Just to put the mountain lion in perspective, the animals here frequently kill 1,000-pound elk and then drag them away to a hiding place. And they're a lot smaller: "Males generally weigh 53 to 100 kg (117 to 220 lb), averaging 68 kg (150 lb). Females typically weigh between 29 and 64 kg (64 and 141 lb), averaging 55 kg (121 lb)."
We have a lot of wildlife here, and this year the big six have been found within about 50 feet of our house: moose, elk, mule deer, black bear, coyote, mountain lion. All seen but the puma, who left us some scat to examine.
Local news is that there is now a wolf pack in Colorado -- the county west of ours. Moreover. there's an initiative on the ballot on whether to reintroduce the wolf to lands west of the continental divide (I live about ten miles from the divide). Looks like the wolf is doing a good job of reintroducing itself.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013