swans.
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Really need to hold a school on cropping and resizing pictures so the curser, uh cursor does not need to be used.
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I've only seen one mountain lion in the wild. Where we used to live I'd go shooting
in the back canyon. One time while looking across a draw at my targets, about 150
yards off, a cougar leapt across the trail. Right near where my friggin' targets were. After that I always kept my eyes open and checked behind me when I'd be sitting out
there. Gotta say I was in awe of how far that big cat could jump.
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