Here a few photos of a Mountain Lion taken recently near Junction, Texas. One massive cat, for sure.
Another Huge Mountain Lion taken near Junction Texas
Here a few photos of a Mountain Lion taken recently near Junction, Texas. One massive cat, for sure.
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24 responses to “Another Huge Mountain Lion taken near Junction Texas”
i wouldnt be walking out around that are at night, not without a 357.
Jeez…why not take a picture of this beautiful animal instead of killing it.
I understand hunting somewhat, but killing such a magnificent creature as this just seems unnecessary and wasteful. I’m not sure what it is about killing wild animals that makes some people feel more powerful or more masculine or more in control, or whatever it is. Maybe someday humans can develop to the point where we can appreciate living wild creatures for what they are without feeling the need to kill them for bragging rights.
hunting is all about controlling the population of wild animals to reduce the ways of unintetionally killing such as car collisions and also to help scientist and the state departments guestimate the population of the animals from the harvests, and in some states hunting is a way to feed the poor, where i live in georiga you give the deer carcass to the processor and he processes it and gives the meat to the needy and the poor, and there re some hunters like B. Kemp mentioned
What a magnificent creature.It’s sad to see it laying on the back of a truck.
I hunt but I never understood big game hunters and their desire to kill the biggest and most beautiful animals purely for ‘sport’.
Deer population control is one thing. Far as I know there are no population issues with mountain lions. If anything they’ve had to be reintroduced to the wild after we drove them to near extinction.
Sorry but hunters like this just give normal hunters a bad name.
I wish people would let the State Wildlife Agencies in their state regulate the hunting of wildlife. They are experts and dont let emotions get in the way of common sense. I live in Texas but like the way New Mexico regulates their couger harvest. When the quota that was set for a certain area is meet, then that area is closed for the season.Hunting with dogs is the most effective way to hunt these secretive animals and is a good way of determining the gender and age of animals that dont need to be harvested. The states that the cats have not learned to fear people and dogs will always have cats that will cause problems.
poor lion, anyway thank you for sharing specially the images capture
Are you serious? Do you realize what these animals do to humans and livestock? Do you have children playing outside during the day and you have to worry about a mountain lion coming on your property to eat them? Have you ever had one look you in the eye? I have. It is so scary. They serve no purpose in nature. They are an evil animal and I believe they should all be killed off. You explain to the families that have lost a loved one to one of these “beautiful” animals. Tell them how wonderful they are. Grow up people.
I understand the parent fear, but they do serve a purpose in natures checks and balance.I have roamed many trails from california to alaska and only captured a fleeting glimpse of these shy animals.
I’m a wildlife veterinarian, and I’d like to say first that N. American cougars, or Mountain Lions only pose a threat to humans, including small children, ONLY when extreme starvation sets in. There is no physiological evidence that would link mountain lions to opportunistic human killings, especially when they have everything they wan’t within their territory. They typically hunt anything from small Elk, deer, occasionally big horn sheep, and hare. As for SL Smith, you are an embarrassment…you sound like a fucking Nazi! “Let’s kill’em off for no reason, they’re evil says the lord jesus, praise the lord!!!!!! Blah Blah Blah…
These cougars control deer an elk populations tremendously. Do you think deer & elk numbers are dropped by hunting alone? These cats do you and I a favor by prey hunt so you can drive your kids around without fearing a deer jumps in front of your car and kills all of you!
As for complaining about them hunting cattle and other livestock, you’re basically saying that they can’t hunt their natural prey, prey that has been their’s for almost 10,000 years. What do you expect would happen when you cage, concentrate, and make completely available their favorite food for survival? It’s Texas, you have tons of livestock, deal with it! Instead of worrying that a mountain lion is stalking your kids everyday, you should think about maybe getting an education past high school as your children would probably appreciate not having an ignoramus for a mother!
So today I let my dog outside as I usually do. There was what I believe to be a mountain lion in the yard. Good thin I was able to pull my dog back ir I am pretty sure he would have been attacked. This animal was mad. I was looking on google to see if they are common in my area. And came across these photos an this whole conversation.
I do not believe this should be called a beautiful creature. I wouldn’t go as far as sayin kill them all off. But I do belive that if you see one on your property u have every reason to kill it. Espesialy if you have animals or children. It’s unsafe to have them near your home.
And I think it is completely wrong or all of you to criticize these photos and asine that you know the animal was killed just for hinting large game as a sport. What if this person had the same situation as me.
Just saying don’t be to quick to judge. And before anyone fires back at me too. I do have more than a high school degree. I am a college graduate. Maybe you shouldn’t call someone an ignoramous and make yourself sound even more absurd than they did.
Never mind whether they are beautiful or not. The notion that they are dangerous, or are going to kill and eat all your little kids and pets is flatly absurd. To be perfectly honest, cougars would not be anywhere near where people live if people didn’t think they had the special privilege of over-populating and building their homes everywhere without regard for other animals already living there.
You want people to grow up? Ok, here’s an adult point of view: Guess what? “Manifest Destiny” is not real. Just because you’re human, does not mean you have the inherent right to occupy land where other animals already live, and on which they rely, and should you choose to build and live their anyway, you’ll need to deal with the consequences, like dead pets and livestock, and even children.
It’s so simple, if everyone would just reproduce less and stop living in places they ought not to, we, and the other animals living in this world would have a lot less negative interaction, not to mention countless other problems that this would help to mitigate.
C Carter, I’m native American Blackfoot/Comanche Indian and your “adult point of view” has a bit of a”GLITCH” in it. So before you go around giving someone a tongue lashing for occuping land, you might want to “PINCH” your tongue..!! If being human has “no inheren’t right to occupy land that other animals already live and rely on” then why did the White man take all the land from the Native Indians and just give them what they wanted them to have. Why not offer to buy it from them instead of giving us blankets infected with Smallpox? We were not animals, we were humans. We were occuping this land before the White man.
I’m also a Trapper in Texas, have been for years. I have seen these animals and other predatory animals in action. And yes cougars do try to avoid human contact at all cost, most wildlife does. And yes they do serve a purpose here, everything does. But contact is sometimes unavoidable. And if your attacked or one of your loved ones is attacked by a cougar. You will fight for your life or for that loved ones life that you are watching being torn apart before your eyes, your going to fight for your life not just stand there and say “Ok,eat me”
BrotherHawk, as to the glitch, it might surprise you to learn that my sister is Nanticoke, and I grew up with the awareness you describe. If I could do anything about the wrongs whites leveled on Native Peoples, I would. Indeed, humans are pretty awful to other humans and whites have a pretty bad track record, the worst.
As to the cougar, I may be overlooking something, but I don’t see anything above saying this one was tearing people’s kids limb from limb. Yes, self defense is paramount, but killing for sport is unnecessary.
The finger I point is at humans in general. If we would settle down and quit building, building, building everywhere, we’d have less negative interaction with animals such as this. The planet can only support so many of us, yet we reproduce and build new homes as if resources were endless. In the process, we (as a species) encroach on land where others (animals OR people) are already living. But here, today, now, that is what we can stop doing, by simply having fewer kids and finding ways to consume less and stop the expansion.
Hello Samantha,
While a cougar attack on a human can wreak horrendous damage, and death, the attacks are rare indeed, and the total death toll of humans caused by cougars over the last 120 YEARS is less than 30 in North America. Since 2001, more than 100 people have died from Tasers. In 2009, there were 30 US fatalities from dog bites. Your child may be in more danger from the dog you keep than the cougar you saw. You might consider that seeing a mountain lion pass through your property is a rare gift. It should also remind you that there are dangers to children and pets, and that you and your children need to exercise diligence, especially around the family dog.
Given the rarity of both interactions and contacts with mountain lions, I would suggest that you worry more about a family member or a neighbor molesting your son or daughter. As your children reach driving age, I would suggest that your focus shift to their maturity regarding driving, and the type of friends they choose. Many teenagers will drink, drive, and speed through your neighborhood.
I do not believe all dogs, neighbors, or teenagers should be called beautiful creatures. I wouldn’t go as far as sayin kill them all off. But I do belive that if you see one on your property u have every reason to kill it. Espesialy if you have animals or children. It’s unsafe to have them near your home.
Doesn’t that previous paragraph seem excessive? Yet you suggest killing a creature that poses extremely little threat to you or your family. When you know that a mountain lion is nearby, show the same diligence that you would walking at night in any American city.
will all ya’ll animal lovin panzies shut the fuck up about the mountain lion gettin killed! It’s just a damn animal! Part of nature…shit gettin killed!
you are a bad ass and i think my hero, fuck shit up
Man,
Most of peeps are a bunch freakin tree huggin lunies.
While you marvel at a big cougar cats beauty and feel so damn sorry for it, it would eat your asses alive, your kids and your domesticated pets.
This is no pet or friend of man. This animal is an apex predator in the USA.
Get out of the concrete jungles and take a stroll through the country sometime.
Sometimes its you or them! Lemme guess some of you would be willing to bleed out and take this cats place laid up on the tailgate? Right on!
WTF why did you kill a butiful animal there aren’t many of those DB
I’m a hunter and not a tree hugger, but I RESPECT nature. It’s true that mountain lions are one of the animals that will attack humans in extreme cases, but the REAL reason that these people want to kill ever cougar or wolf is that it reduces game populations. In some areas the populations of these predators are too numerous and some hunting should be allowed, but in most areas it should not yet. I’m sorry, but if you can’t get your buck in areas where cougar and wolves are present, then you suck as a hunter! Hunting is not putting apples out and shooting a deer while it’s eating them or chasing a bear up a tree with dogs and then blasting it out with a rifle… That’s just having fun killing something that is alive and breathing; no different than shooting your own dog in the back yard. If you’re out just to kill something, then you’re just sadistic and don’t know the real meaning of hunting.
I’m confident I’ve walked the woods more than most of you (in and out of hunting season) and have had close encounters with deer, coyotes, bob cat, wolves, black bear and even a cougar, and have never felt threatened of being eaten. I’ve been charged with threat displays, but have been aware of what they were. I would be more fearful of two-legged predators walking through my yard than the four-legged variety. Those, unfortunately, cannot be shot on site.
And here’s another thing: Don’t you hunters out there realize that once a viable population of predators is established, a new game animal will be available to hunt. As for grazing game populations, nature has a way to balance things out. It just takes time. It’s human intervention that usually throws everything out of balance. If you can’t share the top of the food chain when you’re out in the woods, do us real hunters a favor and stay home. Fence in your yard if you want to keep nature out.
humans serve no more purpose than lions, shame americans dont protect lions, they just care about them and their obese childrens
I believe that each creature serves a purpose, and each creature has an inherent drive to survive. In the mountains, man is a hunter, but he is also the hunted and if he feels that killing an animal makes him safer, then so be it. It might not be for all to agree with me, but my drive to live outweighs anyone else’s opinions. I would love to kill a lion. This would take out an Apex predator that I compete with for game animals and I would love to have it as a trophy. I am also a Native American, Cherokee and Creek, and my connection with the land is strong, but I also understand where I sit on the food chain. If I can give myself an advantage when it comes to hunting for food I will. If that means killing a beautiful, powerful, intelligent creature then that is even better.
It’ s very sad and throws a bad light on the hunter to kill such a rare animal