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Mountain lion attacks near Kalispell
the Missoulian ^ | Nov. 12, 2007 | JOHN CRAMER

Posted on 11/12/2007 4:14:44 PM PST by george76

A hunter was attacked by a mountain lion Sunday near Kalispell.

The hunter told officials he was several miles in on a trail when he heard what sounded like the scream of a mountain lion.

A short time later, he heard a growl and turned to see a lion about 10 to 15 feet away.

The man dropped his rifle and rushed to get behind a tree.

The lion pounced on his back and knocked him into the tree.

The collision made the lion lose its grip and the hunter reached his pistol and fired a shot...

He met several other hunters who helped him to reach his car.

The hunter began driving back to Kalispell and notified relatives, who met him with assistance.

At the Kalispell Regional Medical Center, the man received five stitches for cuts to his leg from the lion’s claws.

He also was treated for scratches on his back and shoulder and a few puncture wounds to the back of his head.

The hunter’s backpack, which was shredded, probably prevented the lion from causing more serious injuries...

In 1989, a lion killed a 5-year-old boy in Evaro. In 1990, there was a rash of encounters between people and lions in western Montana.

In the 1990s, lions were sighted in Missoula proper, including one that stalked a small child and one that was captured in a basement, both in the lower Rattlesnake residential area.

In 1998, a lion attacked a small boy near Marshall Mountain Ski Area before it was fought off by a 16-year-old camp counselor.

(Excerpt) Read more at missoulian.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: animalrights; ar; banglist; cougar; cougars; hunting; lion; montana; mountain; mountainlion; mountainlions; rkba; sinapu; sss
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To: Rushmore Rocks

shoot, shovel and shut up...


41 posted on 11/12/2007 4:57:49 PM PST by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: george76

“Perhaps he forgot the little Brass Bells ?”

And scare off the game you’re hunting?


42 posted on 11/12/2007 4:58:23 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (The WOT will end when pork products are weaponized)
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To: george76

Oops, didn’t notice the sarcasm dripping.....


43 posted on 11/12/2007 4:58:48 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (The WOT will end when pork products are weaponized)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Understand........It happens !

Hope yer well !

Stay Safe AB !!


44 posted on 11/12/2007 4:59:11 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: george76

in colorado there is a saying. “if you live your entire life in colorado and see a mountain lion -and live to tell the story you are D@mn lucky”


45 posted on 11/12/2007 5:00:43 PM PST by robomatik
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To: STONEWALLS
Eastern Cougars?

Not in Maine, they ain't.

Don't pay any attention to the photos, to what you see, or what others report - the state says there are no cougars in Maine - so that's that...and I did not see a Canadian Lynx run down my drive and off through the forest either - no sirree...


46 posted on 11/12/2007 5:02:42 PM PST by maine-iac7 ("...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time" LINCOLN)
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To: george76; VR-21
I have puzzled for many years as to why younger people seem to see lions more that adults. For sometime I thought it was the cats were trailing them because they were smaller. I have since decided after years of retraining my own vision that adults look but often do not see. On the other hand bastards are good at hiding. I haven’t bagged one yet this year but hopefully next week.
47 posted on 11/12/2007 5:02:45 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Illegal Immigration, a Clear and Present Danger.)
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To: george76
The man dropped his rifle and rushed to get behind a tree.

Darwin Award.

The one thing you don't do when a mountain lion attacks is to run away.

48 posted on 11/12/2007 5:03:05 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
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To: george76
The man dropped his rifle and rushed to get behind a tree.

Not loaded maybe? Empty single shot or blackpowder?

Must not have thought it would be of any use, or he just wet himself and ran.

As has been noted, running from a big cat will get you pounced on.

49 posted on 11/12/2007 5:03:13 PM PST by xsrdx (Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
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To: Rushmore Rocks
Nine taken so far in the past couple of weeks.

That's the good news.

The bad news is that all but one (maybe two) were females, pointing to an early season closure with only 1/2 the quota of 35 harvested.

These guys need to get cracking on taking out some males.

50 posted on 11/12/2007 5:07:46 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

It’s an allusion to an old bear joke. That’s what you find in bear scat. Heh heh...


51 posted on 11/12/2007 5:07:57 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: SmoothTalker
Humans and coming into more empty territory where they roam.

Prove it; as far as I can tell that's another eco-myth. Around here the land was settled for agriculture over a hundred-thirty years ago and abandoned when rural electrification powered well pumps down in the Santa Clara Valley. At that time the cats were under control. People started moving back in the 1970s. It wasn't until the Sierra Club sponsored a ballot initiative with all sorts of lies that the State banned hunting the cats that the cats have become a problem.

Now more of them are hunted and killed than ever, by unionized government hunters on a pension, where the State used to make a profit on tags.

52 posted on 11/12/2007 5:09:22 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
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To: george76

Here kitty, kitty, kitty!

53 posted on 11/12/2007 5:11:43 PM PST by Navy Patriot (The hyphen American with the loudest whine gets the grease.)
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To: umgud
I see them frequently in the mountains where I hunt. Of course, I’m in CA where they can’t be hunted.

You can't legally hunt them in CA right now, but you can kill them if they threaten you. SSS is advisable in that case, however. Killing a mountain lion is almost worse than shooting a human in the eyes of the legal system.

54 posted on 11/12/2007 5:13:45 PM PST by Disambiguator (Political Correctness is criminal insanity writ large.)
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To: Eva
I was thinking the same thing, what kind of a hunter drops his rifle and hides behind a tree?

A "NEWBE", city slicker.

55 posted on 11/12/2007 5:14:36 PM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: backhoe

Thanks for posting that link; the guy was really lucky to be alive.


56 posted on 11/12/2007 5:19:19 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: editor-surveyor

LOL!

There are starting to be cougars where I hunt. I have seen tracks, but never a live one. One wandered into my father’s farm a year or so ago, and dragged off a dead pig.

After that he bought an XD40 for doing chores.


57 posted on 11/12/2007 5:26:56 PM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: weps4ret

A friend gave me a hind quarter from his lion. It was good. Lean and tasty.


58 posted on 11/12/2007 5:31:51 PM PST by Bear_Slayer (When liberty is outlawed only outlaws will have liberty.)
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To: Rushmore Rocks

One of our neighbors lost a dog in their backyard to a lion.

The folks were sitting in lawn chairs as the lion ran thru the yard and the lion caught the dog.

No kids yet.


59 posted on 11/12/2007 5:31:52 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: STONEWALLS

Got any kids or pets?

60 posted on 11/12/2007 5:34:11 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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