Cougar Puma Mountain Lion in Western Oregon forests. Mountain Lions Are Near. Oregon, or in Olympia, WA, or even in Chicago! One event occurred in August 2. Oregon Star. Party in the Ochoco Mountains of Central Oregon. Here, an adult. cougar appeared to be following a group of hikers that included.
I interviewed the hike leader just hours. A second event occurred in June 2. Olympia, WA, when an adult female jogger with a dog was being.
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She had a near- confrontation, then. Only the intervention of a man in a pickup who gave her and. A third event was really a series of events occurring. Heather Anderson's record- setting hike up. Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) during summer 2. In her lecture. she described to us four separate cougar encounters she had had. California, and one along the west side of Mt.
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To my ear, one of her encounters sounded very terrifying. Anderson was hiking at night, alone, with. Our final cougar event involves three separate. Hendricks Park area of Eugene, Oregon. University of Oregon. After a report from a property owner that. State Fish and Game trapped.
There was much public. A third cougar has been photographed by a trail camera. Hendricks Park and is still at large.
Cougar advocates. State Fish and Game stated that. Please read. through all of our pages to decide for yourself what is involved. May 3. 1, 2. 00. 8, Southern Oregon, according to ODFW statistics, is probably the. Oregon with highest cougar populations per capita. Jeff. the father of these two girls, wrote me on June 1st, 2.
My wife let my girls. I have always been told I am overprotective. I heard the girls went home, I hurried off to check on.
Before I got 1. 00 feet out the gate, I saw . I went as fast as I could, hoping I would find. She was on the right side of the driveway and.
I. was riding one of the girls' little quads, and I pulled in between. I stayed there about 5- 1. When another neighbor came, we walked around.
I was mostly concerned with. I am. not small (6' 1. Jeff also sent me several other pictures of the. An 1. 1 year old boy.
It was. noted that a permit to hunt for the cougar with dogs for up to. A KING 5 television account mentioned that. Why the newspaper seemed. See also the July 2.
Olympia. WA (click here). A Second Oregon Cougar Story. Table Rock Wilderness (only 2. Oregon's capital city, Salem).
My family of four had passed along this. Our group. was composed of my wife, myself, the boy pictured, plus our baby. Baby Jogger. Now, in mid- afternoon, we were headed. HEY, these tracks were NOT here on our way. They were still oozing water!
At the time, we were excited. I was relatively ignorant about the increasing. Oregon until I began to do some. To better photograph the suspected tracks. Cheese- Its, and took. I consulted indicated that.
North American cougar statistics point out that if a cougar. In my research I found that of the documented.
US and Canada since 1. Important. Note about this picture: I am not a professional tracker. I have had controversy over the identity of this track; eg. Nevertheless, my research about.
Oregon's booming cougar population and its implications is presented. Below is an image sent to me, which. I passed along to one of the experts who thought the above was. This time, the expert believed the track below. The picture was taken last year (2. Fort Rock Valley, south of Newberry Crater and north of Silver.
Lake; the track was on a dirt primitive road, and one can see. See a Stuffed Oregon Cougar from a Real Cougar Encounter! But. with the elimination of bounty- hunting in 1. Oregon at a thriving. ODFW statistic, since increased to 5,7.
Important. Information! Skip to Developments re: Oregon Cougars, late 2. Of course, numbers alone do not reveal the.
Oregon cougars have very. Man (although appear to have. Why do we hear so much more. California? I suspect it is because California. Oregon does! And why are cougars more fearless. ODFW statistics show this: when hunting with hounds was permitted. So in those years.
In 2. 00. 4, only about 2. State of Oregon. If sighted by a human, cougars nearly always escape. SE of the. tracks shown, and was three years earlier in time. Given the vast. normal hunting ranges of cougars, the cougars in the account below. Table Rock Wilderness. Near dawn, Dan. Parrish was out deer hunting with his father when he was confronted. Oregon west of Detroit Lake about 4.
Salem, Oregon (west of Detroit Lake likely places this site. Mt. Pechuck, where we photographed the. Mountain Lion tracks in about 1. Walking down a logging. Dan) stopped on a knoll which allowed him to see left. He waited there until he. Instead, to his horror, a cougar head appeared.
He thought he should shoot, but found this. Then he heard more cracking.
A young. male walked up to her side. Parrish knew his . Winchester Mag. with bolt action would not easily get off two shots in the time. To his dismay, neither cat moved. Luckily, the male.
Dan continued tossing rocks at the lion, but he was so nervous. He took a photo as proof he had seen the. He calmed himself down, and finally. This angered the lion, and she lunged at. On her second bound, Parrish was able to shoot her in the.
When she lifted her head, he shot her again in the neck. The two returned to examine the.
Detroit Ranger Station. Officer. Allison later told him that he had killed a 2- 1/2 year old female. Parish estimates she was over 6 feet long. Her paws were as big as the palm of his hand.
Usenet groups archives < http: //yarchive. Norman Yarvin; posted by Dan Parrish, University. Portland, 0. 2/0. Ranger station phone is 5.
My Commentary. some who study this problem say that most attacks are caused by. Except for the last factor, I can only. The humans. are not wildlife biologists- -- they are just ordinary folk out.
How Many. Mountain Lion Attacks Are Actually Occurring? The 1. 97. 0's saw 1. US and Canada (Note: basically all US attacks occur West. Mississippi River, although there are persistent reports.
Midwest and even as far east as. Virginia; note: all such reports of cougar activity east of the. Mississippi are denied by official sources like State Fish and. Game departments). The 1. 98. 0s saw 2. The 1. 99. 0s saw 3. Some authorities.
I suspect. that the key scenario involves hunters who are threatened by a. The degree of under- reporting is. State or national database.. I have seen. no good statistics for the total number of lion encounters. Oregon sightings per.
ODFW complaint statistics. Finally, here is a worrisome.
As we know, mountain lions. The. current President of the Northwest Outdoor Writers Association.
Mr. Gary Lewis, wrote about mountain lions in the Fall 2. Halfway up, we. met a husband and wife hiking back down. They were both large. Wilderness. They had hiked. Their report to us was that they had. Further, they reported seeing much larger tracks when. Indeed. it seems likely that the area in and around the Table Rock Wilderness.
Oregon's mountain lion hotspots! See page bottom* for. Read more about. the Human- Cougar conflict in Oregon's Willamette. Valley. How Much.
Real Danger to YOU? There are many cougar. Oregon each year.. In 1. 99. 9. there were 9. Jessica Bujol. Associated Press Writer, reporting ODFW statistics)In 1. ODFW, 1. 28 cougars. Yet, for all the complaints.
Oregon that resulted in injury! Update, 2. 00. 9- it has been alleged to me that a middle- aged man. His name was Danny Smith. Coos Bay/North Bend, attacked by a cougar in the hills east. Coos Bay in Spring 2. July 2. 00. 7 (perhaps.
Cause of Death was not listed as a cougar attack?).. I have. not attempted to verify this report, but if others investigate. Cougar Facts. from my son's colorful . Cougars weigh 8. 0 to 2. They are carnivores. Their powerful legs propel them.
They can leap. from lofty trees or ledges at their prey, sustaining no damage. They can leap upward into trees. All their senses. They have sharp color- vision eyes possessing near see- in- the- dark.
And. if you think you can escape one by jumping into a lake or river. It's no wonder that.
Read the accounts of cougar. According to. an expert hunter that I spoke with, who has hunted for many years. Conversely, if you are doing the RIGHT. So, what are. more of those ?
See the list at page bottom of the safety. Port Alice residents have learned to carry)E- mailer: click. The Bureau of Land Management administers. Table. Rock Wilderness... The discerning reader will note. Roosevelt. elk, coyotes, bobcats and blacktail deer, but says not a single.
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Other Western Locations Main Page WWW. OREGONPHOTOS. COM* MEHAMA, OREGON (CENTRAL CASCADES), November 8, 2. A similar incident. Dan Parrish encounter occurred six years later near Mehama. Oregon, which is only 2. Salem. In this encounter. At first the startled lion jumped.
The hunter felt menaced. Source: (Interview with Oregon Department of Fish. Wildlife biologist, Will High 0. This fatal encounter. SW of the tracks on Mt. Pechuck. again close enough that the lion may have been related to the.
Pechuck. OREGON CASCADES, CENTER PORTION WEST OF THE CREST- -- . Two months earlier, what is probably Oregon's most unambiguous case of a cougar. Oregon Department. Fish and Wildlife biologist, Will High, reported to me that. Bunch. Grass Ridge in the Mc. Kenzie River Area east of Eugene, Oregon. Oregon's largest cities).
He stopped to watch some deer. It was a male cat weighing.
Examination of the path of the hunter's bullet. Thursday's attack was the fourth in about two years. Clarence shouted for help. He described: Immediately, I envisioned the.
With my right. hand, I pulled the cougar's head, neck and shoulder over my chest. I pinned the cougar's claws.
I then instantly threw my left arm around the cougar's. That year there was a cougar attack on.
It's another jogger- type.