browndrake

We have lots of mountain lions here and a fair number of bears in the nearby mountains. Cougars don't scare me at all...and bears don't unless they are close..

Cats are more scared of us than the other way around. But, it often seems that bears fear nothing.

black bear..which are quite small compared to other north american species can easily kill deer and even elk.
Cougars are natural deer killing machines, and will often kill 1 per day..when they have kittens. I have also seem cougars decimate wild horse herds.

I have walk upon both cougars and black bears without incident. They have all slowly left, as I watched them.
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now totally off on topic..Michael, I love your thread..very informative.

aaron

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