mountain lions everywhere in Iowa!
#11
I want one to finally wander up into NE iowa...would love to tap one with bow, rifle, or muzzleloader...instead all we have are the occasional bear and "wolf" and a bunch of guys at every bar talking about how the DNR is introducing mountain lions to control the deer herd LOL.
#13
I personally think they are all around the midwest but one cat can cover so much ground that you never know where its going to go. Heck, the one that was shot a few years ago by my place in Chicago was said to have come out of North Dakota when they did the DNA test. Personally, I think it may have been someones pet that got a little too big and got out and no one claimed responsibilty but it could have migrated down from North Dakota just as easily.
Now, I'm not sure at all about this, but I thought it was illegal to shoot a mountain lion unless it was attacking you if your state doesn't have a season. Again, I'm not sure about that but it is just what I heard out of one state, can't remember which one. If it isn't a law then good luck, I think if I heard they were allowed to be shot and I was in my stand and saw one, I'd let an arrow fly!
Now, I'm not sure at all about this, but I thought it was illegal to shoot a mountain lion unless it was attacking you if your state doesn't have a season. Again, I'm not sure about that but it is just what I heard out of one state, can't remember which one. If it isn't a law then good luck, I think if I heard they were allowed to be shot and I was in my stand and saw one, I'd let an arrow fly!
#14
I'm not disproving the OP's belief but i do think alot of the sightings in the state are from people that couldn't tell a cat from a mountain lion. As a matter of fact, last week i saw a video on Youtube that a lady in Iowa City made of what she thought was a mountain lion walking around her housing edition, which was really only a large housecat. She was clueless.
#15
I live in southwest Minnesota and there has been alot of mountain lion sightings here to and one of my friends almost hit one last year. I was also i shown pictures of a 6 pointer that got mauled by one by my place not too long ago. I think it would be cool to hunt for one and mount it as long as they dont kill ya tryin to do it.
#16
I was hunting alone in a treestand one morning earlier in the season. It was the first or second week of October. My stand is right along the Iowa River in Han**** County. Across the river I saw movement, so I watched it intently trying to figure out what it was. As it got closer (though still on the opposite side of the river as me, a little over 100 yards), I started to get a little scared...it was not a deer..not a coyote..but a mountain lion. The thing was HUGE. People don't believe me when I tell them, but it was tan colored like a deer, but low to the ground, long long tail, and had a gait so smooth it looked like it was on roller skates. Now, I've just heard a few weeks ago that there have been confirmed sightings in the area I saw it. Honestly I was half hoping for it to come close enough for a shot, but half scared that I would miss and suddenly have a pissed off cat climbing my tree!
Last edited by tsaxybabe; 03-10-2011 at 01:39 PM. Reason: typo
#17
and a bunch of guys at every bar talking about how the DNR is introducing mountain lions to control the deer herd LOL.
Game commission is busy!!!!