A hunter killed a cougar yesterday afternoon by Ridge Lake after he could not deter it from stalking him while walking on a trail. Conservation Officer Service has been advised and they feel that the appropriate action was taken by the hunter. He was left with no choice after his attempts to deter and scare off the cougar were ignored by the cat. It was at least 120lbs and not the least bit put off that it was preying on a full grown man in full view of its intended prey who was bigger than the cougar itself.
Posted by Kecia Turunen
4 comments:
Wow - I rode my mountain bike up to that area a few weeks ago.
I met a beautiful Lynx at the top of the ski hill a few weeks back - thankfully it wasn't the cougar!
Or just another trigger happy hunter.......we live in the wild and should expect to come upon wildlife and make an effort to get out of their way and let them pass on.
I think we all expect to come upon wildlife in the LLJ area. Fortunately there are many occasions when cougars do just pass on by, often without us even realizing they were close by.
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