For a minute there, I thought that this was going to be a remarkably different story...
Hazing techniques? With Cougars? Yeah, taunting cougars is a brilliant idea.
Always carry when I am hiking in the foothills. Rules be damned. Put it in my backpack and out of sight. But it is handy, just in case.
Have seen black bear tracks and scat. I am probably not at any risk, but I am not going to take any chances.
Besides, there are human "animals" on the trails, too.
“DOW recommends using hazing techniques to lower the animals comfort level around people.”
So just how does one haze a cougar?
Do you get all the senior Alpha Beta Kapp cougars together at Animal House? Are beer and Gamma Kappa Sorority cougars involved? What about togas?
Do the cougar pledges have to run around naked with underwear on their heads?
If you lower cougars comfort levels does that mean you make them feel ashamed to be cougars? Isn’t that wrong? Won’t that require prolonged sessions with a certified cougar therapist to make them feel good about being the predators they really are?
As to the correct "hazing" technique:
I've got a short-barreled DW .357 I carry while hiking that would be just the ticket.
One 158 gr swc between the forelegs would work fine.
Better in urban Colorado than rural Oregon.
I wonder if they would like some wolves?
Hazing really isn't a bad idea. A better idea would be an outright hunting season. Once the cougars associate humans with the threat of death, they'll avoid us, which sounds like a good thing.
They must be looking for Kim Bauer.
If they release hounds to chase them, the lions will climb the first tree they come to and stay there until the dogs leave.
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GO COUGS!