“... 6-to-7-foot long predators...”
That’s just scary.
That includes the tail. FL panthers are most definitely on the small side.
- Years ago a state or federal game agent knew better than entering the property of a big farmer or rancher -
- It only takes one missing nosy govt. leftie to spread the word.
- Some ranches were over 25,000 acres and refused to put license tags on their Jeeps, PU’s, and cars that never went outside the ranch onto public roads &/or property
- When they went to town they did have plates on big Caddy -
- Everything was delivered to the ranch - fuel, food, fertilizer (plenty of manure being spreader automatically) and Brahma cattle do great on sand land patters while Angus need high nitrogen rich soils like around Belle Glade ( a pretty decent football team as I recall)
- Tall thick steel-toed boots - rattlers, coral snakes (they make nice hatbands), water mocassins, gaiters in the ‘glades, rivers, ditches, and pastures after a bad hurricane or tornado -
- Pansies like Obama (snort-snort) and Holder (he illegally carried a revolver in his earlier years) need not apply
“... 6-to-7-foot long predators...”
The mountain lions get big out here in Montana. Plus now we have wolves ... as if the big bears and cats weren’t scary enough.
I’m gearing up for a backpacking trip to a very remote lake in the Bitterroot Mountains. I’m debating on the 44 mag vs the 45 ACP as a companion. Both have their advantages and I can only take one if I want to keep my pack weight down.
I’ve run into bears, mountain lions, wolves and moose right in my backyard. Keeps things exciting. And I never venture out unarmed. Big cats are the scariest as you never usually see them coming. Not until those big paws and claws slash at you and those large fangs clamp down on the back of your neck.
It does make a hike in the wilderness exhilarating though. Just knowing there are things out there that would kill you and eat you makes everything else that much more stimulating. You senses feel really alive just knowing a mistake could kill you.