01/09/07, 02:09 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Canada
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Originally Posted by PyroDon
we set up game cameras on the trails today they put time and date of the pic
from what we've observed over the last year he makes his rounds early in the morning didnt catch site of him yesterday but there were two of us at oppisite ends of the property watching it must have been in the draw on the far side of the creek the guy with me radioed that three deer that had been feeding across from him took off like shots to the west, while he was telling me this the four deer feeding in the field across from me took off as well but to the east. theres a narrow heavey wooded draw that runs between the two fields . It likes to croos the creek where the draw meets it . there a wide beaver dam . looks like a well used crossing from all the tracks . deer tend to cross about 20 yards downstream from the ---- where the water is very shallow. over the last couple years we've been getting preditor rich lots of bob cats and coyotes .
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your area is probably getting 'predator rich' because they have lots of deer for prey. That's been the general case here, and just about anywhere. Deer are more prevelant at this time than at any other time in history. Around here it's due to the favourable winters for their survival.
A problem cougar won't likely just go away if it's bold to be wanting to pick fights with your dog, and keeps coming back. I think you took the right steps, and having your vet vouch with you to the game and fish people.
We have visual proven reports of cougar, including pictures from a reputable resort owner on the lake. It hasn't bothered anyone, but precautions are always wise. The stealth and speed of a killing cougar is no joke to domestic stock or people. The aren't like a wolf that generally are more curious than they are bold to come very close to human habitation. If a cougar is coming that close already to tangle with your dog, that's not a very good sign that it will just go and stay away.
I only once had to kill a predator liviing here near the wilderness. It was a coyote that I ignored until it started getting agressive near the house deck, and tried also breeding with my dog. That was the limit of my patience before it got a load of a 30/30 shot dead. I'd do the same protecting my immediate household companions if it were a cougar, but it's also more dangerous and they are more crafty.
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But from what I got from talking with them,they don't want them in the state.
or property,family 
