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More fun with cougars! Two nights ago, my sister in law called (who lives less than a quarter of a mile away, also on the river bank) telling us she had heard a godawful sound like a woman screaming right at the edge of her back yard! Her backyard also borders on the river. So, that was most likely a war cry. Probably a buck taking one of them on. Then last night around sunset, my brother in law was doing some yard work down towards the river edge of their yard (their back yard is much bigger than ours), he started coming back up to the house, turned to look behind him, and about 50 yards away he saw what at first looked like a housecat hunkered down by the river bank. Then it stood up. It was a cougar! The rest of his family was in his back yard in front of him. He was between them and the cougar. He took off, and told his family to get back in the house. His running did attract the cougars attention, and as he was getting his family in the house (they all saw it) it started coming towards them! They all made it back in the house safe and sound. The cougar only advanced about 10 feet towards them. Most likely attracted by my brother in law's running. My brother in law says it was a large adult. Frankly I doubt that, as that behavior would more likely signify a youngster. But you never know. Some other things are different than last year. We now live on tribal land. So Oregon fish and game or any other state agencies have no jurisdiction here. So everyone in this neighborhood are talking with the Tribal Council to try and get a trapper out here. Hopefully that will happen before something bad happens!
Bert
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