ksbowhntr77 Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 My nephew was telling of how he trailed a buck he shot the night before, the following morning. He said he must have walked past him a good four or five times before he noticed an antler sticking out of a leaf and twig pile in the bottom of the creek bed. I told him that it sounded like a mountian lion covering his kill to eat for a few days. He said the guts were the only thing ate on when he found it and that he thought it was coyotes. Any suggestions, either way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksbowhntr77 Posted December 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? No, no one tried to gut it. It laid down in the creek after he shot it bc he trailed it to where it laid. It was just covered in leaves and sticks. Last time I checked, coyotes didn't do that. I watched a National Geographic show on Mountain Lions and their distinctive attribute is to cover their kill similar to this. Just wondered what the rest of you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller66 Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? hard to say, we have quite a few mt lions here in IA, at first if someone said they saw one you assumed it was fake, now you take everything serious, wouldn't surprise me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkV Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? From what I have read lions usually eat the rear end first, not the guts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? coula been a bobcat or bear...they will usually cover the kill after thay feed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gitcha_some Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? yes big cats feed fromt he rump first...but then again so do foxes, sounds really spooky to me i know i wouldve gotten the **** outa there and been watching my back on the run back to the truck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? A lion will cover the remains of its prey and return to the kill to feed until the meat begins to turn. If you find a lion kill, don't hang around the area. The animal may still be nearby. An adult can weigh up to 200 pounds. Grizz also cover their kills with sticks and leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? I've found 1 "for sure" mountain lion kill and it was exactly how you described it. The lion had eaten out the rear end and lower abdomen area and it looked like some of the hind quarters had been gnawed. The carcass was maybe a week old and already starting to get pretty ripe. I left it undisturbed and went back to check it several times, but it looked like it was never visited again. Interestingly, even the local yotes wouldn't touch it. Too scared by the cat scent I guess? It just sat there and rotted into the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaskMan Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? [ QUOTE ] The DNR is just scared of whats out there [/ QUOTE ] I'd bet more scared of the public outcry than scared of the cats. Unfortunately that is how people react. They're just a wild cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasDeer Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? my grandpal swears on his soul that he had seen a cat cross the road in front of his truck one morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lilcrackshot Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? Yeah, me and my dad saw one too. We were driving along a old farmers road scouting when something big ran out in front of us. We both saw it and its tracks and it was a cougar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger-Hunter Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? If the DNR says that they don't exist in your state, then you can't get into trouble for shooting a few of them, eh. gotta love the way I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger-Hunter Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? I can't believe I forgot to post this, but there was a mountain lion 10 miles from the Chicago border last year. Come to think of it I haven't seen many deer in the forest preserve where they saw the lion. I thought they probably had snipers go in there, but now that i think about it, it was probably the lion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? The guts being the only thing ate on sounds like coyotes, they always start with the guts first and go from there, but coyotes dont cover up their kill like that and unless they were interrupted there would likely be more damage than just the guts being gotten into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehunter Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? I live in Mid Coast Maine and two years ago while calling coyotes I had a lion cross the powerlines a short distance from me. Needless to say I picked up and got out of the area. I thought I was crazy till I spoke to the local warden and told there had been numerous reports of one in the area. His comparison was that there 40,000 bears in the state and how often do you see them compared to a few cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ousoonerfan22 Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Re: Kansas Mountain Lion? There have been some mountain lion sightings here in Oklahoma the last 4 or 5 years. Colorado has mountain lions so they're probably ranging into neighboring states. I was bowhunting mulies south of Craig,CO years ago and the ranchers were moving their sheep down off the mountains.I hiked to a high point to do some glassing and right there under a scrubby pine was a sheep with it's hindquarters eaten off,it was also covered with grass.Walking up on that made the hair stand up on my neck and I figured the cat was still around since this looked like a fairly fresh kill. I got the heck out of there!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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