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[brad nsw]

Man are they powerful looking animals!!

Only saw one this year so far. Thank goodness it was daylight and he was 150yds away.

Last year two of them screamed at me in the dark and all I could see was one pair of glowing eyes in my flashlight. Hair on the back of my neck didn't go down for 30 seconds! All I had was a bow and this was 100 yds from my tent.

Slept lightly that night!

 

[msailor]

Crazy to have two of them creaming at you! Only seen one a few years ago and was watching my back all day.


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[cadeerhunter]

Wonder when this socialist / communist state of confusion will allow open season on them

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

Man are they powerful looking animals!!

Only saw one this year so far. Thank goodness it was daylight and he was 150yds away.

Last year two of them screamed at me in the dark and all I could see was one pair of glowing eyes in my flashlight. Hair on the back of my neck didn't go down for 30 seconds! All I had was a bow and this was 100 yds from my tent.

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Creepy cat

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[jlroberts100]

I got these two coming by my stand right after dark. These two have been hunting in pairs for a while. I’ve found 5 deer kills so far this year. All does. Mt. Laguna is full of lions.


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[WaterDawg]

Wonder when this socialist / communist state of confusion will allow open season on them

When monkeys learn how to fly, and politicians no longer lie...

 

[The Deer Guy]

Worst year so far for cats. They’re all over. We’ve been seeing more and more every year

 

[TonyS]

Much more fun when you are on an overgrown trail then you hear the screaming. Don't slip on that stuff on the ground.

 

[ttrose]

No shortage of lions in the places I have hunted this year. Have a group of 3 (mom and what looks like 1 1/2 or 2 year olds) that show up frequently.

 

[cadeerhunter]

Just think fellow hunters. The more of them and the less of wild game. Then when the game is all gone then they will be coming into the populated areas after pets, live stock and small children

 

[JakeSCH]

Yeah the land manager for SFWA told my buddy that this is the first year he has ever seen mountain lions in the 20+ years of working the area.

 

[Bill S.]

S.S.S.

 

[KoozeDeer]

SSS

 

[KoozeDeer]

S.S.S.

Agreed

 

[ilovesprig]

I spend as much time in the woods as anyone, and still haven't seen one while hunting.....Yet, I get them on camera and find their kills all the time.

 

[ppbets]

I saw one last year , while Im hunting turkeys, he was just 90 yds, he look at me for 2 min then he disappeared . I was with a partner.
I have many on cams .

 

[Dawnandusk]

When monkeys learn how to fly, and politicians no longer lie...

At least we have hope!!! Monkeys can learn how to fly.....

 

[longbowhunter2]

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I got these two coming by my stand right after dark. These two have been hunting in pairs for a while. I’ve found 5 deer kills so far this year. All does. Mt. Laguna is full of lions.


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I agree, to many, I be curious how many lions there are. I see one or 2 in passed season's.

 

[gregg]

I saw one on the road in broad daylight in Laguna driving around with my lady, I turned a corner and thought it was a big coyote until I saw the tail.... walking back to my truck in the dark has not been fun ever since.

 

[brad nsw]

Not sure what it will take.

In Cuyamaca SP, you can't hunt deer so they are all over, I've seen a herd of over 50 deer on the dry bed E. of the lake in the evening while fishing. This in turn attracts a lot of lions. Only 14 attacks in Cal since 1986 and two of them have been in Cuyamaca. One fatal for a 56 year old woman in 1994 and the other non-fatal for a 10 year old girl in 1993. When I run out there, I see tracks and check my back often...pretty sure I wouldn't ever hear it coming!

Idaho on the other hand hasn't had a fatal attack since the early 1900s. With my deer tag,or elk tag in Idaho, I could shoot a lion there and tag it with the deer or elk tag. They took over 600 Lions in 2016 and still have plenty. Ranchers and hunters still complain there are too many. Not sure I'd ever be comfortable shooting a lion with my bow though!! Spent 6 weeks in a tent way up in the Mountains there and never had two lions scream at me, like down here. Have never even seen one up there. Encountered 6 down here so far and many more pictures.

Guess every state has their priorities and management logic. Hope CA's is logic based and not politically driven...