- Messages
- 10,374
- Reactions
- 29,746
At very least have pepper spray/bear spray and have it readily available, not in the backpack.
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Exact and trueIt's not necessarily about the quantity of predators out there, it's a lack of fear the predators have for humans.
I may catch some heat for this ,but ,I think human overpopulation has more to do with it than animal population!
Recent Mt Hood hiker found dead and suspected victim of cougar attack. Earlier this summer two bicyclists were attacked and one killed.
Are there too many cougars? The wife and I are " discussing intensely". She hikes and is getting fearful, and will not carry a firearm. I say we are in the part of the predator / prey cycle where there are too many predators and not enough prey.
Anyone care to share their learned opinions?
Are cougar, wolf, bear, coyote populations too big for the current elk, deer , prey populations?
D
So what is the best way a woman should carry if she does not have chl while hiking? if carried open carryno lawful problem? but she'd have to contend with Portlandia antigun types. If carried in a fanny pack, that would be concealed?
What is the law regarding open carry while hiking in Oregon without a concealed weapon permit?
So what is the best way a woman should carry if she does not have chl while hiking? if carried open carryno lawful problem? but she'd have to contend with Portlandia antigun types. If carried in a fanny pack, that would be concealed?
It's not necessarily about the quantity of predators out there, it's a lack of fear the predators have for humans.
Don't hurt the kitty!The cougar are thinning out the California transplants
Back in the day, I carried openly in the woods only in areas where I was expecting to meet few people and essentially no urbanites. Even three decades ago, if I open carried in any if the popular hiking areas near Corvallis, I would get funny looks, and quickly learned to cc only in such places. Cc is better tactically anyway.She should get a CHL and mabey carry in a belly band were she can reach it easy
I may catch some heat for this ,but ,I think human overpopulation has more to do with it than animal population!
I agree on both.There are most definitely too many predators, the biggest problem is not the four legged ones but those with two.
Look up stats on HUMAN attacks on other humans - and fatalities - I'll take my chances with wild animals in general over wild, possibly drug addled humans any day.Apparently, while fatality from cougar attack is rare, attacks from cougars are not.