[lepton]

But you see, if the lion knows you're packing, he'd be less apt to attack...it's a deterrence thing.

Actually, that's not so far from the truth: Mountain lion attacks began to increase a few years after hunting them was completely banned. When people hunted them with guns, they learned to stay away from people.

[Guillermo]

Here, the first day is gun season is the last day you actually see any deer (unless you're hunting for them, even then, they're still more elusive).

[alrea]

people stopped hunting them with guns

Officials were initially trying to capture the animal, but because it keeps coming back and is described as "very, very aggressive," they are now considering it for termination

like deer and geese on the golf courses soon.

[Bernard Marx]

Actually, that's not so far from the truth: Mountain lion attacks began to increase a few years after hunting them was completely banned. When people hunted them with guns, they learned to stay away from people.

When they were hunted with guns there were a whole lot fewer of the damned things. When hunting was made illegal the lion population exploded here in CA, outpacing their normal food supply and making people wearing Spandex and funny hats look appetizing.