Comments on: Mountain Lion Really Killed this Whitetail http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/ Deer Hunting and Habitat Management Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:41:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Edward Akin http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/comment-page-2/#comment-2770 Edward Akin Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:40:46 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/#comment-2770 Maybe the picture could have been photoshopped, but if so, they did a good job. A cougar or big cat usually grabs prey by the neck, both to kill and to drag. As far as why the deer didn't look like it had been put through the wringer, that is one big cougar, with plenty of jaw pressure. They kill pretty efficiently. Surely, if you ever had a house cat that catches mice or birds, you've seen some all torn up and others that barely have a mark. This video was posted on some Colorado news website: <a href="http://www.wildlifemanagementpro.com/2009/01/10/video-of-moutain-lion-killing-deer/" target="new" rel="nofollow">Mountain Lion Kill Video</a> It is a different cougar, looks to be smaller, maybe a female. Assuming this was not somehow staged (and how would you propose to do that?), note the deer is not all bloody and beaten up. And note how quickly it was all over. Big cats put a bite to the neck if they can, to either damage the nervous system or asphyxiate. Maybe the picture could have been photoshopped, but if so, they did a good job. A cougar or big cat usually grabs prey by the neck, both to kill and to drag. As far as why the deer didn’t look like it had been put through the wringer, that is one big cougar, with plenty of jaw pressure. They kill pretty efficiently. Surely, if you ever had a house cat that catches mice or birds, you’ve seen some all torn up and others that barely have a mark.

This video was posted on some Colorado news website: Mountain Lion Kill Video

It is a different cougar, looks to be smaller, maybe a female. Assuming this was not somehow staged (and how would you propose to do that?), note the deer is not all bloody and beaten up. And note how quickly it was all over. Big cats put a bite to the neck if they can, to either damage the nervous system or asphyxiate.

]]> By: Bill http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/comment-page-2/#comment-2705 Bill Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:01:21 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/#comment-2705 Well, I feel pretty dumb. Chet's neighbor told me that this was caught on Chet's camera and I told him he was full of it. I got the pic from a friend in SC via text message and thought it was from out that way. Now, I see this and it verifies the story of coming from Chet's camera. Right in my own backyard! Gonna go bring in the pets now. See y'all later! Well, I feel pretty dumb. Chet’s neighbor told me that this was caught on Chet’s camera and I told him he was full of it. I got the pic from a friend in SC via text message and thought it was from out that way. Now, I see this and it verifies the story of coming from Chet’s camera. Right in my own backyard! Gonna go bring in the pets now. See y’all later!

]]> By: Clarke Nattress http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/comment-page-2/#comment-2697 Clarke Nattress Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:34:34 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/#comment-2697 Thought you'd like to know that versions (PhotoShopped) of the cougar photos are making the email rounds up here in Maine as purported sightings of cougars on a "game camera." Some people have a lot of time on their hands I guess. Thought you’d like to know that versions (PhotoShopped) of the cougar photos are making the email rounds up here in Maine as purported sightings of cougars on a “game camera.” Some people have a lot of time on their hands I guess.

]]> By: Robert http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/comment-page-2/#comment-2674 Robert Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:55:40 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/#comment-2674 What county and the nearest town? What county and the nearest town?

]]> By: William Cogburn http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/comment-page-2/#comment-2669 William Cogburn Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:36:06 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/#comment-2669 I can't say if it was 8 or 10 years ago, but I remember it was in August. I saw a cat just like this in Abbieville, South Carolina. I went to my wildlife dept and told them, but the guy just laughed at me. Well, kinda of. I told him If I saw it again that I would shoot it. I really wasn't because he also told me there was a $60,000 fine and jail time if I did? This didn't make sense to me since mountain lions are not here??? A few days later SHE was seen with 2 cubs (by me and 3 other people). As much time as I have spent in the outdoors I have never seen anything like that since. I can’t say if it was 8 or 10 years ago, but I remember it was in August. I saw a cat just like this in Abbieville, South Carolina. I went to my wildlife dept and told them, but the guy just laughed at me. Well, kinda of. I told him If I saw it again that I would shoot it. I really wasn’t because he also told me there was a $60,000 fine and jail time if I did? This didn’t make sense to me since mountain lions are not here??? A few days later SHE was seen with 2 cubs (by me and 3 other people). As much time as I have spent in the outdoors I have never seen anything like that since.

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