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Posted by Glenn Reid in CA [71.202.108.235] on Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 11:36:48 :
In Reply to: O T cougars (not the female human type) posted by copey [206.80.249.87] on Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 06:50:37 :
Cougars (or mountain lions, same thing) eat deer, yes. But not that many of them. And they are solitary animals, marking out territory on the order of a square mile or so. Their population is limited by geography, not hunting or predators.
But no, they're not going to reduce deer population by 80% in an area, I don't think. Think of them as deer hunters, who maybe take 2 deer a month per square mile.