For nearly a year now, I have been sighting, hearing, and finding cougar scat/prints, on my family's land.
The first time I encountered it, I was walking on a ridge, at night, and heard it coming through the tall grass. I shown the light on it and aimed,not knowing if it was the neighbors dog, a deer, or something i hadn't encountered yet. It froze, and I walked toward it, not fifty yards from me.
As soon as I, unfortunately, stepped on a twig, it took off, making no sound.
After a fair bit of tracking in the morning, I came to the tenuous conclusion that it was a cougar.
I have tracked it for a year now, and have chased it from the property several times.
My friend and I did a bit of exploring, and found that the neighbor is baiting feral hogs. additionally we have a large population of white-tail, and mule deer.
From our tracking, it seems as though this is the cougar's range. And it appears to be close to its den, from the spread of the tracks, but I can't find a way to get it in my sights.
Is there a surefire way to trap/shoot a mountain lion?
It has become a menace, as it seems to have very little fear of human presence.
We are building a house on the the site, currently, and I need to get rid of this cat!
The first time I encountered it, I was walking on a ridge, at night, and heard it coming through the tall grass. I shown the light on it and aimed,not knowing if it was the neighbors dog, a deer, or something i hadn't encountered yet. It froze, and I walked toward it, not fifty yards from me.
As soon as I, unfortunately, stepped on a twig, it took off, making no sound.
After a fair bit of tracking in the morning, I came to the tenuous conclusion that it was a cougar.
I have tracked it for a year now, and have chased it from the property several times.
My friend and I did a bit of exploring, and found that the neighbor is baiting feral hogs. additionally we have a large population of white-tail, and mule deer.
From our tracking, it seems as though this is the cougar's range. And it appears to be close to its den, from the spread of the tracks, but I can't find a way to get it in my sights.
Is there a surefire way to trap/shoot a mountain lion?
It has become a menace, as it seems to have very little fear of human presence.
We are building a house on the the site, currently, and I need to get rid of this cat!