Just Another Day on the Mountain.I bet you were wondering if I would ever make another post again. Well the reason for the delay is that I have been doing more exciting things then blogging. I have been snow shoeing out in the mountains with my brother. Here are some pictures from today's hike. The top picture is of blood that a deer was spilling out of its wounds as it was running away from the wolves. My brother and I followed the the trail for a while. The second from the top is one of the sets of lion tracks we saw. The third from the top is a picture of my brother hiking through the snow. The bottom is a picture of me in front of a nameless mountain.
We had a lot of fun out in the mountains today. We saw three different sets of lion tracks, a lot of wolf tracks, two sets of coyote tracks, and one set of bobcat tracks. Notice we are both carrying 30-06 bolt actions. This day and age I won't travel on the mountain with out a firearm of some kind. I have had a scary experience with every kind of big predator that walks these mountains. You just never know what a lion might do if it is hungry enough and you show up.
Here is some pictures we took today on our walk. We stumbled upon a unique opportunity. Some cat chasers were out after a lion. We heard the dogs down in the valley so we investigated. We actually beat one of the chasers to the treed lion. This gave us an opportunity to get some good pictures. The reason I call them cat chasers is because hunting season for lions is over. The cat chase season is going on right now. The cat chase season is a very important form of managing mountain lions. It allows us to know information about the lions in the area. It makes lions have a fear of man and reduces attacks. In California this season has been banned and as a result California has a lot of lion attacks. Lions are not hurt in any way during this chase. Once the lion is treed the cat chaser takes pictures and then brings his dogs away so the lion can be on its way.
