I guess if you move near bear country,you are going to get bear,or gator country,you are going to get gators, but here it's mostly flat land, no mountains, we 've heard of bob cats in the hills south of us,thats why it's scarey, no one seems to know where this mountain lions are coming from, as far as killing it I have no problem,if itcome to me or him,I'll pay the freaking fine,if I can get the 38 out first with out shooting my oscar meyer instead,but this cats are known to hide to get you from behind by going for the neck, my grand children play in our back yard til dark on warm evenings,which is a great concern now.