One event yes, but would you roll the dice and go into the wild unarmed if there was even a remote chance of being eaten alive?
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I walk through potential lion country all the time. If I (or anyone) got jumped before I/they could react with a firearm, it could be lights out. Shed hunters spend countless man-hours in lion country, and attacks are very rare. Hunters around here spend countless hours in the woods. I know of few that have seen lions. Some have been watching friends push through brush, with cats following them, unseen. I know of one guy that had a problem with an old, very hungry cat. He shot it.
I was sighting my muzzleloader years ago and a neighbor stopped by to tell me they had numerous sightings of two young mountain lions traveling together. After that, I always had my .40 with me for the walk to and from my deer stand and this was west Iowa. Just north of where I hunted on the outskirts of town, a guy went to the back of his outbuilding and was surprised when a mountain lion had taken off from under a junked car. It had cleared out & made a den. Now they’re catching them in West Omaha on Ring cameras.