And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, July 15, 2024
Think about the size of this mountain lion next time you're camping out.
Late at night I came around a bend on a mountain road. There, right there! was a very large mountain lion just trotting along the road bed. He seemed not at all fazed by the sudden illumination of the headlights.
Since he seemed so nonchalant about it, I slowly followed him for a hundred feet or so. I marveled at his size. I'm pretty sure the '78 VW bug I drove would have been no match for him. I dare say he was larger than shown here.
One law that the libtard state legislature is trying to pass is the "Anti-Trophy Hunting Law" where hunters may be prevented from killing wildlife simply for sport. Unless they pose a very specific risk to humans, mountain lions, bears and other predatory wildlife should be left along.
I don't remember if I've eaten mtn lion. But I've eaten bear and prit nigh every critter native to North America. Politicians pander to idiots wanting to rewild the lands. The sickos already want human life to be optional.
Following an afternoon of hunting, I decided to sit in the twilight until nighttime. Being still, I could hear the various critters begin to move.
Being near a natural water hole with game tracks in every direction, I wondered how long before the predators come out. It wasn't too long a wait. I figured they all knew I was there. I wondered if one should make a move on me.
That thought caused me some anxiety. It was well into the night now. I heard a rustle behind and uphill of me. It was something large. I fired off two shots and made my way to the highway a couple of miles yonder.
The next day I went to where I had sat. I found a cat print just a bit smaller than my outstretched hand. Just now I measured my hand; 8 3/4" between tips of pinky finger to thumb of outstretched hand.
I followed the track for a bit. The track was meandering as if prowling but generally in the direction of the water hole. But along the way, a quick turn towards where I had sat the night before.
It's also "fun" to follow fresh bear and cub tracks that weren't there earlier back to where to where you parked the truck hours ago when the sunlight is waning...
You have shown your ignorance- retreat, Have you no sense what danger comes with an overabundance of predators- what havoc is caused in both communities and the wild when their populations grow too large? I guess that's redundant. So many idiots...when they display it publicly, it removes all doubt.
lot of them up on the ridge we live on in WV, they mostly range in the considerable paper company and coal mining lands, come up where we live to hunt cats dogs pigs and chickens, seen one had a black racing stripe down its back, black socks and a black tail tip, bandit stripes down its eyes like a raccoon, pretty awesome looking she cat. haven't seen a panther but they are around, people get them on game cameras. I seen two with my own eyes so far in 18 years up on the ridge. Wolves too, big, look like a very large husky, trot right down the road past the house when we get deep snow, just lope along no worries. The kitties got this godawful caterwauling when its mating season, close to blood curtling screams. Drives the pigs crazy, everyones dogs for miles start howling.
The males are very territorial. You can call them in by scraping a rock on a stump which mimicks another cat sharpening his claws. Old Indian trick. Jpaul
Call me what you like. I’m not the least bit opposed to hunting as a form of wildlife population control or to protect people or livestock or for food. But to kill a magnificent creature like that big cat for no other reason than to take a trophy is kinda nothing short of murder. Take a camera and take his portrait. That should take every bit as much hunting and tracking skill as going for the kill. Take your desert eagle with you in case things go south but don’t make lethal intent your first option. Now, call me all of those funny names.
California banned hunting Mtn. Lions in the 90s. Later, a lady on a Mtn. Bike got taken and stashed up a tree. Those critters need to fear the top of the food chain. That includes Gavin Newsom, I believe.
Mountain Lion looks drugged. What is the backstory?
ReplyDeleteMore like deceased. Check out Alberta Canada based TNT Outfitting. https://tntoutfitting.com/about-us/
DeleteTheir gallery of photos of from their guided hunts is extensive.
Late at night I came around a bend on a mountain road. There, right there! was a very large mountain lion just trotting along the road bed. He seemed not at all fazed by the sudden illumination of the headlights.
ReplyDeleteSince he seemed so nonchalant about it, I slowly followed him for a hundred feet or so. I marveled at his size. I'm pretty sure the '78 VW bug I drove would have been no match for him. I dare say he was larger than shown here.
One law that the libtard state legislature is trying to pass is the "Anti-Trophy Hunting Law" where hunters may be prevented from killing wildlife simply for sport. Unless they pose a very specific risk to humans, mountain lions, bears and other predatory wildlife should be left along.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember if I've eaten mtn lion. But I've eaten bear and prit nigh every critter native to North America. Politicians pander to idiots wanting to rewild the lands. The sickos already want human life to be optional.
DeleteFollowing an afternoon of hunting, I decided to sit in the twilight until nighttime.
ReplyDeleteBeing still, I could hear the various critters begin to move.
Being near a natural water hole with game tracks in every direction, I wondered how long before the predators come out. It wasn't too long a wait. I figured they all knew I was there. I wondered if one should make a move on me.
That thought caused me some anxiety. It was well into the night now. I heard a rustle behind and uphill of me. It was something large. I fired off two shots and made my way to the highway a couple of miles yonder.
The next day I went to where I had sat. I found a cat print just a bit smaller than my outstretched hand. Just now I measured my hand; 8 3/4" between tips of pinky finger to thumb of outstretched hand.
I followed the track for a bit. The track was meandering as if prowling but generally in the direction of the water hole. But along the way, a quick turn towards where I had sat the night before.
It's also "fun" to follow fresh bear and cub tracks that weren't there earlier back to where to where you parked the truck hours ago when the sunlight is waning...
Delete... shots into the sky ...
ReplyDeleteI don't shoot at what I can't see.
Rather the mountain lion than a tiger or lion.
ReplyDeleteMountain lions, and other wildlife, need to be protected species. All hunting and trapping should cease.
ReplyDeleteGo suck your thumb somewhere else.
DeleteYou have shown your ignorance- retreat, Have you no sense what danger comes with an overabundance of predators- what havoc is caused in both communities and the wild when their populations grow too large? I guess that's redundant. So many idiots...when they display it publicly, it removes all doubt.
DeleteSykes,
DeleteTell me how you have never made a living in the rural lifestyle without telling me you have never made a living in the rural lifestyle.
your first name Wanda ?
DeleteI think the North American mountain lion is about the best looking cat in existence save possibly the snow leopard.
ReplyDeleteOle Grump
Look up Derrick Wolfe, lineman for Denver Broncos a few years ago. He’s 6’9 and 300 lbs. look at the cat he got in Colorado.
ReplyDeleteHe is why I carry and sleep with a 10mm when in the mountains...and a .32 Winchester Special just in case.
ReplyDeletelot of them up on the ridge we live on in WV, they mostly range in the considerable paper company and coal mining lands, come up where we live to hunt cats dogs pigs and chickens, seen one had a black racing stripe down its back, black socks and a black tail tip, bandit stripes down its eyes like a raccoon, pretty awesome looking she cat. haven't seen a panther but they are around, people get them on game cameras. I seen two with my own eyes so far in 18 years up on the ridge. Wolves too, big, look like a very large husky, trot right down the road past the house when we get deep snow, just lope along no worries. The kitties got this godawful caterwauling when its mating season, close to blood curtling screams. Drives the pigs crazy, everyones dogs for miles start howling.
ReplyDeleteThe males are very territorial. You can call them in by scraping a rock on a stump which mimicks another cat sharpening his claws. Old Indian trick.
DeleteJpaul
Call me what you like. I’m not the least bit opposed to hunting as a form of wildlife population control or to protect people or livestock or for food. But to kill a magnificent creature like that big cat for no other reason than to take a trophy is kinda nothing short of murder. Take a camera and take his portrait. That should take every bit as much hunting and tracking skill as going for the kill. Take your desert eagle with you in case things go south but don’t make lethal intent your first option. Now, call me all of those funny names.
ReplyDeleteCalifornia banned hunting Mtn. Lions in the 90s. Later, a lady on a Mtn. Bike got taken and stashed up a tree. Those critters need to fear the top of the food chain. That includes Gavin Newsom, I believe.
ReplyDelete