Cougar Killed In SteveEdmunds Back Yard...

Saw this article a bit ago in the SFChron:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/01/MNV41F6FIP.DTL&tsp=1

and realized that was right there in SteveEdmunds back yard...sorta...he lives a few blocks away. My first thought it was some love triangle gone awry....
that some older lady/cougar after a younger guy (that would let Steve out!!) was shot & killed. Then I realized that it was
a 4-legged kind of cougar that was shot. Interesting.
What kind of EdmundsStJohn wine would you serve w/ grilled cougar steaks? Guess I'd go w/ the Fairbarn Syrah.
Probably tastes like chicken, anyway (the cougar steaks).
Tom

Saw this article a bit ago in the SFChron:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/01/MNV41F6FIP.DTL&tsp=1

and realized that was right there in SteveEdmunds back yard...sorta...he lives a few blocks away. My first thought it was some love triangle gone awry....
that some older lady/cougar after a younger guy (that would let Steve out!!) was shot & killed. Then I realized that it was
a 4-legged kind of cougar that was shot. Interesting.
What kind of EdmundsStJohn wine would you serve w/ grilled cougar steaks? Guess I'd go w/ the Fairbarn Syrah.
Probably tastes like chicken, anyway (the cougar steaks).

Whoa, sh*t! I've seen raccoons the size of bear cubs rooting through trash cans there, possums and more skunks than I care to recall, but never one of them thar varmints. The article is a bit off when it says that the nearest "open space" is Tilden Park: Live Oak Park is a stone's throw from there (as I'm sure you know, Tom) and while not as spacious as Tilden does provide some cover for deer and (possibly) the occasional big kitty cat.

Mark Lipton

Naw, Live Oak is way too tiny for that kind of action. Strawberry Canyon is a little closer, and plenty big. Tom I have seen that other kind of cougar giving me the eye; you gotta remember, their eyesight is one of the first things to go!

Like you, I thought this was some face-lifted, tanning room desiccated honey trying to get some of Steve's Heart of Gold.

Then I remembered how old a cougar would have to be to consider Steve a "young stud"...whoa!

I have deer, rabbits and coyote in my back yard. Wouldn't be surprised to see a cougar there.

When I worked at Presidio of Monterey, they had a cougar or bobcat roaming the NCO housing area one time. I was driving up the hill and saw this big cat. I believe they eventually had to kill the animal because it had poached a pet rabbit and was wandering near a day care in Carmel Valley and they were worried about the kiddies.

When I lived in Montana there would from time to time be a "Mountain Lion BBQ." I think that Rainier was probably the pairing of choice, though. I never did attend one.

Cheers,

Bill

When I lived in Montana there would from time to time be a "Mountain Lion BBQ." I think that Rainier was probably the pairing of choice, though. I never did attend one.

Wow! You sure they weren't putting you on? I didn't think that cats made for good eating, even apart from our species's general aversion to consuming terrestrial predators (the occasional alligator or snake being the rare exception).

Mark Lipton

When do the protests start?

I remember a mountain lion attack when I lived in San Diego. Be careful out there.

There is some great research going on here in Alberta. The Cypress Hills are quite cougar active for a number of years. To be honest, when in the mountains, I worry more about cougar than the bears.

When I lived in Montana there would from time to time be a "Mountain Lion BBQ." I think that Rainier was probably the pairing of choice, though. I never did attend one.

Wow! You sure they weren't putting you on? I didn't think that cats made for good eating, even apart from our species's general aversion to consuming terrestrial predators (the occasional alligator or snake being the rare exception).

Mark Lipton

I wish that were the case, but they were well advertised at local pubs. No doubt they tasted horrible (maybe better after a very long braise to soften the fibrous tissue?) It it certainly a meat to put on your life-list with bragging rights.

Cheers,
Bill

Like you, I thought this was some face-lifted, tanning room desiccated honey trying to get some of Steve's Heart of Gold.
Then I remembered how old a cougar would have to be to consider Steve a "young stud"...whoa!.

Yes, I was relieved to open thread and find out Zsa Zsa was still alive.
I'm surprised at folks eating cougar, too.

I wish that were the case, but they were well advertised at local pubs. No doubt they tasted horrible (maybe better after a very long braise to soften the fibrous tissue?) It it certainly a meat to put on your life-list with bragging rights.

Okie-doke Fortunately for me, my time in Montana produced no meal more outré than pan-fried, fresh-caught trout and huckleberry cobbler

Mark Lipton

I wish that were the case, but they were well advertised at local pubs. No doubt they tasted horrible (maybe better after a very long braise to soften the fibrous tissue?) It it certainly a meat to put on your life-list with bragging rights.

Okie-doke Fortunately for me, my time in Montana produced no meal more outré than pan-fried, fresh-caught trout and huckleberry cobbler

Mark Lipton

And I suppose Mark, that the Jack-a-lope and Skipe BBQ Sandwiches they were selling streetside were just Chicken!

Cheers,
Bill

And I suppose Mark, that the Jack-a-lope and Skipe BBQ Sandwiches they were selling streetside were just Chicken!

Hey, they had to do something with all the meat they got from that stuffed jackalope adorning my study's wall, Bill. And don't they all taste like chicken anyhoo?

Mark Lipton
(erstwhile resident of beautiful Condon, MT, pop. 35 on a good day)

Naw, Live Oak is way too tiny for that kind of action. Strawberry Canyon is a little closer, and plenty big. Tom I have seen that other kind of cougar giving me the eye; you gotta remember, their eyesight is one of the first things to go!

Considering the proximity to Berkeley everyone knows that the cougars in that area are vegans, nothing to fear except a lecture against carnivores.

or green bananas

I've always aspired to be a cougar.

JB

I've always aspired to be a cougar.

You're not old enough, Julia dahlin'.

There's been a cougar sighted near our acreage in the sticks, and Gail hopes it comes around while we're deer hunting, because she wants to have one stuffed for the future house. I'd like it also, but I really don't want that big of a taxidermy bill.

I've always aspired to be a cougar.

You're not old enough, Julia dahlin'.

.

Is there any wonder why I love those Southern Gentlemen?

JB

I bet ya Parker gave the shot a 79...