Cougar Predation

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I noticed that Bison was missing from their reported prey. Upon looking for predation accounts (of which I expected to come up empty handed), I found this. It seems absolutely nothing is off the menu for these predators. For me they are the most underrated of the big cats.

"Bison weigh almost 10 times more than a cougar, yet there are 2 accounts of cougar attacks on bison.  In western Arkansas John Hunter was weathering a bison stampede by standing behind a tree.  A cougar had caused the stampede when it jumped on the back of a bison.  Hunter saw the “huge panther” chewing on the bison’s neck muscles.  He shot the cougar and eventually killed it with another shot.  Daniel Boone also saw a cougar riding the back of a bison in Kentucky. He too shot the cougar, possibly saving that particular bison."

Though it doesn't specify whether they were adult bison I would imagine they were given the description of the neck muscles, however even tackling a sub adult is a tall order. Now we cant conclude that they would have been able to execute the kill, but the attempt in itself is impressive.  Reply