Mountain Lion shot during deer season

[tjm]

Nice that they all had help, it's more exciting when done alone. It's been a while since I hung out on trapping forums but the guys out west always seemed to release several lions each year. My release board was a full 1/2 sheet with handles on my side and my "hog catcher" a little longer, but both are items that every trapper should have.  I never figured out how to release skunks.

I have found most trapped fox asleep with not much sign of struggle. Lots of sets could be remade in minutes, simply because the various critters did not struggle very much. Feral cats and feral dogs  do struggle more than most critters, but they are feral invasives ... I have released many dogs with no injury and without much hassle. I have always thought it inhumane to allow dogs to roam free, and years ago many dogs were dumped here in the country when their people got tired of taking care of them, something that seems to have stopped in recent years fotunatly. There is actually an international agreement on humane trapping standards. All 50 states participate in setting the best management standards for trapping, unlike hound/bird dog hunting or fishing.  Almost every single fish I've caught fought and struggled throughout the entire time. Nothing is as inhumane as catch and release fishing. Except eating bacon. 

I'm always amazed at people opposed to use of petroleum,  for all it's environmental side effects,   advocating wearing petroleum derived clothing  rather than sustainable fur and wool, but those are the people that most often offer up that or use of fur or wool  is inhumane.  I attribute that to watching too much Disney with all that anthropomorphism. I'll reserve my humaneness for humans.

[ness]

Many years back I was fishing and put the fly into tree. I walked over to the branch and pulled it down towards me. Got the fly down to me and noticed a spider coming down the branch, so I let go. The little hook sunk into my index finger and the spider was still coming down. I pulled back down, ripped the hook out and let the branch snap up. That sent the spider straight up and then he came back down somewhere on me.

FUDGE, only I didn’t say fudge. 

I did the dance and started taking stuff off but never did find him. The whole rest of the day I was haunted by phantom spiders. 

[fishinwrench]

When I was just a little kid we had these hairy silver-dollar sized spiders in our basement that would jump TOWARDS YOU whenever you got close to them.    It's been over 50 years since a spider has jumped at me......but I'll obviously never get over that.  

Those are the type of spiders that make me wanna burn the house down.  

[jdmidwest]

9 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

When I was just a little kid we had these hairy silver-dollar sized spiders in our basement that would jump TOWARDS YOU whenever you got close to them.    It's been over 50 years since a spider has jumped at me......but I'll obviously never get over that.  

Those are the type of spiders that make me wanna burn the house down.  

When you killed one, did you lay its head on your knee and let Sugarbritches lay her hear on other side for a FB glory shot?

Kill it, burn it, bury the ashes in another state.