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In the cats defense, I've killed and eaten both Deer and Goat. Deer is yummy, the goat tasted like it had been eating nothing but buttholes for a while.

Oh and Coolaid, I hunt a lot around Barksdale/Camp Wood. "some canned hunts, others a bit more sporting"

On all the places I hunt, hogs, coyotes, and big cats are free to take if sighted.
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Originally posted by Risasi Risasi wrote:

Originally posted by pyro6999 pyro6999 wrote:

mountain lions arent like wolves, they kill to eat. 


I'm not too sure about that. When it comes to killing for food vs. killing for sport, that's kind of a gray area, hard to say which is the rule and which is the exception. Especially the females...


an adult lion will kill and eat one deer a week. ive seen small packs of wolves kill hundreds of elk on a winter feed ground in wyoming in a couple of months, and most werent eaten.
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Originally posted by pyro6999 pyro6999 wrote:

Originally posted by Risasi Risasi wrote:

Originally posted by pyro6999 pyro6999 wrote:

mountain lions arent like wolves, they kill to eat. 


I'm not too sure about that. When it comes to killing for food vs. killing for sport, that's kind of a gray area, hard to say which is the rule and which is the exception. Especially the females...


an adult lion will kill and eat one deer a week. ive seen small packs of wolves kill hundreds of elk on a winter feed ground in wyoming in a couple of months, and most werent eaten.

I'm glad you clarified. 
Fair enough. I have no experience with wolves. Just cougar and 'yotes. 

Over the years I've had a few friends/relatives report losing dozens of calves and sheep to one cougar in a short period of time. But I do think that is probably more of the exception than the norm. 
But I could see where a pack of wolves will be more destructive than a predominantly solitary animal. 
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Either way, they all need a .30 supository!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote pyro6999 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/16/2010 at 09:40
Originally posted by Risasi Risasi wrote:

Originally posted by pyro6999 pyro6999 wrote:

Originally posted by Risasi Risasi wrote:

Originally posted by pyro6999 pyro6999 wrote:

mountain lions arent like wolves, they kill to eat. 


I'm not too sure about that. When it comes to killing for food vs. killing for sport, that's kind of a gray area, hard to say which is the rule and which is the exception. Especially the females...


an adult lion will kill and eat one deer a week. ive seen small packs of wolves kill hundreds of elk on a winter feed ground in wyoming in a couple of months, and most werent eaten.

I'm glad you clarified. 
Fair enough. I have no experience with wolves. Just cougar and 'yotes. 

Over the years I've had a few friends/relatives report losing dozens of calves and sheep to one cougar in a short period of time. But I do think that is probably more of the exception than the norm. 
But I could see where a pack of wolves will be more destructive than a predominantly solitary animal. 

dont get me wrong, cougar's aren't any less guilty than any other predator when it comes to live stock, although in my native wyoming between the grizzly's and the wolves and coyotes, cougars were seldom the culprit in livestock kills. it does happen though, more with sheep than cattle.
as you mentioned generally cougars are solitary, and wolves usually hunt in packs, which can result in multiple kills in one area. cougars are the only animal ive ever seen fight off a grizzly bear for food. a pack wolves will try, but the success rate is about 0-1% successful.
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