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Re-read my original posting. Then, shut your F____ing mouth.
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Just so you know, even using the underscore, is a violation of the TOS. or at least as I understand them.
Are Texas cougars as small as Texas deer? I'm asking seriously because many people automatically picture mountain lions as #250 monsters, but even here in the PNW one over #100 is rare.
http://bigcatrescue.org/idaho-man-ki...mountain-lion/
Cats are neophobes as are most animals. That means they tend to keep to the same diet and avoid contact with strange things.
At the same time they are stereotypically curious. They will follow strangers in their range. However just as in the OP they will run off with very little encouragement.
Top predators kill top predators when they can. house cats and pet dogs count as top predators to your neighborhood cougar.
I wasn't able to find a cougar season on the Texas Parks and Wildlife site. There was this PDF on cougars
http://www.tpwd.texas.gov/publicatio...w7000_0274.pdf
I have camped in cougar country for many years and besides tracks and scat have never encountered a cougar. The only person I've met who was attacked by a cougar, drove the cat off by punching it in the nose.
I don't want to minimize the OP's fears, but from what he's said so far I'd recommend following the measures outlined in the T P&W pdf on living with cougars, rather than eliminating the cat.