Mountain Lion shot during deer season

[tjm]

 

25 minutes ago, David Unnerstall said:

OK one article says he is from Desloge.  But is it know where he shot this mountain lion?

Iron County is what the earlier reports said. Somewhere on the first few pages of this thread you should find a link to the FaceBook page where he bragged.

[David Unnerstall]

6 hours ago, tjm said:

 

Iron County is what the earlier reports said. Somewhere on the first few pages of this thread you should find a link to the FaceBook page where he bragged.

All I saw was "Annapolis" in the screenshots that were posted.  The original post in Facebook does not exist, anymore.  The article in The Mountain Echo does not mention exact location.  I am just curious.

[tjm]

aah, sorry to confuse; I didn't think of an exact location as important given the size of a lion's home range (100-400 sq.mi.)  and the distances they can travel. I seem to recall one in Utah reported as moving ~75 miles over either 12 or 24 hour period, back in the '60s. It made the paper as a chronic livestock killer. This lion must have traveled 400-500 miles or more  from where it was ear tagged.

[MObassin95]

On 12/20/2024 at 2:31 PM, GotaFish said:

 

Missouri man charged for illegally killing mountain lion while deer hunting

Just an awful waste. Not like he was going to eat it. Sad. 

[fishinwrench]

52 minutes ago, MObassin95 said:

Just an awful waste. Not like he was going to eat it. Sad. 

He made sure that it wasn't going to eat him, or one of his kin.   👍

[MObassin95]

7 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

He made sure that it wasn't going to eat him, or one of his kin.   👍

You have a higher chance of being struck by lightening than being killed by a Mountain Lion. Hell, you have a higher chance of being killed by a dog than a Mountain Lion. Mountain Lions pose very little threat to us. I can’t believe this still has to be explained in 2024. 

[tjm]

Dogs actually kill about 13,000 people every year. I posted this back on page three;  but insects and snails pose a bigger threat than any big cat and cougars aren't even in the top twenty. Your best chance of getting killed is by a mosquito followed by another human. Elephants kill more people than I would have imagined.

Reckon we should start shooting those dangerous Humans on sight just to eliminate the possibility that one of them might in the future kill someone you know? If we do do you reckon we ought to then brag about it on FB? I'm thinking the guy is not being prosecuted so much for killing the cat as he is for being stupid.  

I'll add that although lightning isn't an animal it is pretty high on the danger list, globally, lightning kills or injures about 250,000 people annually,

[fishinwrench]

10 hours ago, MObassin95 said:

You have a higher chance of being struck by lightening than being killed by a Mountain Lion. Hell, you have a higher chance of being killed by a dog than a Mountain Lion. Mountain Lions pose very little threat to us. I can’t believe this still has to be explained in 2024. 

And what do you do when lightning starts striking around you ?    Do you just stand there, enjoy the sight of it......and hope that it breeds more ?   

NO !    You immediately seek shelter and hope like hell that the storm passes quickly!     I mean WHAT ARE THE ODDS ????!!!!!   Get your candyass out there and wave a 7' fishing rod around!

Talk about being amazed that something still has to be explained in 2024 !!!  🙄

[MObassin95]

54 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

And what do you do when lightning starts striking around you ?    Do you just stand there, enjoy the sight of it......and hope that it breeds more ?   

NO !    You immediately seek shelter and hope like hell that the storm passes quickly!     I mean WHAT ARE THE ODDS ????!!!!!   Get your candyass out there and wave a 7' fishing rod around!

Talk about being amazed that something still has to be explained in 2024 !!!  🙄

No way you just compared lightening to Mountain Lions 😂 You’ve gotta be trolling me. 
 

By your own logic, the hunter should have just moved away from the Mountain Lion! 

Ignorance is bliss man. 

Do everyone a favor and stop commenting on this topic. 

[MObassin95]

5 hours ago, tjm said:

Dogs actually kill about 13,000 people every year. I posted this back on page three;  but insects and snails pose a bigger threat than any big cat and cougars aren't even in the top twenty. Your best chance of getting killed is by a mosquito followed by another human. Elephants kill more people than I would have imagined.

Reckon we should start shooting those dangerous Humans on sight just to eliminate the possibility that one of them might in the future kill someone you know? If we do do you reckon we ought to then brag about it on FB? I'm thinking the guy is not being prosecuted so much for killing the cat as he is for being stupid.  

I'll add that although lightning isn't an animal it is pretty high on the danger list, globally, lightning kills or injures about 250,000 people annually,

Very good post. It’s not the 1900s anymore. We know that Mountain Lions don’t want much to do with us and will avoid us at all possible. I’d be much more scared if I saw a stray pit bull wondering my suburban neighborhood as opposed to if I saw a Mountain Lion in Mark Twain National Forest.