A couple of Kansas teenagers got the thrill of their lives while out hunting: their hunting dog treed a mountain lion. After over 100 years with no proof, mountain lions made an official reentrance in 2007 when a Barber County landowner shot one near his cattle. A mountain lion which was found in Kansas earlier this year may be part of a group from South Dakota / Western Nebraska. Bobcats are more common, particularly in southeast Kansas, but they are secretive and most Kansans have not seen one in the wild. Cedar Cove is a large cat refuge in Louisburg, just south of the Kansas City metro. Mountain Lions are quite rare in Kansas. Since 2007, when the first mountain lion was confirmed in Kansas, 18 more have been added to the total. In the last 25 years, there have been only three (3) credible mountain lion sightings in Georgia. Lions found earlier in Missouri and Oklahoma means others probably preceded it. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks game warden Tracy Galvin displays the pelt of a mountain lion that was killed in Barber County last November. To date, there have been no confirmed mountain lion cubs in Kansas, Oklahoma or eastward. — Mountain lions rarely reach Missouri, but it’s not unheard of. WICHITA — A north-central Kansas archery deer hunter has added to the proof that mountain lions are roaming Kansas. Since them, 20 instances of big cats in Kansas have been documented. Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera and a kill site of an 80 lb. When COVID 19 has passed, they will reopen for guided tours on weekends. Here’s some truth on wild Kansas mountain lions. May 2015: Shannon: Citizen reported mountain lion tracks near the Current River, an investigation confirmed the track photos and other sign at the site. Peek said research has shown that most of Kansas is actually poor habitat for mountain lions. Most are presumed to be transient young male lions displaced from states north or west of Kansas. This is probably the first confirmed wild mountain lion in Kansas in over 100 years. Now, a Gladstone man is convinced one is living in his neighborhood. MLRT confirmed using the photos and other sign. While there’s plenty of food, mountain lions like broken areas … elk calf with characteristics of a mountain lion kill. The first confirmed mountain lion in Kansas in modern times was shot and killed in 2007 in Barber County in south-central Kansas. The likelihood of having a negative interaction with a mountain lion is far, far smaller than the likelihood of having a negative interaction with something like a domestic dog, There’s enough deer and raccoons floating around that lions are not going out of their way to take anybody’s livestock.
These animals were all related to the Florida panther. There is no breeding population of mountain lions in Kansas, biologists have said. Prior to 2007, the last mountain lion documented in Kansas was killed in 1904 in Ellis County. Galvin has been investigating the rumor that a mountain lion had been killed in Kansas for the past several weeks. May 2015: Laclede Mountain lions are solitary animals and are rarely seen by people, even in areas where they are known to exist. The mountain lion was … Mountain Lions Although people often report seeing them, mountain lions are only occasionally confirmed in Kansas.