Mountain Lion Defensive Pistol

[Tlock]

No judgement here. Heck, I might have said "Oh, well." myself. But I wouldn't "out" myself on social media like that. Those game wardens make a lot of busts off of social media posting.

That's their bread and butter! I worked closely with the game cops, half the time I think they where hunting me!

 

[DeanMk]

What if the cougar is in heat?

Wear Asbestos.
If it doesn't stop the cougar from attacking, you can be assured the animal will die from Mesothelioma in about 40-50 years.
That'll teach 'em.

 

[Paolung]

Maybe they should have been packin' some defensive heat.

WTF is defensive heat?

 

[Certaindeaf]

WTF is defensive heat?

Poking fun at this thread probably..

Thread 'Do you pack defensive heat when hunting?' https://www.northwestfirearms.com/threads/do-you-pack-defensive-heat-when-hunting.477227/

 

[Paolung]

Poking fun at this thread probably..

Thread 'Do you pack defensive heat when hunting?' https://www.northwestfirearms.com/threads/do-you-pack-defensive-heat-when-hunting.477227/

Probably so...

WTF is defensive heat?

Poking fun at this in response.

 

[orygun]

No judgement here. Heck, I might have said "Oh, well." myself. But I wouldn't "out" myself on social media like that. Those game wardens make a lot of busts off of social media posting.

"Oh well", in this instance, meant that I didn't shoot. I tried to take two more steps to get off of the road and the buck disappeared behind the ferns. It would have been cool if I had been able to take that deer, because it would have been a two-fer for us. I was on my way to help my wife who had shot a buck a little while earlier.

I just saw of a cougar attack on a couple of hikers in northern California. One died. What really bugged me was that when law enforcement arrived at the body that the cat was guarding, they made shots to scare the killer cat away. Shouldn't they have killed that cougar?

 

[Paolung]

"Oh well", in this instance, meant that I didn't shoot. I tried to take two more steps to get off of the road and the buck disappeared behind the ferns. It would have been cool if I had been able to take that deer, because it would have been a two-fer for us. I was on my way to help my wife who had shot a buck a little while earlier.

I just saw of a cougar attack on a couple of hikers in northern California. One died. What really bugged me was that when law enforcement arrived at the body that the cat was guarding, they made shots to scare the killer cat away. Shouldn't they have killed that cougar?

My guess is that they didn't know the guy was dead and wanted to get to him ASAP... maybe they thought it might take longer to reliably shoot and kill the cat than to scare it off? Or, maybe it was too close to the guy on the ground and they figured it was a bad shoot with him in such close proximity

 

[Bobbygun]

"Oh well", in this instance, meant that I didn't shoot. I tried to take two more steps to get off of the road and the buck disappeared behind the ferns. It would have been cool if I had been able to take that deer, because it would have been a two-fer for us. I was on my way to help my wife who had shot a buck a little while earlier.

I just saw of a cougar attack on a couple of hikers in northern California. One died. What really bugged me was that when law enforcement arrived at the body that the cat was guarding, they made shots to scare the killer cat away. Shouldn't they have killed that cougar?

I figured you didn't shoot. Just funnin' you a little.

I had to go read an article about the killer cat. When I saw the story on the news, they said the wildlife officials "euthanized" the cat. They didn't include the part about law enforcement scaring it away. Hopefully there was a good reason they didn't shoot it themselves. Something along the lines of what @Paolung suggested above.

 

[OldBroad44]

I've shot a bunch of larger critters with the 9mm.. hog, deer, coyote, probably forgetting some others. No brain shots, not one got away.
Anyway, a friend of mine, long ago got him a 9mm and a boner to shoot a deer with it back home in Idaho. I told him like ten times not to use jmj/hardball. When he got back I grilled him and he confessed he'd used fmj and the deer got away, never found. I scolded the turd pretty harshly.

The brain shot matters when you are being charged by a cougar or bear because you need an instantaneous kill so the predator doesn't maul or kill you while it is dying. In hunting the animal is normally farther away, and a noninstantaneously killing broadside shot works fine on medium size lightly built animals like deer, coyotes, and small pigs. Most people like to carry something more than a 9mm while hunting because even hunting deer means you could get charged from close range by a bear who has taken over your kill or some other hunter's.

 

[Provincial]

One Bush Pilot in Alaska was being razzed by his buddies for carrying a snub-nose .38 Special revolver as a survival weapon. His response was "It's better than sticking your finger in his nose."

 

[Certaindeaf]

WhenThe brain shot matters when you are being charged by a cougar or bear because you need an instantaneous kill so the predator doesn't maul or kill you while it is dying. In hunting the animal is normally farther away, and a noninstantaneously killing broadside shot works fine on medium size lightly built animals like deer, coyotes, and small pigs. Most people like to carry something more than a 9mm while hunting because even hunting deer means you could get charged from close range by a bear who has taken over your kill or some other hunter's.

When I tromped grizzly country in Montana I'd mainly carry a 4" S&W .44 magnum loaded with cast-by-me 320gr SWC's.
Mountain lions generally weigh less than a human and I know what a 9mm can/will do. I'm comfortable carrying it and confident in my skill using a handgun at close quarters or long range.

 

[Certaindeaf]

One Bush Pilot in Alaska was being razzed by his buddies for carrying a snub-nose .38 Special revolver as a survival weapon. His response was "It's better than sticking your finger in his nose."

Earhole meet fireball.

 

[Xaevian]

Bears are kinda a-holes, but my kind of a-holes, lol

View: https://youtu.be/fegIW2Wa14M?si=9KrnoNCuuH3y0pWr

 

[Certaindeaf]

Bears are kinda a-holes, but my kind of a-holes, lol

View: https://youtu.be/fegIW2Wa14M?si=9KrnoNCuuH3y0pWr

If the only tool you have is a screech, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were anything in the world.

Maslow. almost

 

[Xaevian]

If the only tool you have is a screech, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were anything in the world.

Maslow. almost

Karen: "what am I Going to do?"
Bear: "Buy a jet ski."

 

[Ura-Ki]

The more that Karen screeched, the more the bear munched, my kind of bear! Nom nom nom!



What am I going to do, ...........Buy a Jet Ski!
Please stop Bear, it's dosnt even taste good!

 

[Hanhoon]

Why have any doubt! One press of the trigger and the bear, cougar, or whatever will be no more lol