RE: mountain lions in the midwest
Okay, I was never really concerned about this until last weekend. I live about 45 min. north of Carbondale and hunt about 35 miles to the west of where I live. Last weekend I was talking with my uncle (I hunt on his ground) and apparently a guy that hunts about 1/8 of a mile from me claims he has seen a Cougar/Mountain Lion, whatever. I know there's a few bobcats in the area as I've heard of several sightings plus trail cam photos, so I was hoping "this guy" just didn't know his bean and mistakeningly thought a cougar was a bobcat. But then, talking to my dad tonight (he secured quail grounds a little further west of where I hunt), my dad said that the guy we can quail hunt with has trail cam photos of bob cats and has seen a mountain lion too! So now, I'm freaking out a little bit, to say the least! I hope to hell that I don't come in contact with one of these big MFer's while I'm bowhunting! Gonna be a loooooong walk into the stand tomorrow morning! [&o] Wish me luck! haha