People can spend a lifetime outdoors in Montana and never see a mountain lion. But as my motion-sensing camera proves, the mountain lion knows you are there. These photos are just a few minutes apart. In the second photo, the lion is looking exactly where Nellie and I are coming from. This was not unexpected. Normally, Nellie goes leash-free on the Essen Wildlife Refuge, but since I knew a lion was hanging around I had her on a leash.