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The area between Dallas, Monmouth, and Falls City seems to have too many mountain lions.
We live close to Monmouth, and see lions - or their sign - fairly regularly. One was accidentally killed on my place a few years back, when it got caught in a coyote snare.
I remember a conversation from last year about the mountain lions' behavior, and how it's changed since the days when they were being hunted with dogs.
This theory was being discussed: In those days, the lions had learned that humans and their dogs were trouble, and avoided people if they could. But several generations of lions has come and gone since those days, and they have lost some of their fear of humans and dogs.
That makes sense to me.
There is a mother lion with four grown (or almost grown) cubs in the area this year. Counting the father (if he's still around), we have at least six lions living around us now.
Today, my wife showed me this post on Facebook. This report supports the notion that the lions have lost their fear of humans.
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Brittany in Falls City
January 12, 2020
Last night around 830 my brother went out to start his car and heard some really terrible sounds he came in to get my boyfriend so they could check it out. It was dark and all they had was phone lights and at first they thought they seen 2 large dogs attacking my neighbors pony as they got closer my brother yelled at what he thought was the dogs trying to get them to stop to his surprise it was 2 cougars killing a deer practically right in my yard after my brother yelled one of the cougars started to walk towards my boyfriend and brother and was thankfully distracted bu the deer getting away from the second cougar i doubt the deer made it i dod report it and a cop came and spotlight my road for a while last night. I live on lombard one cougar went towards the trailer park and the other towards AKHA farms bring your fur babies in at night and take caution walking these roads they did not act scared of humans at all.
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I've been thinking of getting one of those electronic lures that's supposed to call the predators in. Do any of you have experience with those devices? Any recommendations?
I'd like to thin the mountain lion population a bit, and get some more lion meat.
We live close to Monmouth, and see lions - or their sign - fairly regularly. One was accidentally killed on my place a few years back, when it got caught in a coyote snare.
I remember a conversation from last year about the mountain lions' behavior, and how it's changed since the days when they were being hunted with dogs.
This theory was being discussed: In those days, the lions had learned that humans and their dogs were trouble, and avoided people if they could. But several generations of lions has come and gone since those days, and they have lost some of their fear of humans and dogs.
That makes sense to me.
There is a mother lion with four grown (or almost grown) cubs in the area this year. Counting the father (if he's still around), we have at least six lions living around us now.
Today, my wife showed me this post on Facebook. This report supports the notion that the lions have lost their fear of humans.
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Brittany in Falls City
January 12, 2020
Last night around 830 my brother went out to start his car and heard some really terrible sounds he came in to get my boyfriend so they could check it out. It was dark and all they had was phone lights and at first they thought they seen 2 large dogs attacking my neighbors pony as they got closer my brother yelled at what he thought was the dogs trying to get them to stop to his surprise it was 2 cougars killing a deer practically right in my yard after my brother yelled one of the cougars started to walk towards my boyfriend and brother and was thankfully distracted bu the deer getting away from the second cougar i doubt the deer made it i dod report it and a cop came and spotlight my road for a while last night. I live on lombard one cougar went towards the trailer park and the other towards AKHA farms bring your fur babies in at night and take caution walking these roads they did not act scared of humans at all.
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I've been thinking of getting one of those electronic lures that's supposed to call the predators in. Do any of you have experience with those devices? Any recommendations?
I'd like to thin the mountain lion population a bit, and get some more lion meat.