Deer Taken Away By Mountain Lion In Southern Missouri

just seen it on the news, MDC confirmed a mountain lion in st. louis county missouri,they had a picture and everything, looked like a trail cam pic.
if i learn more il pass it on..

[Owlgrowler]

As far as how much a cat can eat; I gut shot a fork horn late in the afternoon one time. Because I had to get on the job early the next morning, I decided to take up the track at midnight. It was misty and rainy, virtually no bloodtrail, so I was doing a lot of scanning with flashlight. Picked up eyes about a 100 yards in right along a small stream, predator eyes. Procede to the kill and there's the fattest black and white house cat I've ever seen with his head deep into one of the hindquarters. I shoo him away. 8 hours after the shot, and I know it took him awhile to die, and this house cat had chewed his way into one of the quarters and consumed about HALF of it! Had to have eaten 6 pounds of meat. Just sayin...

im sure they eat as much as they can while they can....

[JPE]

Bryant  I also saw that picture on Channel 2 news out of St Louis.  The picture was taken with a trail cam  in Chesterfield Mo.

[bobman]

I like the fact that big cats and wolves have come back I would love to see either one

[sticbow]

you can keep both of them in georgia if it was up to me..black bears no big deal you can keep the big cats..how would you like to try an make a living with cattle with wolves an big cats..not me.. i just saw the mountain lion pic on the new on channel 4..night picture on game cam..hate to see it.

[Jeff Strubberg]

Now, did it wander in, or did someone release it when they realized how dumb keeping a bit cat as a pet is?

thats right in my hunting area(within a couple miles) would be cool to see him. but i aint goin lookin.
MDC says they travel along the missouri river,and dont expect him to stay put.
ssshhheeewww kitty go on now......

[Clint B.]

Plenty of deer in Babbler State Park to keep that cat fat & sassy.

[Onestringer]

Was at the sports bar for dinner.  Saw several cougars on the prowl there.....  

[Hoyt]

Killed another one in Mo.
http://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/hunters-shoot-mountain-lion-near-macon

[kennym]

Hmmmmmm,I reckon there aint any in MO.

[RLA]

So that makes two non captive cats shot dead in the last 20 days. This is becoming interesting at least?

Hey Scott, did you have a shot at them! lol

[John Krause]

Not too far from you, Kenny. Real close to my ole stomping grounds. My buddy swears he has one on his property north of Novinger, MO.

[SlowBowinMO]

I used to hunt near Novinger, we had a cat for a while back then as well.  That was about '98 I think.

[John Krause]

Just got the whole skinny. It was on an Amish farm. They had a hundred people hunting. They do this every year and kill all the predators they can, but I gotta believe they might have known about this cat and were after it.

My buddy that has property N of Novinger said his son and hunting bud both saw a mountain lion on his place this past firearm deer season (2 different sightings).

all we need is a female and they will repopulate,...seems we got plenty of youg males runnin around mo.

[kennym]

Originally posted by arrow30:
all we need is a female and they will repopulate,...seems we got plenty of youg males runnin around mo.

They have......

Yep John, I live about triangulated between Novinger, Laplata, and Carrolton.

I'd still like to see one!