When you bait your property with hay and other foodstuffs to attract deer and Elk, you are also going to bring in the bears, wolves, coyotes, bobcats, lynx and Cougars.............Take a look at the pic below of a Cougar caught on webcam North of Spokane, Washington................lured to a location by the hay barrel deposited as deer bait

 Mountain lions don't eat hay, but this veggie bar spready out near Chewelah this winter likely attracted plenty of deer. 

Cougars like an all-you-can eat buffet deal as much as anyone.
This photo is amon several snapped of cougars in February and March by a motion-activated camera about 45 miles north of Spokane.