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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: J.G.]
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11/27/09 03:04 PM
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sig226fan (Rguns.com)
duck & cover
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Real and Archer, not counting the black ones here in Fannin/Hunt
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: Texas Fight]
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11/29/09 08:58 PM
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mandrake
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Have seen tracks all over Grapevine corp. east of 377 south of little denton creek. some prints are in the area of 4 inches across and a fellow hunter the other day said he thought it was a HUGE bobcat over a gut pile till it walked away and he saw the 4ft long tail. Makes you wanna keep your eyes on the trees.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: mandrake]
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11/30/09 05:34 AM
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FinFowlAndWhitetail
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2 sightings in chambers county 1 in jasper county and 1 in blanco county. i saw the one in blanco, my uncle saw the one in jasper and one in chambers, and a friend of mines mom took a pic of one in her back yard in chambers county(hankamer)
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: FinFowlAndWhitetail]
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11/30/09 01:20 PM
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llanite
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You can add Llano and Lampasas counties to the list.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: llanite]
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12/18/09 06:49 AM
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slymer
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I guy that use to be on our deer lease had a horse killed by one a couple years ago in Lamar county.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: FinFowlAndWhitetail]
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12/18/09 10:46 AM
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texas_sooner
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2 sightings in chambers county 1 in jasper county and 1 in blanco county. i saw the one in blanco, my uncle saw the one in jasper and one in chambers, and a friend of mines mom took a pic of one in her back yard in chambers county(hankamer) That's scary, your friend's mom seeing one in the backyard. Keep the 30-30 handy.
"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it." William Munny "What's right is right." Billy Batts
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: texas_sooner]
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12/18/09 08:57 PM
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deerhunter721
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Last year, My boss was asleep in bed, when the doorbell rang. He lives in Lake Dallas! We are talking just nortwest of Lewisville. Well, there was a sheriff standing on the porch, and told my boss to stay in the house. He just seen about a 180lb cat in his front yard and jump the backyard fence. The next day the game warden came out, and the tracks were in the back yard. So, I guess the old addage that "where there's deer, there is mountain lions" might still ring true. The warden said there were several living in the area.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: deerhunter721]
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12/18/09 09:15 PM
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Freer Hunter 72
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Duval County, just outside of Freer. We've had 3 sightings over the course of the last 8 years. One shot at and missed by a guest. All 3 were supposedly fairly small, maybe 70-80lbs.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: deerhunter721]
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12/18/09 09:18 PM
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bear9075
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I saw 5 in Upton Co from the late 70's to around 1990, one was on the air strip on the west side of Rankin just a couple hundred yards from our house. Saw 2 in northen Crocket Co and 1 in west Reagan Co. Actually 6 in Upton if you count the dead one the Gov. traper got.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: bear9075]
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12/18/09 09:33 PM
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deerhunter721
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I grew up in Odessa, and when I was little, my dad and older brothers were coming home from deer hunting and found a mountain lion that had JUST got hit and killed on I-10. IT was just west of Roosevelt I think. Might have been closer to Sheffield. No scars at all from it. They had it mounted, but back in 1995, it was stolen out of our storage room. It wasnt but about a 80lb cat, but a neat mount none the less.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: deerhunter721]
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12/19/09 04:04 AM
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BAR940
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Been one spotted in Montague Co. about 5 miles west of Montague.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: BAR940]
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12/19/09 02:02 PM
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txtrophy85
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i've seen tracks in far far west bandera county....we've had two sighting this year at our neighbors ranch in zavala county
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: txtrophy85]
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12/19/09 02:31 PM
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searay
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We have seen 2 in Crockett county and 1 Bigfoot
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: searay]
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12/19/09 07:23 PM
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Bull_Rope
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I've personally see 3 different cats on my place in cottle county near the Pease River. 1 mother and an older cub....one other lone cat walking the rivers ridge.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
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12/20/09 12:41 AM
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RockinU
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Have seen Lions in Edwards county, Kimble County, Dallas County, Tarrant County, Denton County, Throckmorton County, Baylor County, Young County & Archer County If you spend enuff time in the outdoors either sitting in a deer blind or spot & stalk hunting you will see them. There has not been a documented case of a Lion attacking a human here in Texas in the last 50 year probably more! I did a lengthy search on this, and the only thing I could find said there has never been a documented case...
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: RockinU]
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12/20/09 12:41 AM
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RockinU
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Several sightings in Glasscock. One in Crockett county, seen tracks in Sterling.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: RockinU]
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12/20/09 06:38 AM
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bassackwards dav
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Your search should have shown three which have occured since 1980 all in southwest texas. No fatalites. I dont know how to post the link but my search took only a second and it was TPW info.
bassackwards dav
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: bassackwards dav]
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12/20/09 07:00 AM
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bassackwards dav
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I have posted about this before and its been along time ago. But I have seen three in parker county. I had someone with me in all three sightings. One in the early 80s running trot line on brazos with a Jon boat electic motor at 1am no more then 30yrds away. Small cat 70 80# be my guess. The other in 1997 or 98 100yds away crossing a rd near a place I managed. And the other around the same time frame about 5 miles where that cat crossed the rd near Advance rd. That one came to rattling horns. I wasnt fast enough to get a shot. It was a big cat. I know alot of people that dont think its possible. I lived in theses areas and spent everyday in the field. And these are isolated incidents.If someone really wanted to research it the Weatherford demacrat paper had a write up about a cat hunter that came up from alpine and confirmed a kill in parker around the time frame I saw those two cats in the late 90s.
bassackwards dav
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: RockinU]
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12/20/09 07:37 AM
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bassackwards dav
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Have seen Lions in Edwards county, Kimble County, Dallas County, Tarrant County, Denton County, Throckmorton County, Baylor County, Young County & Archer County If you spend enuff time in the outdoors either sitting in a deer blind or spot & stalk hunting you will see them. There has not been a documented case of a Lion attacking a human here in Texas in the last 50 year probably more! I did a lengthy search on this, and the only thing I could find said there has never been a documented case... 1987 Big Bend national park 14 yr old boy killed.I read a little further from wear I found that other info. Like I said do a google you can find it.
bassackwards dav
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: bassackwards dav]
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12/20/09 05:17 PM
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RockinU
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Your search should have shown three which have occured since 1980 all in southwest texas. No fatalites. I dont know how to post the link but my search took only a second and it was TPW info. Really? Can you post a link? This stuff fascinates me...guess my stuff was dated.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: RockinU]
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12/20/09 05:20 PM
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RockinU
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Never mind, just found it.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: RockinU]
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12/21/09 01:28 AM
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jtad
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Hunted a lease about 40 miles west of Corpus Christi, think it was still in Nueces county. It had a pair on there, guy on the place next to us killed one of them. This was 20 years ago. Meanwhile fast forward to this summer in Erath county just outside of Lingelville I walked up on a adult mountain lion. He went one way I went the other. Guys on the ranch next to me have seen it a couple of times also.
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Re: Mountain Lion Sightings......
[Re: jtad]
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12/21/09 05:05 AM
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RMR
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Well, someone else has seen another mountain lion on my place in Kinney County. (I posted earlier)
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