THE MOUNTAIN LION “197 
Mr. J. A. McGuire, editor of Outdoor Life, 
who has made special investigations concerning 
the killings of mountain lions, estimates that a 
lion will kill a deer every week if he has the op- 
portunity to do so. From personal experience 
I have known him to kill four deer in a single 
week. ; 
On one occasion, when I was hidden and 
watching the carcass of a deer which a lion 
had killed to see what carnivorous animal 
might come to the feast, a mountain lion walked 
quietly and unalertly to it and commenced to 
eat. After a few minutes the lion suddenly 
bristled up and spat in the direction from which 
a grizzly bear presently appeared. With ter- 
rible snarling and threatening, the lion held 
on to the prize until the grizzly was within a 
few feet. He then leaped toward the grizzly 
with a snarl, struck at it, and dashed into the 
woods. The grizzly, without even looking round 
to see where the lion had gone, began eating. 
From many experiences I believe that much 
of the killing of domestic and wild. animals at- 
tributed to bears is done by lions. The lion 
prefers warm blood and fresh meat for each 
meal, and will kill daily if there is opportunity. 
I have known bears to follow mountain lions 
evidently for the purpose of obtaining food. 
One day I came upon the recently killed car- 
