Photographing a Mountain Lion in the Wild 

Your patience is amazing. Great images of the Mountain Lion, those eyes. My gosh!

Thanks for all you share to help others learn from your experiences. It was another wonderful day photographing together!

The shot of that bear with the Bison, it's a perfect photo to remind folks that " Bears will be Bears". Excellent!

Thanks for sharing your beautiful photography with us. The mountain lion is just gorgeous. And the foxes are beautiful too. I'm originally from Co. And many years ago I was about 26. My boyfriend at the time and I went on a hike/picnic up & beyond Rye Co. Shoot I can't think of what the mountain range right now. Anyway it's beautiful place for a hike. And a mountain lion she was so close to me that our eyes locked. Even though we were more towards the bottom getting ready to go up higher. She was more towards the top. Pacing back-and-forth. All the while our eyes were still locked . I think she had youngins up there personally. 😆 Anyway we had drank a little beer I was glad I had a little buzz on. Otherwise I think I would not have handled the situation as well. So my boyfriend suggested we just back up slowly. And leave the area. Which is what we did. She could have been down upon us within seconds literally.. To this day I remember exactly what she looked like .I'll never forget her eyes/face and her stature she was absolutely gorgeous. I've always felt very fortunate to have been that close out in the wild to such a stunning animal

Wow! Excellent video. Thank you. 😊

Mountain Lions are on my bucket list of wildlife to photograph and film.

Moose, this was such a pleasure to watch. My wildlife rehab days in North Carolina were often a lot more waiting & watching than getting footage; but the experience of being close enough to the animals to smell and hear them was always worth it. I often found myself holding my breath, my legs going numb underneath me, as I sat as still as was humanly possible for hours on end. Blessings to you (and Ariel) - you live in a beautiful part of the country!

what an incredible experience. Your patience and experience really paid off!!!! Beautiful work Moose!

This makes me feel.......... envious. The thrill of the hunt. Things aren't going so well in PA. The eagles aren't using their nests for different reasons and other animals are so darn nocturnal. It's so incredibly hard to have any alone time with animals in the YS area. In the past, if I even pointed at something we had cars pulling over and asking me what I am looking at. As soon as you point a camera, vehicles begin to pull over. Then they often scare the animals away. While people are swarming Lamar valley to look at bears and wolves, I was trying to be alone with eagles, ducks, bison and antelope. Which lead to more people stopping. It makes you crave a moment alone with a subject. Your friend gave you a great gift. I am sure you will return the favor at some point for her. I was thinking about creating a blind within our van. Then have the camera pointed out of the blind but not out the window. The window would be open. If the conditions are right, couldn't you use your trailer as a blind? Then you could move around some throughout the day under cover. I hunt archery. I know what it's like to wait. I could have animals all around me but not take a shot because they are just a little too far away. Sometimes birds fly right up to my face because I have camo on.

Super video, Moose!! Beautiful photographs, great video clips, and excellent info. We loved watching this! Berny and Carol

awesome. I love being a Wildlife photographer.

Moose, thank you for sharing this adventure, and the great photos and explanations. Best regards, Michael

Beautiful, strong, massive front and rear legs, thought i saw signs of nursing or previous nursing, strong chest muscles!, great work!! Your narration is as always great as is your music and intro images and breaks!!!

Amazing! Generated much excitement about my upcoming trip!

I’m sitting here at 3am in the morning not able to sleep. I recently subscribed to your channel and several of your older videos came up as I was searching RU-vid. This video showed what a true and dedicated photographer goes through to get the rare image in the wild. Most Mountain Lion images are taken in captivity with no effort just money put into them. I know you are going through a transition in your life at the moment hope you can get back out into the field soon. This video should have had thousands of hits. RU-vid has a strange audience at times.

Awesome video thank you and GBY 🙏🏻🇺🇸❤️

Holy Smokes Moose. that is an incredible experience. Thanks for sharing.

Such an amazing experience you had Moose! I appreciate you sharing! Thank you!

So exciting, thanks, I too love to photograph lions. I usually find a lion kill because of the birds on it, then set up a trail camera or two to get night shots in the wee hours. Thanks Moose. Roger.....

awesome reward for the patience!

Thanks Moose... patience .. Lord I would b so afraid I’d be blindsided on the left car window side by the the mountain line..

Great work, Moose. Well done.

That shot of the mt lion around 17:30...wow! looked like she was staring you down!

As a northern Mainer I’m looking forward to your Maine move!

Moose thanks for sharing this.

Thank you Moose it's very interesting.

Super cool! Thanks for sharing 😊

Outstanding

This was a wonderful experience. Thanks for taking us with you.

What a great experience. I saw one in Great Basin NP in 2017, I was in my car, early morning, too dark to get a shot. I never knew they did that with covering up the food. Great video Moose!

Fantastic video Moose! To photograph a truly wild mountain lion must be incredibly exciting as such opportunities are rare to put it mildly. I think you owe your friend a a very nice lunch at the very least Moose!

When I was in British Columbia Me and my brother decided to take a walk during evening, little did we know we were being watched as prey by a Mountain Lion, he chased us, but thank god we weren’t far from the car we jumped in and drove off, but we looked directly into his eyes and he seemed hungry

What a great video. I felt like I was sitting right there with you watching these animals. I really like your style of vlogging. I always feel like I'm learning something.

That was really enjoyable Moose! I’m assuming you used the electronic shutter on the R6?

Good video!

Thank you for sharing this most enjoyable and informative experience !

What nice friends you have! Fun experience! Thanks for sharing. Do you leave your camera on the whole time or wait until an animal you are wanting to photograph is visible?

amazing wild footage and shots! Did you go back to this carcass again or just that one day?

Amazing!

Wow that would be so exciting to catch that.

Other than scoping out the subject matter, preparation seems 2b the single most important aspect. It's almost like hunting down an animal, you prepare the best position then wait and wait some more 📸 - - - - - - - - - - 🐯

Moose, I thought this was entertaining. Great video. I am two weeks out from my departure to GTNP. I am still studying your 50 WHS book. In this video, you had a carcass to camp out at for visits by predators. While reading your book, I was actually pondering whether it would be better to continuously drive around visiting high probability spots for wildlife or if I should stay in one location for several hours hoping for a spotting. What are your thoughts? Thanks, Bob Philip

Moose is there a risk of DVT while on these long sits... I don’t know much about the condition and am not a dr. but asking your dr. for advice might be a good idea.

What about using an electronic predator call for wildlife photography? Is this a common practice or frowned upon?