[karnage]

Carry firearms when operating in lion country.

[broken_clock]

Can’t wait for the Kali commies to repopulate the grizzly bear…

[PGR88]

My friend hunts deer and elk in Idaho and Montana, and besides his rifle, he and his friends carry 15 round Glock 10mm just in case a bear or other large critter gets up close and personal.

These kids should have had something similar.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Waiting for some brilliant retarded biologist to come out and announce that mountain lions are normally friendly and don’t attack people. “They must have been hungry or something.”

[dragnet2]

If someone wants to go into the wild unarmed, they do so at extreme risk.

Dying is one thing...Dying because you’re being eaten alive is not something I would risk.

[Beowulf9]

The mountain lion was struck by the firearms by the sheriffs and now they are looking for the mountain lion. So this mountain lion is out there injured and dangerous. Wow. I hope they find this lion!

[rktman]

“Searching” for antlers? Thanks to cali gun laws eh? MAY have made a difference had one of them been armed. Prayers up for the family.

[going hot]

Used to drive to Georgetown,(early 80's) to the dead end of the road overlooking the canyon into the American river, hike down to the river, camp out and fish for the weekend.

Large trout, could see them in the clear water!. Never encountered a lion, nor foot prints. Likely there were more scarce then, and more afraid.

Later years, due to increased development, had to park at the Cool bridge,(whole 'nother story) and walk upstream to hike and fish. Always armed, always paired or more, never saw a cat. Walked noisily and with purpose, no sneaking through the underbrush.

They are no longer afraid due to no hunting, and getting bold.

They come down the dry river bed into the south east parts of the county and kill/steal livestock.

Nowadays always armed, cocked and locked, chest holster when fishing the streams and rivers in the foothills.

[gitmo]

I used to go back into some ravines at night and the Mountain Lions would scream at me the whole time I was there. I never saw them, but I saw their paw prints and they sounded like they were very close.

You could also hear them from my parent’s house at night.

[xoxox]

21 and 18, eh? What’d they do, try to feed it catnip?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Well, California was in need of Mountain Lions so they banned the hunting of Mountain Lions years ago because suddenly those who do not raise livestock were in need of mountain lions.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-26/how-california-went-from-paying-people-to-hunt-mountain-lions-to-spending-millions-to-protect-them

[MeganC]

The Law of Unintended Consequences rears its ugly head. As usual.

https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Mountain-Lion#:~:text=Laws%20and%20Regulations-,The%20passage%20of%20the%20California%20Wildlife%20Protection%20Act%20of%201990,thereof%20(including%20taxidermy%20mounts).

“In California, mountain lions are a specially protected non-game species; following the passage of the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 (Proposition 117). Mountain lions have not been hunted in California since 1972.”

Also see:

https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_117,_Creation_of_the_Habitat_Conservation_Fund_Initiative_(June_1990)

[lurk]

The lion population and territory is growing into all 48 lower states. Plan on more encounters.

[ridesthemiles]

HOLY CRAP——There are MILES & MILES of trails all around that area.

Horseback riders abound.