[USS Alaska]

The "wildlife officials" missed the most important recommendation of all -- pull out your handgun and shoot the animal before it attacks.

Hand gun should be at least a 357 Magnum or more powerful.

[Afterguard]

.454 Casul works pretty well agains large carnivores (I’ve heard).

[CurlyDave]

Hand gun should be at least a 357 Magnum or more powerful.

While I like your choice of caliber, I am going to shoot the animal with whatever I have at hand.

I am one of the few people on this forum who has actually shot a mountain lion. Of course that was with a .308 rifle, but it was a "good" shoot. It was eyeing me and my dogs, deciding which would be the easiest dinner.