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 Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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04/22/25 05:26 PM
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Dude shot one on chalk mountain few years ago
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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Why are people surprised that animals known to range hundreds of miles might show up anywhere in Texas...or anywhere else for that matter? They don't exactly register with the authorities and file their travel plans. Last I knew mountain lions are territorial. If the population in their core range increases, the young males roam for a new home, like said already often along river corridors. They show up in the news fairly often in many states. I know in Iowa where they aren’t known to live in decades maybe over a century, they aren’t protected, and deer hunters have shot them. I’m not sure what the rules are here, I’ve never heard of anyone shooting one or thinking about it. They are a nongame animal in Texas. They can be killed 24/7/365
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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Dude shot one on chalk mountain few years ago Yep, 2014
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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04/22/25 05:37 PM
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Why are people surprised that animals known to range hundreds of miles might show up anywhere in Texas...or anywhere else for that matter? They don't exactly register with the authorities and file their travel plans. Last I knew mountain lions are territorial. If the population in their core range increases, the young males roam for a new home, like said already often along river corridors. They show up in the news fairly often in many states. I know in Iowa where they aren’t known to live in decades maybe over a century, they aren’t protected, and deer hunters have shot them. I’m not sure what the rules are here, I’ve never heard of anyone shooting one or thinking about it. Males home range can be around 100 square miles. Females about 50 square miles.
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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Why are people surprised that animals known to range hundreds of miles might show up anywhere in Texas...or anywhere else for that matter? They don't exactly register with the authorities and file their travel plans. Last I knew mountain lions are territorial. If the population in their core range increases, the young males roam for a new home, like said already often along river corridors. They show up in the news fairly often in many states. I know in Iowa where they aren’t known to live in decades maybe over a century, they aren’t protected, and deer hunters have shot them. I’m not sure what the rules are here, I’ve never heard of anyone shooting one or thinking about it. Males home range can be around 100 square miles. Females about 50 square miles. Under normal population circumstances, but those young males are definitely known to roam much further than that when the populations increase.
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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Why are people surprised that animals known to range hundreds of miles might show up anywhere in Texas...or anywhere else for that matter? They don't exactly register with the authorities and file their travel plans. Last I knew mountain lions are territorial. If the population in their core range increases, the young males roam for a new home, like said already often along river corridors. They show up in the news fairly often in many states. I know in Iowa where they aren’t known to live in decades maybe over a century, they aren’t protected, and deer hunters have shot them. I’m not sure what the rules are here, I’ve never heard of anyone shooting one or thinking about it. Males home range can be around 100 square miles. Females about 50 square miles. Under normal population circumstances, but those young males are definitely known to roam much further than that when the populations increase. That is true. We have one that usually comes thought the ranch once a yr. Stays down on the river. I've never seen him/her but that side of the ranch is void of deer while its in the area. Usually sticks around a couple of weeks.
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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04/22/25 06:19 PM
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Big cats can move in and out of cities easily by traveling quietly along waterways that lead out into the country.
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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04/22/25 08:16 PM
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Sounds like a job for Lee . Bust out the call and put that kitty on the wall  My days of busting kitty in San Marcos are behind me Nicky!
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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Local game warden in coke county told me that county was full of them.
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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04/23/25 01:07 AM
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The trail crew is a group of vocational employees managed by Goodwill. I’m not 100 percent on this citing. After reading all the articles I could find. It doesn't seem like a legitimate sighting and I highly doubt it gets confirmed by TP&W
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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Local game warden in coke county told me that county was full of them. We had a game warden speak at rotary yrs ago and he said if people knew how many were in the hill country they wouldn’t walk at night. Especially along the Colorado and Llano Rivers
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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Local game warden in coke county told me that county was full of them. We had a game warden speak at rotary yrs ago and he said if people knew how many were in the hill country they wouldn’t walk at night. Especially along the Colorado and Llano Rivers Yep they are that dangerous. So dangerous there has never been a fatality in Texas by a Mt lion
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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Local game warden in coke county told me that county was full of them. We had a game warden speak at rotary yrs ago and he said if people knew how many were in the hill country they wouldn’t walk at night. Especially along the Colorado and Llano Rivers Yep they are that dangerous. So dangerous there has never been a fatality in Texas by a Mt lion It’s not that they are that dangerous it the perceived danger of them. Hell look how many grown men are scared of feral hogs and every snake they see.
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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04/28/25 11:52 PM
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The trail crew is a group of vocational employees managed by Goodwill. I’m not 100 percent on this citing. It wasn't a confirmed sighting. A city employee even posted that "a city employee saw it. That's our confirmation "
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Re: Mountain lion in San Marcos....
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04/29/25 03:32 AM
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Local game warden in coke county told me that county was full of them. We had a game warden speak at rotary yrs ago and he said if people knew how many were in the hill country they wouldn’t walk at night. Especially along the Colorado and Llano Rivers We had adults telling us since we were pups that when they sent underwater welders to the bottom of the dam in PK lake they saw catfish the size of cars………. Naw If there were as many cats in that area as that warden said, people woukd see them on game cams all the time. Too much tech out there these days to hide some giant pride of mountain lions in one area of Texas
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