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re: Man killed by mountain lion over the weekend in CA: first fatal attack in ca since 2003
Posted on 3/25/24 at 5:11 pm to DeCat ODahouse
Posted on 3/25/24 at 5:11 pm to DeCat ODahouse
Thanks for the link, CatfishJohn.
I'm not sure how realistic it is to play dead unless I'm unconscious. If you get bitten by something, how many of us can overcome the survival instinct to fight back?
To DeCat: I've been to a big cat sanctuary with lions, tigers, etc. I was in a tour group with old people and kids in it. I hung back a couple of meters. Any kind of cat, acted non threatening to the group. At first. As soon as any of the old or kids turned their backs to head to another exhibit, I saw the telltale crouch. Hindquarters tensed, close to the ground/tree branch, it was on. Farmers in India will often wear masks on the backs of their heads to try to dissuade attacks from tigers. I don't disagree with anything you said, but apex is going to apex.
I'm not sure how realistic it is to play dead unless I'm unconscious. If you get bitten by something, how many of us can overcome the survival instinct to fight back?
To DeCat: I've been to a big cat sanctuary with lions, tigers, etc. I was in a tour group with old people and kids in it. I hung back a couple of meters. Any kind of cat, acted non threatening to the group. At first. As soon as any of the old or kids turned their backs to head to another exhibit, I saw the telltale crouch. Hindquarters tensed, close to the ground/tree branch, it was on. Farmers in India will often wear masks on the backs of their heads to try to dissuade attacks from tigers. I don't disagree with anything you said, but apex is going to apex.
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Posted on 3/25/24 at 5:25 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I can't believe it's been 20 years since the Whiting Ranch attack.
Dude was mountain biking and the big cat chased him down.
Dude was mountain biking and the big cat chased him down.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 5:26 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Buddy got an elk tag a few years back and when he was walking back to his camp site a big lion was stalking him and got within 30 yards. He packed all his shite up and went back to Louisiana
Posted on 3/25/24 at 5:35 pm to Corinthians420
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If citizens were allowed to hunt and kill them they'd have already gone extinct from people from other states flocking to the area to trophy hunt them.
That's not how hunting works and you know it. Don't be an idiot.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:35 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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The 18-year-old and his 21-year-old brother
I don't have to outrun the mountain lion, I just have to outrun you
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:41 pm to DeCat ODahouse
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The article said they were collecting shed antlers, maybe this altered their scent and gave mixed visual clues to trigger the cat into predator mode?
I doubt the sheds had anything to do with it. If they were shed hunting they likely had a good bit of baw in them and put up a good fight. Nature is just raw and scary sometimes.
This post was edited on 3/25/24 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 3/25/24 at 7:34 pm to baldona
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If they were shed hunting they likely had a good bit of baw in them and put up a good fight. Nature is just raw and scary sometimes.
Yea, good point about nature, it gets real very quickly.
Like someone else said if the cat was stalking them, and not an accidental encounter they probably never saw it coming.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 7:45 pm to VinegarStrokes
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interesting, considering this also happened in California in 2003.
I remember that one. She was jogging and the lion hit her from behind. The trackers figured it all out from the prints.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 7:52 pm to DeCat ODahouse
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decat
Checks out....
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:34 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I wear a no fear baseball cap when in cougar country. The eyes on the back fools em
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:26 pm to Corinthians420
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If citizens were allowed to hunt and kill them they'd have already gone extinct from people from other states flocking to the area to trophy hunt them.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:31 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Do y’all think you could strangle the mt lion if you got your hands around it’s neck? I always wondered life/death situation....
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:47 pm to Sevensblue
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y’all think you could strangle the mt lion if you got your hands around it’s neck? I always wondered life/death situation....
How high are you? That thing would split your neck open with one claw.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:51 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Buddy of mine was a bow hunter in MT. Said he was stalked for two hours by a big cat. He could hear it, briefly sight it, but never could shoot it.
I’ve never been jumpy in the woods here (we’re in MT for the month), but the other day I went on a solo run up in the Rattlesnake Wilderness (OT: ExoSpikes and Altra LonePeak All Weathers are an incredible combo on ice and packed snow), and about 4 miles out/up, it got so quiet you could hear a … paw… drop. I got the creeps and just had that feeling I was being stalked. No one had been up there in some time—no [human] footprints in snow at all.
There were probably hungry kitties out doing some early spring prowling.
I started coming up with all sorts of plans for my self-defense. Can I wield my collapsible carbon poles as nunchucks?
Now I’m reading about a family of the f’ers roaming around our neighborhood this past Christmas Eve. Killed a deer in someone’s yard. LINK
I guess if I had to be mauled to death and turned into human meow mix, it may as well be in a pristine spot.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:52 pm to McLemore
You don't carry a gun with you? This seems like common sense.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:12 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
ABC
Always
Be
Carrying
Always
Be
Carrying
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:14 pm to DiamondDog
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You don't carry a gun with you? This seems like common sense.
Kinda hard to run with a gun. I’ve never carried a gun. I’d probably shoot myself.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:20 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
That’s their territory, either pack heat when you are out there or don’t go. RIP
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:37 pm to lsuson
quote:Had similar happen to me in September 2017 in Colorado at night walking back to our campsite.
Buddy got an elk tag a few years back and when he was walking back to his camp site a big lion was stalking him and got within 30 yards. He packed all his shite up and went back to Louisiana
Fortunately for me, I saw one of its eyes (looked like a yellow LED light, but I didn’t realize it was eyes) with my headlight about 75 yards right off the trail, before I walked within 12 yards of it before I saw both eyes. I was bow hunting but I had a Glock .40 cal on my hip. One of the scariest experiences of my life.
This post was edited on 3/26/24 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:39 pm to Sevensblue
quote:Not a fully grown one. Not a chance.
Do y’all think you could strangle the mt lion if you got your hands around it’s neck? I always wondered life/death situation....
There is one instance of a grown man choking out a juvenile cougar though.
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