Had a backyard visitor just now

[noharleyyet]

We don't see them live too often. Maybe a couple a year but it's always easy to tell when one is in pretty close. The deer, pigs and elk will instantly disappear.
This one was at our front gate at the county road.
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Have discovered tracks & caches but never a sighting or trailcam pic.

 

[mtmuley]

Have discovered tracks & caches but never a sighting or trailcam pic.

I've seen quite a few here in Montana. 4 at one time once. Surprised 2 on a deer kill close up once. Pretty intense. My SIL shot a video of seven in a group. I'll see if I can upload it. I think I shared how I let one walk when I had a tag to kill it. My wife says my predator interactions mean I'll be the first guy to encounter a grizzly here in the Root. mtmuley

 

[Redmt]

Have discovered tracks & caches but never a sighting or trailcam pic.

I have a 10 second video of a lion walking away with a piglet but don't know how to cut a picture out of the video. The video is really cool

 

[mtmuley]

Can't get the video to load. I'm not a tech guy at all. mtmuley

 

[406dn]

No videos or photos to post, but I've only seen a few bobcats. Once while coming home at dusk, from running my bird dogs, there was a bobcat mousing on the top of a hay stack.

I have seen two mountain lions fairly close up, and got to see a wolverine once.

One time, I saw a porcupine running along the side the gravel road. I had no idea they ever got in a hurry.