Mountain lion!

[CityChook]

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oh, tinkle...

 

[exbiologist]

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Given the fact that you are questioning whether you can shoot a mountain lion, I'm going to assume you or your significant other are not equipped to do so. They are nowhere near extinction, and are in fact spreading their range. If you aren't competent with a rifle, then leave it to a pro. The last thing anyone wants is a wounded lion to deal with. The mentality that questions whether you have the moral superiority to kill it is another question, is another you have to come to grips with. If you don't believe you have a right to kill the infringing animal, then you might question whether you have a fortitude to raise animals at all.
To me, humans are just as much apart of nature as the lions are. Would a lion defend its kill from you? Certainly. You are defending your property/food/whatever, and allowing the lion to return unmolested will teach it that humans are food sources. Do you want to be responsible for creating a man eater? If you believe that humans are natural, not a cancer on the earth, then do you believe have the right to defend yourself from a man? If you believe you have the right to protect yourself and your posessions, then you should be able to justify killing a stock raiding lion.
And one more point, the size of a pest doesn't dictate whether or not is a pest or natural. You would kill a mouse, rat or raccoon wouldn't you? What's the difference?
If you can't come to grips with what must be done, you might not be cut out for raising livestock/poultry. Sorry, but you need to do the right thing for your animals, yourself and your neighbors. At the very least, call Wildlife Services and let a pro handle it.

 

[Falcon61]

Watch "Ghost and the Darkness" then call a pro....sorry

 

[Yardbirds286]

I would call Fish and Game. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Cetawin]

Absolutely do NOT threaten it...meaning trying to scare it off with a pellet gun or etc etc...if you point something at it...make sure it can kill it. The lion will and I amphasis will attack you if you harrass, corner, hurt, injure and/or tick if off. They are never to be underestimated. The cases of mountain lions attacks against humans since the 1950s through present is less than 60 and the fatalities of those attacks are less than 10. Most of them occurred in remote areas and in the cat's territory.

For the most part they avoid human contact, secondly the are very very smart and they do not attack unless they are comfortable with their chances of success unless cornered. From the cat's standpoint, injury is a death sentence and they avoid situations that could cause them injury whenever they can. If they cannot hunt they starve and if they cannot defend themselves against other lions they die.

If you have any doubts of your ability or your heart/moral fortitude to kill it with one shot (because you may not get a second one off) then please call a professional and leave it alone.


The one that was injured and found it's way into my garage...she was under my husband's work bench and I walked into the garage, closing the door behind me and walked across the garage to get something...she crawled and hissed her way out from under the bench and was backing me into corner...thankfully my DH's two way radio was in the garage charging and the other in the house....I grabbed it and yelled at him that there was a lion in the garage with me...he opened the door and shot her. Even badly injured she could have and was trying hard to get to me. Use caution and be careful.

 

[exbiologist]

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Pros have come a long way since Col Patterson bumbled his way through Kenya chasing the Tsavo man eaters, and watching them tally up 100 or so railway workers.

 

[bock]

It turns out my neighbor took care of it last night. I still feel bad that it was killed, after all it was just trying to survive.

 

[exbiologist]

Good to hear.

 

[BlackBart]

We have had three Cougars wonder onto our property. All youngs males, looking for new territory and they had never seen a human, dog etc before.
We chased them back into the woods. We decided to put up a three string electric perimeter fence. Not too expensive and took about a whole day to install. No more problems with Cougars or Bears.