ShareA mountain lion was photographed by a trail camera on April 2 in rural Grundy County in northwest Missouri. The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Mountain Lion Response Team confirmed the sighting on Monday by visiting the site where the photograph was taken
Wisconsin resident Paul Korn, who leases the land for hunting, [...]

ShareHere the tally from our poll on Missouri Senate Bill 738, allowing for killing of mountain lions without a threat present. The overwhelming view among 33espondents was “No. Leave things as they are” with 85%, 28 votes.
“Yes. We need to be able to kill them” got 9%, 3 votes. “I’m not sure” got 1 vote, [...]

ShareWe’ve closed one poll on mountain lions just to open another one.
The results of the poll “Do you agree with releasing the Reynolds County mountain lion?” showed an overwhelming case for letting the lion go: 47 people voted for freedom, and only 1 person said the cat should have been kept in confinement.
But [...]

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A state senator has introduced legislation clarifying that anyone in Missouri may kill a mountain lion, according to an AP story forwarded to us by writer Doug Smith.
Republican Sen. Bill Stouffer, of Napton in mid-state Missouri, offered the proposal Thursday. His bill says anyone who kills a mountain lion would have to report it [...]

ShareWhew! After all the work, the February River Hills Traveler is finally getting out there.
This one is something special, folks, and that’s not hype. We’re kicking off our 40th Anniversary year with some exclusive photos and coverage of the mountain lion trapped near Centerville in Reynolds County on January 5. Writer Doug Smith interviewed [...]

ShareBy DOUG SMITH
CENTERVILLE – Admittedly it wasn’t what Reynolds County trapper Wayne Henson expected to see when he approached his large cage live trap Wednesday afternoon. What waited inside was a Missouri oddity … a mountain lion
Henson is now credited with the first live capture of a mountain lion in Missouri’s recorded [...]

ShareThe Missouri Department of Conservation has released photos of the Centerville mountain lion, taken by communication specialist Candice Davis while department officials were waiting for the cat to recover from the effects of sedation after its release. Enjoy!

Share( Assistant ed. note: Ok, so the headline is a little facetious. In 2011, the Missouri Department of Conservation recorded 14 confirmed mountain lion sightings, more than other confirmed sightings in the last 75 years combined. )
MDC News Release Jan. 5
CENTERVILLE–The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has examined and released a male mountain lion trapped [...]

ShareTraveler, (well, Jo, at least) gets a big kick out of the fact that the Missouri Dept. of Conservation has set up a new email to report mountain lion sightings: mountain.lion@mdc.mo.gov. f they are getting so common they need their own email….when does it cease to be news? It is also interesting to her that [...]

ShareSUMMERSVILLE, Mo – A landowner in Texas County shot a mountain lion on Sept. 5 after encountering it on his property. The landowner then called Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) regional offices to report the incident.
(This is a file photo from the August Shannon County lion on game camera referenced below, not the shot lion.)
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