Posted on 09/23/2011 6:15:09 PM PDT by jazusamo
Most welcome on the pings, Fly.
I really don’t know how you’re able to come across the mountain lions you’ve been fortunate enough to have sighted, just lucky I guess. :-)
I’ve hunted, fished and camped the better part of my live and have never spotted one in the wild that I could confirm. There were a couple of times I got a glimpse of what might have been a lion but it was just a fleeting glance at fairly long range and neither could be close to being sure it was in fact a lion.
Spotting a badger is also a very rare thing and I had no idea they were in that part of AZ.
FReepmail coming.
And, yes, it really is dumb luck!
I do have a nemesis animal, though. With all my years spent hiking and camping out in the desert, I have NEVER seen a Gila monster. All my co-workers have, but not me.
Here's hoping that you see your mountain lion and I see my Gila monster!
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