![]() ![]() As well as what to do if you come face to face with one. James Jonkel, the fish wildlife and parks bear and lion manager shared tips with us on how to prevent mountain lions from coming too close to your home. "He had it on his phone and I listened to it,” said Crowe. One neighbor was even able to hear it growling at night. He said they are aware of the mountain lion. “There’s little kids and dogs around."Ĭrowe said he is worried about the livestock, but more so about his neighbors. ![]() "We’re pretty concerned because this is way too close to where people are,” said Crowe as he pointed toward his neighbor’s house with a trampoline in the yard. ![]() Looking at the tree, you could see distinct claw marks from the lion. This is when he decided to install cameras to see what kind of animal was prowling around. "Every time I go outside here I find myself looking up in the trees,” said Crowe.Ĭrowe was doing yard work last week when he noticed 2 dead deer under a tree in his backyard, covered in debris. Last week, he found something lurking in his backyard that he had never seen before.Ĭrowe said catching a large mountain lion on camera just feet from his house has made him extra cautious while outside. I told him what I saw and asked if he had seen any tracks up in the woods.MTN NEWS Gene Crowe, has lived on his property in Willow Creek since 1964. Later on my son, Rob, came back from hunting on the hill. I wanted to go down there and see the tracks but, at the time, I was in too much pain with a bout of sciatica and to trudge through that field, even on snowshoes, would be out of the question. It had to be a catamount! There was no question in my mind: the round head, the color and the very long tail told me what I saw. As it turned it was broad side to me and it had a long tail of uniform size the whole length of it. Suddenly it turned and leaped into the brush and was gone. I am sure my mouth was hanging open as I looked at that wild thing. It was listening to my dog bark up here by my house. One fore foot was held up (it did not look dog-fashion to me) and the size and color were what I expected a catamount to be. Marines after World War II.Īs I looked at the animal I said, out loud to myself, "That is the head of a cat!" The head was round, not like a coyote and the ears were pinned back. I see many coyotes in my field but as I was unsure of who or what this fellow was, I looked at it through the powerful binoculars my husband had brought home with him from the U.S. About a quarter of a mile away an animal was standing near the brush by the brook. My dog barked and I looked down in the open field below my house. The cats normally keep their claws retracted, hence under usual circumstances claw marks do not show in their tracks."Ī little over a year ago on the last day of deer season I saw what I believe to be a mountain lion or catamount or panther. In my book, "Peterson Field Guides" about animal tracks, it says under Cat Family: Felidae-"Cat and dog tracks show considerable resemblance, but there are significant differences if the tracks show details. My answer is, "Maybe." I feel sure there are such creatures around, here and therein Vermont, but I was always of the understanding that cat tracks do not show claw marks. ![]()
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