Posted on 01/08/2020 7:01:31 AM PST by marktwain
I have similar very remote property in the Az. mountains here. Even though Cats normally control their own population through respecting each others territory, it doesn’t always work that way. Our local rancher had to give up on ranging stock on our mountain because there are just too many cats up there.
Will do.
“Corner a wild animal - even just corner it territorially - and it will react as any living thing does when it is desperate; taking risks more aggressively.”
And cats are indeed VERY territorial , even against each other.
No such animal as a "Florida Panther." We once had smaller American cougars here (just as our squirrels and deer are smaller) because of the climate, but those were ALL mongrelized in the early to mid 1900s by exotic cats. The kittens began to deform and the species declined.
To make matters worse, academic PINHEADS mated those mongrelized cats with larger more aggressive cats from Texas.
So what he have is a retarded, man-made Frankenstein cat that has nothing to do with the natural fauna. It needs to be exterminated - not have sports teams named after it. We have thousands of acres of beautiful land cordoned off for this piece of SHIT cat - that doesn't belong here. Ranchers/landowners are constantly having their herds attacked and businesses messed with by feds and NGOs.
The "Florida" panther is nothing more than a political tool/lie to fund leftists and enviro-goon orgs.
We had a sighting across the street from our farm in October and our game cam picked up this mountain lion a week later. We are located on Lookout Mountain in NW Georgia. I would post the picture here, but I don’t know how.
I carry a Ruger Redhawk with a 5.5 inch barrel. I wanted a double action which is why I didn’t go for a Blackhawk. I had no intention of using it for hunting so the 7.5 inch and the 9.5 inch barrels were unnecessary and would make it a pain to pack/carry and to draw. I liked the Ruger because those things are built like tanks - they are if anything overbuilt being thicker, using more steel and a bit heavier than is actually necessary. This makes them rugged as hell. Good.
“The shotgun could have been broken open or even unloaded.”
His dog was hunting and went on point just before the attack. That would be a strange time to be carrying an unloaded shotgun.
I would fired the birdshot at close range and then beat the cat to death if necessary, Texas style!
Does that picture accompanying the article have anything to do with this incident? The person holding the gun looks like a young female and the gun is a modern scoped rifle and clearly not a 100 year old double barrel shotgun.
What was this guy thinking?
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A hungry kill kitty charging from ambush? I’m fair sure he wasn’t thinking anything at all. Just reacting.
He said he was an MP. Might be all his training is about pulling a pistol and getting it sighted under stress.
In an ambush situation, it’s not about thinking, it’s about doing at a nearly autonomic level.
Duh! Mountain Lions are just making a living when they attack humans, pets or any other animals.
I love mountain lions, and am glad that they roam the Santa Monica mountains where I live and hike. It makes life a bit more adventurous.
Of course, I carry tools that provide protection in dangerous environments.
We are not that far from the Lookout Mtn ridge. I guess roughly 100 miles. In terms of a cat range, I understand that is not too far.
I’m witchoo.
Mebbe the cell phone was what ticked off the mountain lion?
If he was texting, might have been a grizzly....
Interesting perspective.
Thanks for providing it.
Coming soon to Colorado if the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project has its way...
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