[Perseverando]

Dude, pick up a couple of big rocks and use them. Rock beats scissors cougar.

[mac_truck]

Dude, pick up a couple of big rocks and use them.

Too busy video recording the encounter to defend himself.

Soy boi alert!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The trouble with picking up rocks is you have to bend down. The moment you do that, you look a lot smaller and that’s when they will attack (so I’ve read).

I haven’t tested that hypothesis, though. When I’m hiking in cougar territory I carry a big club or rocks. Pick them up before you need them. I think most people are unprepared for the ferocity and violence of a big cat attack and sticks and rocks may be useless. They also hit you hard and try to snap your neck, so you don’t have time to use them.

[Myrddin]

A couple local hunters hiking up Scout Mountain attracted a cougar when one stopped to pee on a tree. It stalked them for 5 miles back to the parking lot at the trail head.

[riverrunner]

Guns, knifes, sticks, rocks or what ever else is handy.

I prefer high quality firearms my self.