Mountain Lion Close To Home

Several Days ago, Brandon and I took our horses out on a ride. we took a different route than normal, and after about 3 miles we decided to turn off the road and go through a field. we followed a creek, and tree line about half a mile or so off the road. and we came to a corner where 2 tree lines met. i seen something strange up in a tree so i road my horse closer to get a look. what i seen shocked me. it was a deer carcas that had been drug up into the tree and eaten. as my gaze droped... i seen many more carcases riped up and strewn around. along with shreaded deer hides, and other small animals. It was extreemly creepy. Brandon and I got the shivers and the goose bumps at the same time so we decided to pick up a canter and just get out of there. When we got back, my dad confirmed our conclusions. it was definitly where a mountain lion feasted. F.R.E.A.K.Y!!!!!!!!!!!! well... i decided i needed to get some pictures of the crime scene so we saddle up early in the morning and road down there again. this time on the way down there i found something else. cat terds. yep. so anyway i started getting pictures of everything. (i had my long lens on so i didnt have to get off sapphy.. but brandon got of grace and took the camera up a little ridge to get some other pictures. so im sitting on sapphire holding graces reins watching brandon... when all the sudden the horses jerk their heads up and look behind me. my stomach knotted up and i whiped my head around in time to catch a glimps of a mountain lion disapearing into some bushes. needless to say i started screeming at brandon, threw the reins to him and we high tailed it outta there. didnt even rein the horses in untill we were about 2 miles away! WOW. so thats the newest news around the pehrson place. heres some of the pictures that i got. oh one more thing i forgot to add. so ya seen the 2 keep out signs? well there were several others all over there. but theres a frequently used pickup trail back to the area. and did i mention that theres speratic trail camera boxes? yeah so our conclusion is that the game and parks is probably protecting them out there. :/ (because a couple of the signs had game and parks symbols on them) the game and parks probably picks up hit deer and stuff and dumps them out there. idk. but yeah :s kinda spooky! cant wait till i can open carry legally! just a few more days!!