Video: Rare Footage of a Mountain Lion Taking Down a Deer

The rebounding of California’s mountain lion population has been well documented, and it’s no secret that the predators are making meals of area wildlife, and domestic pets, to sustain their numbers. But a trail camera, belonging to Randy Spade of Whitmore, Calif., captured a sight rarely seen—a lion taking down an unsuspecting deer. “I was surprised by how fast it struck,” Spade, who runs 30 trail cams on 2,200 acres of land, told Field & Stream. “It was in the blink of an eye.”...more