I prefer firearms for these type of situations. That is why several readily accessible firearms are placed around the house.
That could be used if for some reason I did not have one on my person.
Last time I checked, mountain lions are not bullet proof. Neither are coyotes or wolves.
911 is not an option when hiking in the wilderness.
A GUN would have maybe scared the damned thing off.
Always carry in the wild. Never know what you’l run into.
A firearm in a caliber suited to the predator likely to be encountered in the area is the preferable way of dealing with this situation,...
Conservative gun owners understand this...Leftards, not so much...
Which is why the vast majority of animal attack vics are Leftards...Conservatives go about in the woods and their remote property suitably armed...
Nature’s way...Predators pick off the weak, slow and the stupid, and thereby improve the herd...
I see no downside...