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ELINVESTIG8R
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OUT IN LA BAJA SOMEWHERE
ON OUR WAY TO TRACK A LARGE MOUNTAIN LION THAT WENT ON A KILLING SPREE OF CALVES AND A
YEARLING. DON'T CAMP OUT IN THE SAN JUAN DE DIOS MOUNTAIN, LAS CRUCES, CORRAL DEL CHINO OR THE ARROYO GRANDE AREA.
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David K
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Did you see Sony (or is he one of the blurred faces on muleback)?
Did you hear the lion at night?
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ELINVESTIG8R
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CORAL EL CHINO
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ELINVESTIG8R
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LAS CRUCES
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ARROYO GRANDE
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ELINVESTIG8R
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TINAJA LAS CRUCES
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I liked the photos of the corral and the deer. Thanks for posting.
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Nice.
Why do they call it Arroyo Grande? 
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Nice pics and a fun adventure David. This is the way the outback of Baja should be explored.
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uhhh,, cats
I don't know if your from the city,,But A cat will almost,always make one (1) kill and eat it before it moves on and makes another kill.... are ya talking over a period of time...btw,,,that cat can be less than 10 meters
from ya and a human would NOT detect it.....
[Edited on 10-23-2013 by captkw]
[Edited on 10-23-2013 by captkw]
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I know the things you brought up but did not want to sound like a pompous @ss by boring people to tears regurgitating
everything about mountain lions. I just wanted to show a picture with a brief synopsis of what was going on.
| Quote: | Originally posted by captkw
I don't know if your from the city,,But A cat will almost,always make one (1) kill and eat it before it moves on and makes another kill.... are ya talking over a period of time...btw,,,that cat can be less than 10 meters
from ya and a human would NOT detect it.....
[Edited on 10-23-2013 by captkw]
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ELINVESTIG8R
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| Quote: | Originally posted by elgatoloco
Nice.
Why do they call it Arroyo Grande? |
I don't know!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by captkw
I don't know if your from the city,,But A cat will almost,always make one (1) kill and eat it before it moves on and makes another kill.... are ya talking over a period of time...btw,,,that cat can be less than 10 meters
from ya and a human would NOT detect it.....
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Those mules will
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That coral was no easy construction project.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by elgatoloco
Nice.
Why do they call it Arroyo Grande? |
Maybe because it's a large gully???
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the only way yer gonna get that cat is with dogs.
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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Beautiful area. That's the "Real Baja" IMOSHO  .
I remember seeing the corral on a camping trip around 15 years ago. We were all impressed by the amazing engineering and likely the very time
consuming and labor intensive effort it must have taken to build it in the middle of nowhere.
Mt. Lions are all over the wilds of Baja and shy away from people, so I'm not worried about camping out in any area. We even saw cat prints and poop
on the hike into the San Pedro Martir Mission almost 10 years ago. The only time I have seen a live one, anyplace, was near Punta Blanca in 1986,
trotting along the dirt road. We were all surprised to see each other. 
Thanks for sharing.
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I spent a lot of time in the boonies as a Ranger and I have always been intensely interested in CATS------I have never seen a Puma in the wilds other
than for brief mili-seconds sighting of one crossing the road, but lots of evidence. I have seen very briefly 2 bobcats in all that time, both
crossing a road at night. Saw one Lynx in Glacier Natl. Park in the housing area at night snooping around. Cats see you, but you seldom see them.
Keep an eye on your back-side and you will be fine.
Love the pics. There is a similar but smaller stone corral in excellent condition many miles south of El Barril (San Francisquito area) in the bottom
of the upper reaches of La Fortuna/San Maguel arroyo near El Venado along the old road into Rancho San Miguel and on to Los Corrales on the SOC.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
I spent a lot of time in the boonies as a Ranger and I have always been intensely interested in CATS------I have never seen a Puma in the wilds other
than for brief mili-seconds sighting of one crossing the road, but lots of evidence. I have seen very briefly 2 bobcats in all that time, both
crossing a road at night. Saw one Lynx in Glacier Natl. Park in the housing area at night snooping around. Cats see you, but you seldom see them.
Keep an eye on your back-side and you will be fine.
Love the pics. There is a similar but smaller stone corral in excellent condition many miles south of El Barril (San Francisquito area) in the bottom
of the upper reaches of La Fortuna/San Maguel arroyo near El Venado along the old road into Rancho San Miguel and on to Los Corrales on the SOC.
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For some reason I have great luck seeing wild cats in the Cuyamacas. Once had a picnic at mt laguna meadow and spent 1/2 hour watching cougar family
play on the hillside about 1/8 mile from us, they did not care the least that we were watching. have seen many bobcats there while mtn biking. a
couple times have encountered bobcats sleeping under trees in heat of daytime, they just stay quiet and watch me ride by, looking like they dont care.
i estimate i see less than 1 in 100 cats i happen to pass by, they are probably all over and we never know it.
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Thank you for the pics.....especially the Arroyo Grande one.....just makes me scroll back and re-read the maps DK provided....another adventure
destination.
I have encountered cougars here in BC several times while outback riding moto.....never a dangerous situatiion when I saw them (considered it a
blessing to see them).....but I am much more wary of cats lurking than a bear stumbling by......
There are usually several cougar attacks on people reported in BC annually....sometimes fatal.
Don't believe everything you think....
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