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Mountain Lions (Original Post) Goblor Dec 2015 OP
Nice! Suich Dec 2015 #1
Thanks for watching the vid! (NT) Goblor Dec 2015 #2
Beautiful animals UtahLib Dec 2015 #3
What a cool video! blondie58 Dec 2015 #8
So true Goblor Dec 2015 #24
What a cool video! blondie58 Dec 2015 #9
Me too! Goblor Dec 2015 #15
Did you expect them to hang around that area . . . Journeyman Dec 2015 #4
I am wondering the same thing. truedelphi Dec 2015 #6
Thanks! Goblor Dec 2015 #17
Good questions ... Goblor Dec 2015 #16
They look young. postulater Dec 2015 #5
Yes, good call ... Goblor Dec 2015 #18
That was awesome! RiverLover Dec 2015 #7
Thanks! Goblor Dec 2015 #19
Very cool! hatrack Dec 2015 #10
Haha Goblor Dec 2015 #25
Mountain Lions are nocturnal-only active at night. DhhD Dec 2015 #11
The two lions Goblor Dec 2015 #20
Nicely done! dobleremolque Dec 2015 #12
Moultrie... Goblor Dec 2015 #21
Nice capture! Nitram Dec 2015 #13
Red Wolf? Goblor Dec 2015 #22
kick Angry Dragon Dec 2015 #14
Thanks! =0) Goblor Dec 2015 #23
We have them in Michigan, too. longship Dec 2015 #26

blondie58

(2,570 posts)
8. What a cool video!
Thu Dec 10, 2015, 03:30 PM
Dec 2015

I attended a program Several years ago with the Great Photographer Thomas Mangelson. He spoke to us about the importance of protecting These Great Cats. He Said That a big tragedy is the morhers who have left their den to Get Food for their babies who encounter a Hunter. That Hunter not only kills the Mom, but the Babies. So so sad.

Goblor

(163 posts)
24. So true
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 09:37 PM
Dec 2015

as well as state Game and Fish agencies killing lions to justify 'enhancing' 'game' animals like deer and elk. Such poor science and the (hunting) public eats it up.

blondie58

(2,570 posts)
9. What a cool video!
Thu Dec 10, 2015, 03:45 PM
Dec 2015

I attended a program Several years ago with the Great Photographer Thomas Mangelson. He spoke to us about the importance of protecting These Great Cats. He Said That a big tragedy is the morhers who have left their den to Get Food for their babies who encounter a Hunter. That Hunter not only kills the Mom, but the Babies. So so sad.

Journeyman

(15,001 posts)
4. Did you expect them to hang around that area . . .
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 10:55 PM
Dec 2015

or was that just a fortuitous encounter?

Just wondering, what went into your decision to station your camera at that spot?


Tres cool, that's for sure.

Goblor

(163 posts)
16. Good questions ...
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 09:24 PM
Dec 2015

Over the last couple years people have reported lion sightings in the area. In the last few months there were a few more. That helped me dial in the area. I had personally seen lion tracks in this area and knew about a wash there that was seldom traveled by people. That's where I set up my camera. As for the exact spot? That was pure luck as there were three other spots in that wash I had in mind. While that camera has caught another lion (just a glimpse) as did another camera I have placed a few miles away, I doubt there will be another lucky capture... =0)

Goblor

(163 posts)
18. Yes, good call ...
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 09:25 PM
Dec 2015

A friend who had studied mountain lions said they were and looked between 18 and 24 months old ...

hatrack

(59,440 posts)
10. Very cool!
Thu Dec 10, 2015, 06:56 PM
Dec 2015

Typical cats - now I'll sniff, now I'll pounce on you . . . now I think I'll lie down for a while . . .

Goblor

(163 posts)
20. The two lions
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 09:27 PM
Dec 2015

I've seen in this area three years prior to this video were at 2 and 4 p.m., respectively.

Goblor

(163 posts)
21. Moultrie...
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 09:32 PM
Dec 2015

This camera is a Moultrie M-990i gen2, though I have to say it has very poor batter life and when the batteries start to die, the video quality does as well. From my experience there are a couple Bushnell cameras that have better video quality, better trigger time and battery life.

Nitram

(22,671 posts)
13. Nice capture!
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 12:01 PM
Dec 2015

Large felines are so beautiful the way they move. All felines, for that matter, but the big ones are so much more impressive. Where I live (Virginia woods) I don't capture anything big. Just deer, foxes, raccoons, possums, skunks and groundhogs.

longship

(40,416 posts)
26. We have them in Michigan, too.
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 12:06 AM
Dec 2015

Apparently. I've never seen one even though I live in the midst of the Manistee National Forest. We just don't have mountains here, so we just call them cougars, or something like that.

They are impressive and beautiful animals though.

R&K

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