West Calamus
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check the site on the #12 post. Thats about the only info on the cat. thx for finding that canhunter.Come on weight?Skull
check the site on the #12 post. Thats about the only info on the cat. thx for finding that canhunter.Come on weight?Skull
Join the two wolf postsI've read that a mountain lion eats an average of 1 deer per week. Think about that, 52 deer per year, per cat. That may be what's happening to the mule deer population in Colorado. The mountain lion population in Colorado is estimated at 3,000 to 7,000 lions. That's between 156,00 and 364,000 deer per year.
Colorado's mule deer population is estimated at 408,000. Now they're voting on whether to bring Grey Wolves to Colorado. What do you think this will do to big game hunting
wowHoly Geezez that's a big one.
We have alot of cats.My hunting bud has been stalked 3 times,he arrowed one at 9 yrds with his recurve.That same trip I was out of town my son got stalked behind house by one ,he was 12 and shot it with a pellet gun.The next weekend we called in big tom elk archery,all three of us there on that one.I know three guys shoot them in self defense.Saw 2 cat tracks yesterday,wolf hunting,one big guy.
The Mountain Lions aren't that rare any more. Seven thousand in Colorado alone, and I bet California isn't far behind. We even have them starting to migrate into Tennessee now.Back in the 90's my dad bought a cat hunt in CO from an auction. My mom was not to happy and he jokingly said he bought it for her. She is not into hunting at all, but she took him up on it. She took her dads old service rifle. She ended up with a cat that was huge. Same as either this cat or maybe a bit smaller. She has great luck.
They used a female lion foam for the full body mount. I didn't realize till I got old and saw other mounts just how massive her cat was. I wish I could remember what it measured.
These cats are very rare but amazing.