Great pics. Congratulations!!!!
The only one that I've seen out in the wild was in Kennedy Meadows, up near Yosemite on the North side of the park. I was scouting an area to deer hunt with a buddy of mine and we where watching about a dozen deer on the side of a mountain. All of a sudden, the deer just vanished. We where comparing bucks and talking to each other, so when it happened, we didn't see it. They where all just gone. Then then thing appeared and glided across the side of the mountain. At first, I couldn't figure out what it was. The tail was too long for a coyote and it moved so smoothly, kind of like a snake. Then it hit me that it was a lion!!! We both sort of freaked. He had seen one before and that was my first one. It went from left to right, and down a little. We watched it for a couple of minutes and then it was gone. Five minutes later, the deer where back out in the open, like they where before. It was surreal.
Eddie
