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Lion country
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 8:04 pm
by LS 4722
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:29 am
by David Anaya
Remember safety tip, you don't have to be faster than a mountain lion, just faster than your buddy/coworker
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:16 pm
by Dave Karoly, PLS
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:22 pm
by Jim Frame
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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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:24 am
by Stephen Johnson
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.