The body might be 40 feet up in a fir tree?
Sad. Not much one can do when riding down a logging road (or whatever) and a cougar comes out of nowhere. I guess, other than to just sit on the couch and watch National Geographic.
Although, several years ago they stopped hunting them with dogs and trapping. I’m guessing that their populations have grown.
We have tons of cougar here too. One we got last year stalking an operator was 220lbs. Big guy. Dogs are a good thing to have, especially coonhounds.