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gejohnston

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7. I see, I was thinking you were in a western state.

Reply to Bonhomme Richard (Reply #6)

Wed Aug 29, 2012, 06:32 PM

Aug 2012

I'll have to read up on them and their range. I saw one in the wild growing up in Wyoming, at a distance. It is entirely possible that the state doesn't want to admit they are there simply because they don't want freaked out suburbanites demanding game wardens go on search and destroy missions.

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Strange question. Anyone here familiar with hunting/tracking Mountain Lions? [View all] Bonhomme Richard Aug 2012 OP

I'm not - sadly, I've never seen one - but my suggestion would be to try petronius Aug 2012 #1

Not ranging far is what I figured. Bonhomme Richard Aug 2012 #2

Is lion hunting legal in your neck of the woods? gejohnston Aug 2012 #3

Not at all.I am hunting with a camera. Bonhomme Richard Aug 2012 #4

I gathered you were using a camera, but gejohnston Aug 2012 #5

The thing is that the state won't admit that they are here in CT. Bonhomme Richard Aug 2012 #6

I see, I was thinking you were in a western state. gejohnston Aug 2012 #7

Dogs are the correct way to track them. former-republican Sep 2012 #8

I thought about dogs and.... Bonhomme Richard Sep 2012 #9

If you're tying to get them to come to you former-republican Sep 2012 #10

Yeah, my back will be protected as.... Bonhomme Richard Sep 2012 #11

They are very territorial former-republican Sep 2012 #12

Spam deleted by CaliforniaPeggy (MIR Team) rqsulfates Sep 2012 #13

if you believe them to be in your area, a tethered goat and trail cams could be the way loli phabay Sep 2012 #14

I've been out a half dozen times now and..... Bonhomme Richard Sep 2012 #15