theox
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Just curious on everyone's encounters, thoughts, etc about mtn lions while out hunting deer and elk etc.
Any close encounters, where you have seen them the most ie cliffy areas, oak, sage etc.
My closest encounter was out shed hunting. I was hiking through some really thick mahogany in moderately steep terrain and there was some snow patches on the ground where it was real thick and the sun didnt hit and a tad bit muddy. I began seeing fairly fresh lion tracks and seemed like a very large track to me. I kept hiking down the trail and after entering some pretty thick brush i decided id seen enough and started back tracking, . After hiking back 20 yards i took a little differt trail that forked off, and there i found it, a pretty fresh dead elk that had been eaten on. Well that wasnt a very comfortable feeling so kinda hollered a loud HEY! in case it was nearby. I walked another ten feet and right there in the snow was a very fresh looking track in the snow that looked like it was just made, I once again gave a little yell and kinda crept out quickly but not so fast that i looked like a retreating animal. My other buddy was just off the hill from me a couple hundred yards and he said he heard me holler and shortly after something went crashing passed him in the thick mahogany. Pretty uneasy feeling to be in thick brush and know a mtn lion is close and especially walking right up to its fresh kill.
Every once in a while i'll be hiking and out of nowhere i'll feel like something is watching me and kinda get the mtn lion creeps.
I know everyone says they are afraid of humans, but it doesnt make sense to me for them to be so fearful. they attack large deer,and elk which are all stronger than humans.
Any ideas why a lion would be so fearful of humans, and do you guys ever get creeped out when hiking around?
Any close encounters, where you have seen them the most ie cliffy areas, oak, sage etc.
My closest encounter was out shed hunting. I was hiking through some really thick mahogany in moderately steep terrain and there was some snow patches on the ground where it was real thick and the sun didnt hit and a tad bit muddy. I began seeing fairly fresh lion tracks and seemed like a very large track to me. I kept hiking down the trail and after entering some pretty thick brush i decided id seen enough and started back tracking, . After hiking back 20 yards i took a little differt trail that forked off, and there i found it, a pretty fresh dead elk that had been eaten on. Well that wasnt a very comfortable feeling so kinda hollered a loud HEY! in case it was nearby. I walked another ten feet and right there in the snow was a very fresh looking track in the snow that looked like it was just made, I once again gave a little yell and kinda crept out quickly but not so fast that i looked like a retreating animal. My other buddy was just off the hill from me a couple hundred yards and he said he heard me holler and shortly after something went crashing passed him in the thick mahogany. Pretty uneasy feeling to be in thick brush and know a mtn lion is close and especially walking right up to its fresh kill.
Every once in a while i'll be hiking and out of nowhere i'll feel like something is watching me and kinda get the mtn lion creeps.
I know everyone says they are afraid of humans, but it doesnt make sense to me for them to be so fearful. they attack large deer,and elk which are all stronger than humans.
Any ideas why a lion would be so fearful of humans, and do you guys ever get creeped out when hiking around?