Posted on 10/16/2020 11:46:27 AM PDT by SJackson
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I’d have put a shot in the dirt in front of the big cat.
They don’t like things that go “boom!”
The cougar did nothing wrong.
Stay away from young critters. Their moms will take it out your hide if you approach them...
And, unfortunately the users are unable to comment about the consistently bad results, but they are the same results.
lol....
The guy had to know that... so why did he approach the cubs?
That was my first thought when I saw it last week.
If he was ‘stalked’ he’d be cat poop now..............
Like that woman last month who got too close to a bison calf...................
I had some property up north of DFW in an area that was mostly trees and hills. There was a pond on my property that was one of the few water holes for wildlife. I had parked on a road that runs by the property to check out an adjoining property and was standing by the car. As I turned around, a mountain lion was no more than 50’ from me, walking calmly into the brush across the road. He didn’t growl or anything, just went on about his business...and so did I.
I had some property up north of DFW in an area that was mostly trees and hills. There was a pond on my property that was one of the few water holes for wildlife. I had parked on a road that runs by the property to check out an adjoining property and was standing by the car. As I turned around, a mountain lion was no more than 50’ from me, walking calmly into the brush across the road. He didn’t growl or anything, just went on about his business...and so did I.
Heard many years ago, that if a mountain lion lets you see it, it is on purpose. If it is stalking, no warning until it pounces.
This lion was not stalking just wanted the stranger gone.
Drove out to my favorite and remote valley in the high Eastern hills of San Diego County once. Parked the car beneath a shade tree, commenced my leisurely walk.
A minute or two later I spied a lion spying me. She sat on a large boulder about 100 yards across the narrow meadow. Continued my walk, came to a stand of trees which blocked my view of her. When beyond the trees I could see that boulder but no lion. Walked back to the car and went on home, feeing no need to push my luck.
Had many walks there after that, always felt safe but who knows who might have been watching me feel safe.
Never walked there at night, though. Only place I lived where I never walked at night.
He thought they were bobcats.
Sounds like something else to keep away from!
For sure
Which is why when I go hunting or hiking, I carry a .44 Rem Mag revolver. It will work much better on wild animals than bear-spray.
The main thing I can’t figure out about that video is it took him 6 minutes to realize he should pick up a rock and throw it at the cougar, at which point it turned tail and ran.
He says he didn’t realize they were cougar cubs. He saw them in the distance and thought they were grown bobcats. He obviously also didn’t see the mother who was probably 10 yards in front of the cubs, lying on the road.
Yes, this was obvious from watching the video. Just a Mama protecting her cubs.
The vast majority fatal attacks have been in the last 30 years.
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