I just got my CCP as well, after a three-week wait. Oregon. County sheriff says that anyone who applies, and does not have any disqualifiers, will be given a CCP.
My BIL and I were talking with someone who knows the loggers working up the mountain from us, and they see Bobcat and Cougar all the time. They will rarely hunt as low as where I live, but I think I’ll start carrying now when I take a walk up the mountain.
I wish that was the reason I that I carry. Although, I did dispatch a coyote a couple weeks ago (not in my neighborhood).