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112 Confirmed Reports Since 1994
| Confirmation No. | Sighting Date | County | Verification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | March 7, 2023 | Dallas | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign including tracks on site. |
| 111 | February 25, 2023 | Dallas | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 110 | February 2, 2023 | Franklin | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 109 | January 22, 2023 | Franklin | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 108 | January 21, 2023 | Reynolds | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 107 | January 23, 2023 | Franklin | Mountain lion struck and injured in a vehicle collision. Multiple individuals took pictures and videos of animal before it stood up and left the scene and could not be found after the incident. |
| 106 | January 15, 2023 | Montgomery | Video of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using video and other sign. |
| 105 | January 9, 2023 | Callaway | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 104 | January 3, 2023 | Boone | Video of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using video and other sign. |
| 103 | December 28, 2022 | Shelby | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 102 | November 20, 2022 | Grundy | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 101 | November 11, 2022 | Ray | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 100 | October 30, 2022 | Livingston | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 99 | May 28, 2022 | Shannon | Adult elk was killed by a mountain lion. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. Genetic analyses indicate the individual was a male, but were unable to determine the population of origin. |
| 98 | December 22, 2021 | Reynolds | Male mountain lion killed in a vehicle collision. Genetic analyses indicate the individual was a male with a probable population of origin in Colorado. |
| 97 | December 14, 2021 | Washington | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 96 | December 7, 2021 | Ste. Genevieve | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 95 | December 4, 2021 | Callaway | Video of moutain lion taken by game camera. LCRT confirmed using videos and other sign. |
| 94 | November 30, 2021 | Montgomery | Photo of mountain lion taken by game camera. LCRT confirmed using photo and other sign. |
| 93 | November 14, 2021 | St. Francois | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera, was confirmed by the LCRT based solely on the submitted photographic evidence. |
| 92 | November 7, 2021 | Montgomery | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and location of the sighting in close proximity with Report 95. |
| 91 | November 7, 2021 | Montgomery | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and location of the sighting in close proximity with Report 96. |
| 90 | November 5, 2021 | Reynolds | Photo of mountain lion taken by game camera. LCRT confirmed using photo and other sign. |
| 89 | September 27, 2021 | Butler | Photo of mountain lion taken by game camera. LCRT confirmed using photo and other sign. |
| 88 | June 6, 2021 | Franklin | Video of mountain lion taken by home security camera. LCRT confirmed using videos and other sign. |
| 87 | June 5, 2021 | Shannon | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. LCRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 86 | March 31, 2021 | Laclede | Photo of mountain lion taken by game camera. LCRT confirmed using photo and other sign. |
| 85 | March 10, 2021 | Barton | Photo of mountain lion taken by game camera. LCRT confirmed using photo and other sign. |
| 84 | March 1, 2021 | Benton | Video of mountain lion taken by home security camera. LCRT confirmed using videos and other sign. The MLRT changed its name in early 2021 to include other large carnivore species present in Missouri. |
| 83 | February 20, 2020 | Texas | Genetic analyses confirmed an adult deer was been killed by a mountain lion. The genetic analyses could not determine the sex or population of origin of the mountain lion. |
| 82 | February 12, 2020 | Shannon | On February 12, 2020 an elk carcass was found which showed sign indicative of mountain lion predation. Samples were collected in an attempt to extract DNA. A trail camera was set up and confirmed the presence of a mountain lion on February 16, 2020. Continued investigation revealed mountain lion tracks, scat deposits and an additional cache of an elk calf. DNA analysis confirmed mountain lion DNA from all samples submitted, and was able to determine individual identification from two scat samples. DNA analysis confirmed that this lion was the same male lion that was initially captured in a coyote trap in 2012, and genetically recaptured in 2018. |
| 81 | December 31, 2019 | Texas | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 80 | December 28, 2019 | Andrew | Video of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using video and other sign. |
| 79 | November 12, 2019 | Carter | Photos of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 78 | November 4, 2019 | Texas | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera in same area (~15 miles away) as Confirmation No. 75. MLRT confirmed using photo and other sign. |
| 77 | October 30, 2019 | Texas | Video of a mountain lion taken by a hunter in the same area (~3 miles away) as Confirmation No. 75. MLRT confirmed using video and other sign. |
| 76 | September 27, 2019 | Texas | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera in the same area (~3 miles away) as Confirmation No. 75 but nearly two weeks later.MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 75 | September 15, 2019 | Texas | Photos of a mountain lion taken by game cameras ~1.5 miles apart and within 3 hours of each other. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 74 | August 17, 2018 | Shannon | Genetic analyses confirmed two elk calves were killed by a mountain lion. Genetic analyses were unable to determine the sex or population of orign of the individual. |
| 73 | July 14, 2018 | Madison | Genetic analyses confirmed an adult deer was killed by a mountain lion. Genetic analyses indicate the individual was a male, but were unable to determine the population of origin. |
| 72 | April 14, 2018 | Shannon | Track identification and genetic analyses confirmed a cow elk, suspected to be suffering from symptoms of brainworm infection, was killed by a mountain lion. Genetic analyses indicate the individual was a male with a probable population of origin in the Black Hills of Wyoming, South Dakota, and NW Nebraska. Analyses also indicated a genetic match with a male mountain lion that had been incidentally captured by a trapper in January 2012 in Reynolds County, Missouri. This is the first time MDC has detected an individual mountain lion in the state more than once. |
| 71 | September 26, 2017 | Iron | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 70 | September 27, 2017 | Madison | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 69 | January 3, 2017 | Ralls | Video of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using video and other sign. |
| 68 | January 7, 2017 | Pike | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 67 | January 21, 2017 | Warren | Subadult male mountain lion killed in a vehicle collision with a probable population of origin in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. |
| 66 | November 20, 2016 | Reynolds | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 65 | December 20, 2016 | Oregon | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 64 | April 24, 2016 | St. Clair | Adult, male mountain lion carcass found on Harry S. Truman Reservoir shoreline by an angler. Genetic analyses indicate the individual's probable population of origin is the Black Hills of South Dakota. |
| 63 | April 16, 2016 | Shannon | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 62 | February 5, 2016 | Shannon | A three year old cow elk, suspected to be affected by brain worm, was killed by a mountain lion. Genetic analyses revealed this individual was a female with a probable population of origin in the Black Hills of Wyoming and South Dakota, and NW Nebraska |
| 61 | January 11, 2016 | Henry | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 60 | December 18, 2015 | Boone | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 59 | December 16, 2015 | Reynolds | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 58 | November 27, 2015 | Warren | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 57 | October 13, 2015 | Cole | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 56 | August 8, 2015 | Carter | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera and a kill site of an 80 lb. elk calf with characteristics of a mountain lion kill. MLRT confirmed using the photos and other sign. |
| 55 | May 18, 2015 | Shannon | Citizen reported mountain lion tracks near the Current River, an investigation confirmed the track photos and other sign at the site. |
| 54 | May 12, 2015 | Laclede | Adult, male mountain lion killed in a vehicle collision. No obvious signs indicating it was a captive animal. Genetic analysis revealed the propbable population of origin was Wyoming. |
| 53 | February 3, 2015 | Harrison | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 52 | November 21, 2014 | Taney | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 51 | November 18, 2014 | Douglas | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 50 | October 23, 2014 | Carter | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 49 | October 16, 2014 | Madison | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 48 | June 19, 2014 | Oregon | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 47 | March 1, 2014 | Carter | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 46 | November 20, 2013 | Madison | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 45 | October 15, 2013 | Reynolds | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 44 | October 12, 2013 | Barry | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 43 | September 29, 2013 | Shannon | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 42 | August 26, 2013 | Carter | Photos taken by a game camera at Peck Ranch Conservation Area. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 41 | June 29, 2013 | Pulaski | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 40 | February 4, 2013 | Carter | Photos taken by a game camera at Peck Ranch Conservation Area. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 39 | January 3, 2013 | Warren | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 38 | December 23, 2012 | Warren | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 37 | December 21, 2012 | Carter | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 36 | December 2, 2012 | Dekalb | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 35 | October 31, 2012 | Taney | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 34 | October 28, 2012 | Ripley | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 33 | October 10, 2012 | Shannon | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 32 | September 1, 2012 | Grundy | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 31 | September 4, 2012 | Shannon | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 30 | April 2, 2012 | Grundy | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 29 | January 27, 2012 | Reynolds | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 28 | January 4, 2012 | Reynolds | Private landowner incidentally captured a live, male mountain lion in a large, cage-type trap. MLRT collected genetic samples and estimated it at ~2 years old. Genetic analysis revealed the propbable population of origin was the Black Hills of South Dakota. |
| 27 | September 24, 2011 | Wayne | A photograph of a track in the mud taken by MDC staff was verified to belong to a mountain lion by the MLRT. |
| 26 | September 20, 2011 | Shannon | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 25 | September 10, 2011 | Shannon | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 24 | September 5, 2011 | Reynolds | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 23 | September 5, 2011 | Texas | Subadult male mountain lion shot by a landowner. Genetic analysis revealed the propbable population of origin was the Black Hills of South Dakota. |
| 22 | September 4, 2011 | Shannon | Photos taken by a game camera at Rocky Creek Conservation Area. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 21 | August 30, 2011 | Oregon | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 20 | August 17, 2011 | Carter | MDC received an eye-witness report supplemented with hair samples. Genetic analysis confirmed hair was from a mountain lion. |
| 19 | July 29, 2011 | Shannon | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 18 | July 3, 2011 | Gasconade | MDC received an eye-witness report supplemented with hair samples. Genetic analysis confirmed hair was from a mountain lion. |
| 17 | April 20, 2011 | Macon | Citizen submitted photos of tracks in a muddy creekbed. MLRT confirmed the tracks were those of a mountain lion. |
| 16 | March 9, 2011 | Oregon | Citizen reported a mountain lion jumped through a fence and sent in hairs suspected to be from the lion. Genetic analyses confirmed the hair was from a male mountain lion and the propbable population of origin was Colorado. |
| 15 | January 22, 2011 | Macon | Subadult male mountain lion shot by coyote hunters. No indication of a captive animal. Genetic analysis revealed the propbable population of origin was Central Montana. |
| 14 | January 12, 2011 | St. Louis | Photos taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 13 | January 2, 2011 | Ray | Subadult male treed and shot by raccoon hunters. No indication of a captive animal. Genetic analysis revealed the propbable population of origin was the Black Hills of South Dakota. |
| 12 | December 29, 2010 | Linn | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 11 | November 26, 2010 | Platte | Photo taken by private landowner of a treed mountain lion. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 10 | December 7, 2006 | Livingston | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 9 | November 18, 2006 | Shannon | Tracks and deer carcass characteristic of a mountain lion were found and confirmed by MLRT. |
| 8 | August 11, 2003 | Callaway | An approximately 1.5 year old male was killed in a vehicle collision. No indication of a captive animal. Genetic analysis indicated it was from North America. |
| 7 | October 15, 2002 | Clay | A 2 to 3 year old male was killed in a vehicle collision. Genetic analysis indicated it was from North America. |
| 6 | December 21, 2001 | Pulaski | Photo of a mountain lion taken by a game camera. MLRT confirmed using photos and other sign. |
| 5 | December 31, 2000 | Lewis | A video was recorded by a deer hunter in a tree stand and was confirmed by MLRT. |
| 4 | January 11, 1999 | Texas | A mountain lion was treed by a rabbit hunter's dogs and tracks in the snow were photographed. MLRT confirmed the photos and other sign. |
| 3 | January 1997 | Christian | A video was recorded by the property owner. Behavior indicates it may have been captive at one time. |
| 2 | November 4, 1996 | Reynolds | A conservation agent recorded video of a mountain lion with a deer carcass. |
| 1 | January 1, 1994 | Carter | A small adult female mountain lion was treed and shot by two raccoon hunters near Peck Ranch Conservation Area. The carcass was never recovered, but a photo was obtained of the animal on a tailgate. Federal authorities fined each hunter $2,000. |