Lion country

LS 4722 · Post by **LS 4722** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 8:04 pm

This sign is about 1/2 mile south of where tomorrows job is. The last time I saw a mountain lion, 10 years or so ago, was at the north end of De Soto Avenue while working on a gas company project.

David Anaya · Post by **David Anaya** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:29 am

Remember safety tip, you don't have to be faster than a mountain lion, just faster than your buddy/coworker

Dave Karoly, PLS · Post by **Dave Karoly, PLS** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:16 pm

There is a mountain lion living in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (Mendocino County near Fort Bragg). I spend a lot of time there but I haven't seen the lion, just a 30" redwood tree it used for a scratching post. I wouldn't want to be the cat's scratching post, the tree bark was shredded.

Jim Frame · Post by **Jim Frame** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:22 pm

The big cats give me the willies when I'm hiking, because it's not the cat you see that's the problem. The knowledge that they're out there -- if very, very sparsely distributed -- combined with the knowledge that they've been getting less selective about their prey due to a population/food imbalance, makes me a bit edgy on the trail.

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Stephen Johnson · Post by **Stephen Johnson** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:24 am

Jim,

Time to start toting a shotgun with buckshot and slugs loaded.

Hopefully all it will be needed for if you bump into a big cat is for a really loud noise.

I would hate to have to take out a mountain lion. There aren't really enough of them in the wild.

Then you have to explain the mess to the Game Warden.