You know, the ones eating the joggers.

Anyone on the board from the California area? Are they opening a season out there? (Hope this is an OK place to post it. )

Hello Mr. Biscuit!
Haven't been on in a day or two and when I did arrive, here you are with all the gun stuff going on with the .270 questions...ADL,BDL...Man, you know your stuff. Now, here we are on the topic of big cats in california.
I haven't hunted them in California, but have in New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming. what is the deal with the California cats? Hopefully, the government has found a way to import them to Sunset Avenue and Hollywood in general. Place just needs a little cleaning up.
I have a good friend who has a state position in New Mexico and usually kills a cat a year. We hunt there every December for bob and blue quail. Great country, great game. By the way, where abouts do you call home? And what is this chili thing in your your signature. Also - thanks for being there, I'm learning alot!

I understand that the big cats (big for N America, anyway) are protected for now in California. How long that lasts will probably depend on whose kid or spouse gets mauled to death. But I was curious if things have changed. Great board here. So many good people from so many areas. Current domicile is scenic Perry, Ia as long as I don't get pulled off the retirement list. They got me to age 60 as a commissioned warrant if they want me, and they are short (last time I knew) of people in automated logistics. Did other things, to include some grunt work in the Marines, but that was my last MOS. Anyway, in my 26 years with units I often caught the additional duty as dining facility officer, and depending on how short of help we were, I would help get the chow ready. My chili recipe evolved, inspired by other units and their variations in the desert.

I was out jogging today and I just couldn't help but think of those Californians. Trying to keep the Biscuit in some kind of shape.

California here. Sad to say no season yet if even an eventually. IF it does happen, love to try to take one with my bow.

While bow hunting a few years back I had a Mountain lion walk right under my stand and stop then it looked up at me licked his chops then walked forward I drew my bow back just incase it decided to climb up my tree but it ended up leaving the area needless to say I left the area too. This was in southern missouri benton county to be exact.

Evidently not enough tasty joggers have been eaten for a season to be imposed. I am sure other states would be glad to ship their problem cats to them so they could protect them though

Oh har dee har. Didn't know Missouri had cats now, too, to export to California. I'm not safe anywhere! Now, personally I think it is gutsy to go after a mountain lion with a bow. But shoot him twice, one for me, too! :-)

Nobody's back.
Getting a little excited here biscuit. Deer season in Georgia opens October 16. Temperature today - 85 degrees. I'm hoping the bow hunters and primitives haven't disturbed too much in the woods.
I'm hunting all public land here this year. Any ideas? We have an anomaly here, just south of Augusta, known as a Carolina Bay. Seems a meteor blew down about a couple thousand years ago and left a big hole in the ground. Although it's called a bay, there's no water there to speak of...just a big dry swamp really. Gators, hogs, rattlers and copperheads. Also deer and turkey.
This past March was the first time the area was ever opened to hunting. Prior to that it was a bird watchers paradise. Anyway, I slammed a great tom turkey...26lbs, 1 7/8 spurs and a beard that dried at 11 1/4. He came out of the woods 100 yards from my doghouse blind and I thought santa claus had come to town. He was red down to his belly. I called him to within sixty yards and curiosity took care of the rest.
Needless to say, this is also the first deer season there as well. I'm just worried cause the bow hunters have signed in on two different Saturdays. (bow season here started September 13) But I do know that a few massive bucks lay back up in the swamp where folks don't like to go, so I'm going to give that a try.
I'll look forward to your wisdom on the public land question. It got a little rude out there during the turkey season, guys arguing and what not. I guess I got lucky just trying to stay away from the squabbling. I do know that those kind of areas should be hunted where other folks will not normally go. I'm open to any other advice out there though...

We are starting to see a few mountain lions at our place in san saba county , tx with a noticable loss in deer. ( high fence )