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No pics, but just south of Hopkinsville Ky I know I was in ones presence a few years ago. The property owner was an older guy, lived alone, drank PBR 24-7 but said he saw a big cat and shot it. Asked my buddy to go look for it about 12 hours later. We went, and got to a spot that was very eerie. Big tree in the thick woods where all the scrub brush was gone. Just a big opening in thick briar bottomed woods with a large tree right in the middle. Claw marks on the tree and half of a young doe up in the tree. Got real nervous and felt I was being watched. We got close and got out of the woods, pretty sure we were being stalked. The old man died a few weeks later. Never heard anything else about that spot but there has been rumors around there for decades.
Mt lions are ground feeders. I’m not saying it’s impossible but it’s highly unusual and I’m not sure if it’s been documented that a Mt lion drags a kill into a tree.
Ive hunted lions professionally as a guide and doing animal damage control. I’ve seen dozens of Mt lion kills and have never seen one drag a kill into a tree.
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