-- Last Updated: Sep-25-12 12:59 PM EST --
Mountain Lion sightings are getting more common, although; the MO DOC's "Canned response" remains "We have no proof that they breed here." I saw my first "Wild" mountain lion this spring myself, and o few weeks later one was trapped near here.
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/19623280/mountain-lion-confirmed-in-shannon-county
http://www.stltoday.com/news/multimedia/mountain-lion-caught-and-released-in-reynolds-county/image_29d05917-7bb1-59ac-87ec-3573f9b7147a.html
More elk have been stocked at Peck Ranch, where re-establishment of our elk herd is centered. Some of us took a fruitless rainy day trip to Peck Ranch last year, but chances of seeing/hearing elk are better this year.
http://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/elk-restoration-enters-second-year