Well the rumors of mountain lion in my area got real at 330am. Neighbor was coming home from work and saw the cat in front of my house and called. By the time I jumped out of bed to look, it was gone. Neighbor across the field saw it at 1:30 in the afternoon staring down their dog.
A few miles west of me, a few guys have trail cam pics of one.
I don’t fear much. But cats are one of the limitted fewm I’m checking traps at night, predator hunting,…..and more that plays into the cats favor.
For guys that have cats in their area with limitted habitat, what kind of range do they cover?
). Our deer and elk herds have taken a pretty good hit and our #s are way down. They say a full grown cat will consume on average of 43 deer per year. It wasn’t till this year that they finally admitted(Sask Environment) there was an established breeding population. I think from 2004 to 2010 there were 12 cougars that were caught in snares or shot by landowners, from 2011 to present I will guarantee there has been over 50. This spring there was a lot of new born calves that were confirmed cougars kills, dogs and cats on farms and ranches have been taken literally on the front door step, as well in my hometown of Maple Creek. I do believe that they are an incredible animal and do not want to see them go away from my area but they do need to be managed and population kept in check or there is going to be something tragic happen and it is only a matter of time.
