Mountain Lions & Bighorn Sheep Seminar

[Kain]

Arizona seminar on mountain lions and big horn sheep.  I have only watched the first 30 minutes but some cool info so far.

Mountain Lions & Bighorn Sheep Seminar

[Kain]

Arizona cougar GPS tracking pic.  Kind of cool to see how far some of them range and where.  If you didnt watch the video the black lines are highways.  Most of the cougars dont cross any of them.

[Kain]

[JimmyHoffa]

Interesting how the females will overlap and share with male and female, but the male boundaries barely even touch.  I wonder if there is a way to find how the toms establish their boundaries.  Such that if you could plot the edges and then find them on 'routine patrols'.

[Kain]

Yes it is interesting but it is only hypothetical.  I would imagine that males continue to follow prey animals until they reach a marker from another cat. They would then decide whether they were in the mood for a fight or not.  I dont know how long a scent marker will last either.  Some of these males seem to travel some very big territories and I dont think they can constantly mark out a boundary for their whole area.   People might be putting human logic behind what a home range for a cat is.  It might be as simple as wherever the cat is...is his territory.  When he moves that new spot will be his territory.   

If they are like domestic cats most females dont even bother to mark territory so females wouldnt really know/care if another lion was around unless they ran into one another.  The biologist in the video said that mothers will occupy the same areas with their daughters as long as prey is available.  Everyone talks about how solitary these animals are but from everything Ive seen these cats seem to be pretty social creatures.  Exceptions would be females with cubs and males vs males. 

[Kain]

Cool cougar sighting with video and commentary.  Its a little slow but I just like listening to old timers tell stories.

Outdoor Nebraska: Dick Turpin Mountain Lion

[Kain]

Terrible way to die.  Thats nature though. 

Mountain Lion Takes Down Mature 160 Class Mule Deer