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It goes beyond that. What you say is true. But cats are notoriously picky eaters. I’ve had deer kill within 100 yards of my house. They eat the liver and maybe part of the hams and move on. Scavengers must love cats! They are nature’s perfect killing machine. And many may not know it but cougar are pound for pound! one of the strongest cat in the world. A large Tom can kill Elk and Moose? By itself! They will jump 40 feet out of a tree and hit the ground running. I’m more afraid of a big cat in the woods than I am anything else. They will actively hunt you. When I’m calling like an elk or whatever my head is on a swivel. Right now Wolves are impacting Cougar numbers in the west. Wolves own the open spaces. Cougars own the dense timber. Wolves will harass Cougars just like Houndsman run cats with hounds. Dogs have more stamina than cats. And Wolves will chase the Cougar and tree it repeatedly right out of their territory. It tight timber Cougar ambush Wolves easily and kill them. A Cougar can travel on logs and rocks and never touch the ground. Bobcat are even better at it. Wolves not so much.

That is not true of cougars here in North America. They'll go on a killing spree. Example .. our neighbor Lou had goats. One night there was a ruckus in the pen. By the time Lou got out there to see the cougar fleeing, he had 4-5 dead goats. A night or two later it got a couple more. He decided to try to ambush it by sitting up in the barn loft overlooking the pen with his rifle. It killed one and was working on another when he apparently spooked it. The 4th night it killed 2 and was on a third before he could locate it in his scope. He killed it. Between the ones the cat killed and those so badly injured that he had to "put them down", he lost 9 goats. The crux of the matter is whether or not the prey species has a way to scatter / escape or whether they're penned. Cats are very instinctive .. programmed. If something is making a wounded prey fuss squealing and thrashing around as if to escape, they'll attack and kill even if they have more than enough dead to satisfy their hunger. If what you say is true, then lions simply don't do that because the potential prey is out in the open where the rest have room to escape while the cat kills its chosen victim unlike Lou's goats .. and likely unlike those miniature horses. MIB

Any ideas on why that is?

My kids went to school with a kid that got snatched in his back yard. He had some bad scars. Basically grandma is washing the dishes and looks out the window and sees her grandson being dragged outta the back yard by his head! She runs out with a fry pan and goes to work on this cat. And luckily the cat dropped him. Lucky it didn’t break his neck. He was little at the time. I wanna say 4-5? It happened up the Kettle river.

Have you read Oregon Bigfoot Highway? The authors lists several instances of forest Service personnel who had contact at an elk feeding station. So yes, I would say that yes, the government in aware of them and has a "we leave each other alone" attitude about it. Heck, in my business I have had a few USFS guys who...with no knowledge of the others....tell me little tidbits. One told me they have forms they have to fill out...quietly....when a BF is reported. Another told me that when fires hit, USFS know that the caves are often a refuge for BFs. And two mentioned that if one wanted to have a good chance of seeing "them", you should try Cascade Lakes Hwy. So as I say, I've no doubt the feds know. They just don't want to open a can of worms.

I never had any real concern about cougars 'til that one took a try at me here in our yard. By the time I realized what I'd walked up on it was too late. It was cornered against the fence so I didn't want to crowd it. When I took a step back, it came around the tree and right at me. Every time I think about that I want to go downstairs and hug my J-frame. It saved my bacon. Ever since then, like you said, my head's been on a swivel. MIB

Hello from Washington! My interest in bigfoot began in the early 1970s after seeing the PG film on TV. Over the years, I've encountered a few people who claimed to have had encounters. I look forward to reading the posts in the forums.

Looks great!

Awesome pics. Thanks for sharing. Early white Christmas.

A few more details from the "official report." Couple found dead on California trail likely died trying to save baby from heat (yahoo.com)

Checked the game cam. Only had pictures of me twice! Despite there being 5000 deer tracks surrounding it! One deer brushed it I think! Bunch ah horse manure. I bought it with Cabelas points. A browning btc-4ex command ops elite