RE: Is This Real????
I live25 miles southof Steelville MO and this picture was circulating around here. I'm sure it did make the papers 30 years ago. I do know for a fact that a cougar was killed around 3 years ago by a young fellow fall turkey hunting. The cat came to a turkey call and was stalking a decoy. He shot and killed the cat and reported it to the conservation dept. They took the cat and tried to convince him that it wasn't a cougar. They also told him not to talk about it because we don't have mtn lions in Missouri. They tried to convince him that he didn't shoota cougar. Trust me. He killed a mtn lion. I'm surethey're importing them in here just like they are bears.