Cats are falling hard this week

This is an e-mail forwarded to me from my cuz. Interesting! Elk mountain they are referring to is just outside Saratoga, Wyoming but this happened around Newcastle which is quite a distance.

I know cats will travel quite a distance because a young collared male was found dead in southern Kansas a couple of years ago that had been collared in Wyoming.

That must of been a heck of a fight.
Yesterday Brian Jansen and I looked for a study mountain lion whose
collar was emitting a mortality signal. Upon further investigation we
found our boy, dead behind a dry dam on a private ranch near LAK
reservoir. He got into a fight with another cat (the likes of which I
would LOVE to see) and came out the loser. Anyhow, what is interesting
is that this dude was caught in 2005 as a six year old and had an
estimated live weight of 175 pounds. He primarily lived on Elk
Mountain, but moved to the Summit Ridge area just days after Bobby
Sweet
killed a 160 pound cat that was living in the area.

The ground was all tore up, hair was everywhere and blood was
splattered
on the adjacent trees and ground. All of this cat's claws were full of
lion hair or broke off completely...it must have been a mountain lion
battle royale. Figured you guys might be interested!
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sneekeepete
That is crazy! I would love to see the Cat that took that big boy out too! thanks for sharing
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MuleyMadness
Wow that is nuts. A battle supreme for sure. Cool photos, thanks! 10sign:
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TheGreatwhitehunter
must of been a big cat that took that one out
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BOHNTR
Perhaps not a bigger lion killed it........but a younger lion. A 10 year old lion is a fairly old lion in the wild and probably could no longer ward off a 6-8 year old tom in it's prime. Mother Nature's way of continuing the cycle with only the strongest I guess. Awesome story!
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killerbee
i dont know what story is cooler, the lion and sheep, or the 2 lions fighting till the death!
again, i wonder how often that kind of stuff goes on :-k
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79Ford
Bigger cat or younger stronger cat, either way that would be an awesome sight to see in the wild. Any chance someone had their trail cam set up?
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CodeRED
Nice post.. As everyone is saying, this would really have been a sight to see. good pics too.
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