2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa

Posted By: dogcatcher

2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/08/16 10:57 PM

http://www.newswest9.com/story/33053314/...nche-trail-park

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Two mountain lion sightings reported at Odessa's Comanche Trail Park

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ODESSA, TX (KWES) -
Two mountain lion sightings at Odessa's Comanche Trail Park have Odessa police warning residents.

Odessa Animal Control added that they found tracks and paw prints that possibly belong to a mountain lion.

We're told that there are several acres of undeveloped land that could possibly harbor mountain lions as a food source.

As a result, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be heading to Comanche Trail Park in an attempt to locate the mountain lion.

Police are reminding citizens to keep their pets secured and be mindful when they allow their children to roam and play.

If you come into contact with a mountain lion, you're encouraged to call Odessa Animal Control at (432) 333-3641.

Here are some safety tips from authorities regarding mountain lions:
�Don't approach a mountain lion. Most mountain lions will try to avoid confrontation.
�Do not run from a mountain lion. Running may stimulate a mountain lion's instinct to chase.
�Do not crouch down or bend over.
�Do all you can to appear larger.
�Fight back if attacked.

Posted By: RedRanger

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/08/16 10:59 PM

Yea, So what is the big deal?

Posted By: General Guts

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/08/16 11:00 PM

Migration or turned loose ?

Posted By: Brother in-law

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/08/16 11:04 PM

Originally Posted By: RedRanger

Yea, So what is the big deal?

Posted By: bill oxner

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/08/16 11:06 PM

Originally Posted By: RedRanger

Yea, So what is the big deal?

Bigger than anything you started since the first of June.

Posted By: Brother in-law

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/08/16 11:10 PM

Oh snap

Posted By: dkershen

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/08/16 11:52 PM

No surprise. That's prime lion country.

Posted By: Frenzy

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/09/16 12:00 AM

Oh man, ya'll better watch your feeders! There's a real predator out there!

Posted By: blackcoal

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/09/16 12:28 AM

Why do you fellas think they settled on Permian Panthers !!!

Posted By: scalebuster

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/09/16 12:55 AM

I don't buy it. I'm betting on a big short tail cat.

Posted By: Duck_Hunter

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/09/16 01:08 AM

Originally Posted By: bill oxner

Originally Posted By: RedRanger

Yea, So what is the big deal?

Bigger than anything you started since the first of June.

Oxner is a savage tonight.

Posted By: Homer Jay

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/09/16 03:09 AM

"...mountain lions as a food source..."

I'm not quite sure what that means.

Posted By: billybob

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/09/16 10:23 AM

Originally Posted By: bill oxner

Originally Posted By: RedRanger

Yea, So what is the big deal?

Bigger than anything you started since the first of June.

There are THF members from that area that may be interested. You don't have to worry about it...I don't think there has ever been any OT only poster killed by a mountain lion.

Posted By: SnakeWrangler

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/09/16 10:43 AM

Originally Posted By: Duck_Hunter

Originally Posted By: bill oxner

Originally Posted By: RedRanger

Yea, So what is the big deal?

Bigger than anything you started since the first of June.

Oxner is a savage tonight.

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Posted By: target1911

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/09/16 03:58 PM

Originally Posted By: billybob

Originally Posted By: bill oxner

Originally Posted By: RedRanger

Yea, So what is the big deal?

Bigger than anything you started since the first of June.

There are THF members from that area that may be interested. You don't have to worry about it...I don't think there has ever been any OT only poster killed by a mountain lion.

Posted By: Homer Jay

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/09/16 04:28 PM

I saw a bear on my lease in Throckmorton once. True story.

Posted By: gusick

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/09/16 05:32 PM

I saw a mountain lion just outside Odessa once. There is probably a bunch of them.

Posted By: HuntnFly67

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/09/16 05:41 PM

It's a typo. Ever since prices took a dump, I heard cougars were out looking for their next meal ticket not mountain lions.

Posted By: Bittercreek

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/10/16 01:07 AM

I believe you.
There is a thread in the Hunting Section now. About Black-Bears.
I have seen tracks only.. Have had family members and Racnh-Hands. Seen-
VERY-FEW. Over the last 20 years.
North of Vealmore Tx. Borden County, Scurry County.
Fact is. Some feller about called me a Liar. In the Thread on Bears.
Saying no bears ever seen this far north.
Go look yourself.
Post your sighting.

Posted By: RedHoss

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/10/16 03:42 AM

In the early 2000s, I had a lease in Mason County that had at least one mountain lion on it. It left trees with unbroken deep claw marks from the ground to over eight feet high. The area was between Mason and Junction.

Posted By: SouthWestIron

Re: 2 Mountain Lions Sighted in Odessa - 09/10/16 05:26 AM

Originally Posted By: billybob

Originally Posted By: bill oxner

Originally Posted By: RedRanger

Yea, So what is the big deal?

Bigger than anything you started since the first of June.

There are THF members from that area that may be interested. You don't have to worry about it...I don't think there has ever been any OT only poster killed by a mountain lion.

Thanks for the post Dogcatcher, always well informed by your posts. Some folks are just complainers and NAYSAYERS!