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RE: [RC] cougar behavior and horses - Potato RichardsonDawn,.
Good post! Thanks,
A few years
ago I was riding near the Ranch on a single track and when I came around a bend
in the trail, there were two beautiful large cougars. Both of them were
standing on the trail crossways about 125 feet ahead of me and one about 20 feet
past the other. I was on Fille my great little mare and we just kept on a
trotting towards them. I did not react at all just kept going
forward. As we got closer the nearest one just moved on towards the left
and disappeared. The other one stood still as we got closer and closer,
then suddenly it let out a loud roar toward us that was exhilarating and
beautiful. All this time my mare never even changed her gait a bit and I
figured it was because she probably has seen them in our pasture, which is not
that far away, many times. After this beautiful display of sound and
stature from the cat, she just ambled off in the same direction as the other one
and was gone. We must have been within 60 feet when she finally left and
it was a very memorable experience I will never forget. Our property is in
the woods 7 acres up and 7 acres down and plenty of wild space around
us. We have all the wild critters nearby and we enjoy all of
them.
Potato &
Cathy
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