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Title: "Mountain lion makes epic trip from Canada to Montana "
Post by: bobcat on January 19, 2016, 12:10:59 PM: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/12/09/mountain-lion-makes-epic-trip-canada-montana/77055980/

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Title: Re: "Mountain lion makes epic trip from Canada to Montana "
Post by: JDHasty on January 19, 2016, 12:30:31 PM: There was one shot in the Badlands of NoDAk that started out west of Ft Peck. They get around.

http://www.rain-shadow.com/cougar_callin_stories.htm
Title: Re: "Mountain lion makes epic trip from Canada to Montana "
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on January 19, 2016, 12:33:36 PM: A male juvenile radioed in the southern Bighorn Mountains (North-central Wyoming) was killed near Fort Collins, CO - about 240 miles as the crow flies.
Title: "Mountain lion makes epic trip from Canada to Montana "
Post by: bobcat on January 19, 2016, 12:34:52 PM: In this case it was even more unusual because the cat was a female, and they don't normally travel very far like the males are known to do at times.
Title: Re: "Mountain lion makes epic trip from Canada to Montana "
Post by: pianoman9701 on January 19, 2016, 12:44:26 PM: A couple of years ago I remember a cat that was hit by a car or something in CT which had traveled from MN maybe.
Title: Re: "Mountain lion makes epic trip from Canada to Montana "
Post by: huntnphool on January 19, 2016, 01:19:57 PM: It's because too many are being killed by hunters, kill less and they won't roam around as much.
Title: Re: "Mountain lion makes epic trip from Canada to Montana "
Post by: X-Force on January 19, 2016, 01:21:13 PM: Quote from: huntnphool on January 19, 2016, 01:19:57 PM
It's because too many are being killed by hunters, kill less and they won't roam around as much.

:chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: "Mountain lion makes epic trip from Canada to Montana "
Post by: huntnphool on January 19, 2016, 01:30:00 PM: Quote from: X-Force on January 19, 2016, 01:21:13 PM
Quote from: huntnphool on January 19, 2016, 01:19:57 PM
It's because too many are being killed by hunters, kill less and they won't roam around as much.

:chuckle: :chuckle:

What.......no? It's got to be true, it's a scientific study done by a professor at WSU and what WDFW have based their entire cougar plan on, how could it not be?
Title: Re: "Mountain lion makes epic trip from Canada to Montana "
Post by: emac on January 19, 2016, 01:59:02 PM: It looks like a illegal immigrant to me. Snuck across the boarder. :D

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Title: Re: "Mountain lion makes epic trip from Canada to Montana "
Post by: PastorJoel on January 19, 2016, 01:59:33 PM: Of course the cat left Canada. First, it's Canada. Second, up there they shoot her with darts and put a collar around her neck!
Title: Re: "Mountain lion makes epic trip from Canada to Montana "
Post by: nwwanderer on January 19, 2016, 02:36:26 PM: Similar maps are regularly shown for griz, wolves, lost dogs, black bear, wolverine and more. Should the experts still be astounded? More like normal behavior.
Title: Re: "Mountain lion makes epic trip from Canada to Montana "
Post by: JDHasty on January 19, 2016, 03:05:15 PM: Quote from: nwwanderer on January 19, 2016, 02:36:26 PM
Similar maps are regularly shown for griz, wolves, lost dogs, black bear, wolverine and more. Should the experts still be astounded? More like normal behavior.

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