It is true. Here is a fearless Blue Jay beating the best efforts of nine big cats.
Posted on 10/12/2022 5:09:13 PM PDT by Twotone
An elk hunter got more than he bargained for last Saturday, October 9 when a mature mountain lion approached and charged him. The incident occurred during an early-season rifle hunt in southeast Idaho. In a remarkable video captured by the hunter on his cell phone and later shared by the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), John C. Erickson yells "get back" at the advancing mountain lion before firing multiple rounds from his .40 caliber Glock 27. His bullets appear to hit just inches above the predator's head and back.
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Thanks!
Your point on a GoPro is well taken. Without one though, he may have been thinking he needed evidence for the game wardens to explain the dead cat.
Let me know your reaction. I’d be very interested
“People will risk their life for Instagram and Facebook likes.”
Particularly Asian woman wearing high heals while taking selfies on the rim of the Grand Canyon.
I thought he was clever.
She knew it was baloney, but played along because she liked him.
The story amused me. Very well written. I’ll explore his works.
If this was for school, I’d use a lot more words. ;)
The camera mounts I’m referring to are small and attach beneath the frame on handguns. On rifles, they clamp to the barrel or forward handguard. Not at all in the way of the action. Some of them are even “shake awake”, so you don’t even have to fumble with a power switch. The head-mounted GoPro rigs are great as well - the helicopter hog hunting crowd seems to use a mix of head and gun cams.
I think you left off the /sarc there... :P
Yeah, go out in the brush here in Texas, where you can encounter enormous feral hogs that basically appear from nowhere at very close range, even if you’re actually hunting someone else.
Bolt actions’ slow cycle time and easy fumble potential is a good way to end up dead.
I agree with your take. The closer the cat got the more committed to a charge it was and less likely to be scared off. I think he was lucky it was deterred after bringing its attack in that close.
It’s not for school.
Ya that’s it. Simple and very nice
Far, far more likely to be a .30-06, .308, .270, 7mm, .300 mag than a .338 magnum. Anyway, any of those calibers would be more than sufficient for a cougar (so would the .40 caliber pistol but a typical shooter would be far more likely to hit the target with a rifle than a pistol).
Guilty as charged. :)
His mistake was backing up. That encouraged the cat. He should have charged while screaming. That would have broke off the attack without having to fire.
A couple local hunters were headed up Scout mountain from the parking lot at 6600 ft. The summit is over 8500 ft. About halfway up, one of the guys pissed on a tree. Almost immediately a mountain lion began stalking them. They headed back to the parking lot with the stalking cat following them all the way to the lot.
My wife and I took the same hike from that parking lot with the intent to reach the summit. We were about 1/4 mile from the summit when a huge thunderstorm started. It was a rapid run downhill to the car with lightning strikes nearby.
[The camera mounts I’m referring to are small and attach beneath the frame on handguns. On rifles, they clamp to the barrel or forward handguard. Not at all in the way of the action. Some of them are even “shake awake”, so you don’t even have to fumble with a power switch. ]
I watched the video he did miss both shots.
They went high.
Instead of backing up he should have advanced on the lion.
Then if the lion did not break and run placed a round or to into the cat.
Over the years I have backed down several black bears and wolves.
Knowing full well I would have killed them if they had not turned and run.
By backing away he only embolden the lion to keep advancing.
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