Mountain Lion Defensive Pistol

[The Heretic]

I am surprised you haven't seen one.

I'm a couch potato , so unless they walk by my window at the right time...

I hiked the Kenai a little and spent time bumming around Fairbanks and Ketchikan and spent a couple of days around GNP. I never saw a bear of any kind in the wild either. Moose, deer, elk, coyotes, plenty of trash pandas, eagles, a lynx once - but no cougars or bears.

Like I said, neighbors have seen them close by, but I just never been in the right place at the right time.

Plus I am half deaf, so I don't realize just how much sound I am making when stomping around outside.

 

[Certaindeaf]

I knew an old dude when I was a kid who had a leopard skin on his wall and scars that matched the claws. He was an old marine, and he killed that leopard with a knife, in India. He, also had the canine teeth scars on his arm where he shoved it down the cats throat. Conversations with him were fascinating. and he had the skin off the wall when he would tell the story, but the claw scars on his arm were huge.

I had a full tiger cape, head + tail, for many years.. a bullet holed man-eater. My great aunt was a nun in India her whole life and gave it to me. I sold it to Atiyeh bros long ago.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Washington state very recently..

Cougar attacks 8-year-old in Olympic National Park

A cougar "casually abandoned" the attack after the child's mother yelled at it, according to the National Park Service.

www.king5.com

 

[Alexx1401]

Washington state very recently..

Cougar attacks 8-year-old in Olympic National Park

A cougar "casually abandoned" the attack after the child's mother yelled at it, according to the National Park Service.

www.king5.com

The kid got VERY lucky. He will have to take rabies vaccine but the new one not as bad as it used to be. Kid was damn lucky someone was able to scare the cat off too. The article as usual makes a big deal out of how rare this is. Yes thankfully it is rare. So is having someone break into your home while you are there. I prefer to be prepared for both rare cases.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Meh, just conceal carry a laser pointer and you'll be fine.

 

[MikeInOr]

44mag or 22wmr, it won't really matter because if a cougar wants to eat you it will be on you before you ever have a chances to draw your gun.

On the bright side cougar attacks are quite rare with something likes 3 deaths confirmed in the last 100 years.

I have been stalked by a cougar before and it is a creepy feeling. I finally had to quit hanging out at that bar.

 

[Certaindeaf]

44mag or 22wmr, it won't really matter because if a cougar wants to eat you it will be on you before you ever have a chances to draw your gun..

So just yell like the mom did in post #1243?
No.

 

[ma96782]

OMG!!!!
Not only in the mountains......

Here's what we know about this week's Cannon Beach cougar sightings

The Cannon Beach Police Department said that two separate sightings took place Monday morning and afternoon, reportedly near the city's water treatment pond.

www.kgw.com

Another sighting: New reports of cougar seen in Cannon Beach

Cannon Beach police said there were two separate sightings on Monday, just weeks after a cougar climbed Haystack Rock. So what should you do if you see one?

www.kgw.com

Aloha, Mark

 

[ma96782]

YES, with a great effort.....
I'm resisting the urge to post pictures of "Cougars" at the beach.

Aloha, Mark

 

[billdeserthills]

YES, with a great effort.....
I'm resisting the urge to post pictures of "Cougars" at the beach.

Aloha, Mark

Stop resisting for fu**'s sake

 

[sobo]

Stop resisting for fu**'s sake

That's what she said... RAWR!

 

[nammac]

YES, with a great effort.....
I'm resisting the urge to post pictures of "Cougars" at the beach.

Aloha, Mark

Yup mean like this:

 

[Flopsweat]

Yup mean like this:
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Augh! That's not a cougar, that's a hippo.

 

[sobo]

Augh! That's not a cougar, that's a hippo.

I was gonna say manatee, since it's at the beach, yunno...

 

[Flopsweat]

I was gonna say manatee, since it's at the beach, yunno...

Sure, that'll work. Not a cougar though.

 

[nammac]

Or perhaps something more like this:

 

[Flopsweat]

Or perhaps something more like this:

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Yes, ever so much more like that.

 

[sobo]

Or perhaps something more like this:

Yeah, I'd hit that... RAWR!

 

[nammac]

Or maybe, your tastes run more European - Perhaps an Italian Cougar suits you better…

 

[Flopsweat]

Or maybe, your tastes run more European - Perhaps an Italian Cougar suits you better…

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Sure, I'll take that one.