Where is Cougar Trap, TX?

aanker · 04-23-17, 10:01 AM

Out West in OR we called them mountain lions - (same animal, it has other names too). We lived in the foothills of the coast range there.

I was walking up the 2 mile gravel road to my place and heard something in the brush above me. When I stopped, it stopped, this happened several times. I caught a glimpse of it behind the brush and sure enough I was being stalked and sized up for dinner.

Cougars - Mountain Lions are really big, almost as big as a female African Lion. After that I took our German shepherd with me on those walks.

Schroeder · 04-23-17, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by aanker

Cougars - Mountain Lions are really big, almost as big as a female African Lion. After that I took our German shepherd with me on those walks.

After that I surely would have had something 9mm or bigger with me in addition to the dog.

Jimbuna · 04-23-17, 11:22 AM

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After that I surely would have had something 9mm or bigger with me in addition to the dog.

Me too.....if just to save the German Shepherd

aanker · 04-23-17, 02:22 PM

One good thing, Cougars, Bear, etc are really shy and all the noise the Shepherd made gave advance notice we were coming, but you're right, I should have brought the 30 ought 6.

Sailor Steve · 04-23-17, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by aanker

Out West in OR we called them mountain lions - (same animal, it has other names too). We lived in the foothills of the coast range there.

I was walking up the 2 mile gravel road to my place and heard something in the brush above me. When I stopped, it stopped, this happened several times. I caught a glimpse of it behind the brush and sure enough I was being stalked and sized up for dinner.

Cougars - Mountain Lions are really big, almost as big as a female African Lion. After that I took our German shepherd with me on those walks.

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

After that I surely would have had something 9mm or bigger with me in addition to the dog.

Grantsville, Utah is just thirty miles outside of Salt Lake City, and only five miles from the small city of Tooele (pronounced Too-will-a). I have a friend who has a small horse property just outside of Grantsville, and he keeps a couple of loaded shotguns handy for what he calls "kitty problems".

Aktungbby · 04-23-17, 06:58 PM

When I was a airbase patrol man we had a terrible Mule deer problem; over breeding; over grazing; and several nearly road-kill'd cripples limping around from the nearby freeway ...just awful. they were a constant hazard to auto traffic. A lot of deer we recognized and actually had names! Then a cougar came into the base.

Had we called Fish and Game they would have darted the animal and that's been fatal in the past, so, taking a page from Master and Commander: "the lesser of two weevils", we kept mum; alerted the the Coast Guard families living in the base housing to 'keep the kids close" and after a month or so... a very reduced deer problem and the Puma moved on having done the job it was designed for.

KaleunMarco · 10-20-18, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

When I was a airbase patrol man we had a terrible Mule deer problem; over breeding; over grazing; and several nearly road-kill'd cripples limping around from the nearby freeway ...just awful. they were a constant hazard to auto traffic. A lot of deer we recognized and actually had names! Then a cougar came into the base.

Had we called Fish and Game they would have darted the animal and that's been fatal in the past, so, taking a page from Master and Commander: "the lesser of two weevils", we kept mum; alerted the the Coast Guard families living in the base housing to 'keep the kids close" and after a month or so... a very reduced deer problem and the Puma moved on having done the job it was designed for.

it sounds like you had a sane CO: a reasonable solution to a reasonable problem.

Aktungbby · 06-22-20, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

When I was a airbase patrol man we had a terrible Mule deer problem; over breeding; over grazing; and several nearly road-kill'd cripples limping around from the nearby freeway ...just awful. they were a constant hazard to auto traffic. A lot of deer we recognized and actually had names! Then a cougar came into the base.

Had we called Fish and Game they would have darted the animal and that's been fatal in the past, so, taking a page from Master and Commander: "the lesser of two weevils", we kept mum; alerted the the Coast Guard families living in the base housing to 'keep the kids close" and after a month or so... a very reduced deer problem and the Puma moved on having done the job it was designed for.

I submit: Cougar Trap is now 2000 miles west of Neal and 30 miles south of my previous encounter zone; in the heart of San Francisco... https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/...d-15353658.php

If there are no mule deer are to be had a marsupial at the zoo will do nicely

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The three marsupials were part of the zoo’s popular Australian WalkAbout exhibit, a large enclosure along the northern edge of the zoo immediately adjacent to Sloat Boulevard and to the perimeter fence separating the zoo grounds from the outside.

Zoo veterinarians performed necropsies on the three animals and confirmed that they were “killed by a predator attack.” Chan said they had been bitten. The zoo, Chan said, “ took steps to prevent any further loss” but she did not say what the steps were.
“With the unusual sighting and capture of a young mountain lion in San Francisco this week, the zoo is investigating whether this could be the perpetrator,” Chan said.

the ferocious cat was captured safely without darting and returned to a more suitable habitat!

The puma, a 15-month-old male, was taken to the Oakland Zoo where a veterinary team deemed him healthy for release back into the wild. The animal weighed in at 68 pounds, according to the zoo.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife released the mountain lion in an open preserve Friday, zoo officials said.

Mr Quatro · 06-23-20, 10:16 AM

What would we do without you Aktung?

You deserve a star for photo journalism

Something is eating pet dogs in our neighborhood

Aktungbby · 06-23-20, 03:26 PM

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Something is eating pet dogs in our neighborhood

That could be considered catamount to felinious canine cannibalism.

KaleunMarco · 10-20-18, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

After that I surely would have had something 9mm or bigger with me in addition to the dog.

a 1911 Colt would have done it.
BTW, cougars in western USA are know as PUMAS.

04-23-17, 06:58 PM	#6
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,023 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	When I was a airbase patrol man we had a terrible Mule deer problem; over breeding; over grazing; and several nearly road-kill'd cripples limping around from the nearby freeway ...just awful. they were a constant hazard to auto traffic. A lot of deer we recognized and actually had names! Then a cougar came into the base. Had we called Fish and Game they would have darted the animal and that's been fatal in the past, so, taking a page from Master and Commander: "the lesser of two weevils", we kept mum; alerted the the Coast Guard families living in the base housing to 'keep the kids close" and after a month or so... a very reduced deer problem and the Puma moved on having done the job it was designed for. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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04-23-17, 10:01 AM	#1
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	Out West in OR we called them mountain lions - (same animal, it has other names too). We lived in the foothills of the coast range there. I was walking up the 2 mile gravel road to my place and heard something in the brush above me. When I stopped, it stopped, this happened several times. I caught a glimpse of it behind the brush and sure enough I was being stalked and sized up for dinner. Cougars - Mountain Lions are really big, almost as big as a female African Lion. After that I took our German shepherd with me on those walks.

04-23-17, 02:22 PM	#4
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	One good thing, Cougars, Bear, etc are really shy and all the noise the Shepherd made gave advance notice we were coming, but you're right, I should have brought the 30 ought 6.