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California Mountain Lion Attack On Humans

Snacktime said:
I remember being stocked while quail hunting around 2000ish. Locked eyes with the Female Lion and let off some bird shot in the air. Didn't even flinch. My dad immediately came over and we both walk slowly over to a clearing. Let off another shotgun round and damn thing didn't budge. Followed us all the way to the truck over a mile away. Trailed us a couple hundred feet and stayed uphill. I thought it was cool at the time. My dad was a bit freaked out, we had a bad hunting experience just 2 weeks earlier involving a pig.

They are much bigger than people let on. Also it's weird to be hunted. Only time I have seen one in the wild. I have spotted them with headlights 2-3 times while living in Tehachapi driving to work at 4am in the morning. This was near the Pacific Crest Trail area so nothing fat to eat.
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You know warning shots are supposed to be near the target, right? :flipoff2:
 
trampas said:
Campo will have nothing to do with that shit. They (the 1,000 or so residents) are all pro-familia and want it to stay that way. They would welcome investments into infrastructure, schools, etc.

The town was for sale years ago at just over 2 million so, tripling the price isn't going to net them a sale regardless.
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If you buy the town can you kick the familia out?
 
They have one at a zoo near me. Usually it's asleep like any cat, but on this one day it had the zoomies. It was across the enclosure and I do a sort of peekaboo game with it. It did that move like a housecat where it wiggles its butt while keeping it's head 100% still. The ability of that thing to cover ground was absolutely remarkable. It must've covered 20 yards in the blink of an eye. It was right at the glass pretending to pounce or whatever.

I would've been quite dead. Probably would've died screaming like a bitch. :grinpimp:
 
Snacktime said:
I remember being stocked while quail hunting around 2000ish. Locked eyes with the Female Lion and let off some bird shot in the air. Didn't even flinch. My dad immediately came over and we both walk slowly over to a clearing. Let off another shotgun round and damn thing didn't budge. Followed us all the way to the truck over a mile away. Trailed us a couple hundred feet and stayed uphill. I thought it was cool at the time. My dad was a bit freaked out, we had a bad hunting experience just 2 weeks earlier involving a pig.

They are much bigger than people let on. Also it's weird to be hunted. Only time I have seen one in the wild. I have spotted them with headlights 2-3 times while living in Tehachapi driving to work at 4am in the morning. This was near the Pacific Crest Trail area so nothing fat to eat.
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How was the pig involved with the cat?
 
Bonanza said:
They have one at a zoo near me. Usually it's asleep like any cat, but on this one day it had the zoomies. It was across the enclosure and I do a sort of peekaboo game with it. It did that move like a housecat where it wiggles its butt while keeping it's head 100% still. The ability of that thing to cover ground was absolutely remarkable. It must've covered 20 yards in the blink of an eye. It was right at the glass pretending to pounce or whatever.

I would've been quite dead. Probably would've died screaming like a bitch. :grinpimp:
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Do you stare down the Silverback gorillas too? They like that.
 
Bonanza said:
They have one at a zoo near me. Usually it's asleep like any cat, but on this one day it had the zoomies. It was across the enclosure and I do a sort of peekaboo game with it. It did that move like a housecat where it wiggles its butt while keeping it's head 100% still. The ability of that thing to cover ground was absolutely remarkable. It must've covered 20 yards in the blink of an eye. It was right at the glass pretending to pounce or whatever.

I would've been quite dead. Probably would've died screaming like a bitch. :grinpimp:
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They are majestic animals, unlike humans.
 
BDK said:
Do you stare down the Silverback gorillas too? They like that.
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Speaking of, I was in a discussion the other day over which animal I'd prefer to be in a cage with. I picked the lion because it would likely kill me faster. The Gorilla would rip my arms/face off and I suspect leave me to die.
 
I should put this occurred at Redinger Lake which is just over the hill from Shaver Lake and tons of people. I really wonder now that the place has burned down if it pushed the cats down into the foot hills were there still is ground cover. We stopped hunting there in mid 2000s when the sheriffs explosives shed got broken near the access road to the forest service property. They ended up locking the gate and the hike in was brutal.

Gbkeith said:
How was the pig involved with the cat?
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Had a pig hunting incident a few weeks earlier, called getting chased through the brush because we were to close to each other to safely shoot. California brush hunting, very poor visibility at times. Couldn't see each other, so no shooting. Hunting the same general area, just back to back issues.

arse_sidewards said:
You know warning shots are supposed to be near the target, right? :flipoff2:
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If it was a person yes, for animals it doesn't really matter.
 
Snacktime said:
Had a pig hunting incident a few weeks earlier, called getting chased through the brush because we were to close to each other to safely shoot. California brush hunting, very poor visibility at times. Couldn't see each other, so no shooting. Hunting the same general area, just back to back issues.
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You don’t have a pig spear?
 
Tin Roof said:
Is that another term for penis?
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We killed 53 that weekend. I was younger back then.
 
Spear - Not a legal method of take in CA, not even after blue bill for twilight cougar. :goofball:
 
JK13 said:
Nah, I have it on good authority that just 2 blasts in the air from your trusty double barrel shotty will scare off anything :flipoff2:
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Meh...you want to scare off a close up apex predator? Shooting in the air doesnt do it. Now, doing a google search for Lightfield HV-star 850 fps 12 ga round do work...from personal experience involving a griz at 50 ft on my property. Hit it square in the chest, the combination of the report along with the rubber slug hitting startled it enough to take off in the opposite direction.

These were recommended to me by the local Tribal DFG for us non tribal types living on the res. They frown on us nontribal using lethal force on the local fauna.
 
DVanVorous said:
Meh...you want to scare off a close up apex predator? Shooting in the air doesnt do it. Now, doing a google search for Lightfield HV-star 850 fps 12 ga round do work...from personal experience involving a griz at 50 ft on my property. Hit it square in the chest, the combination of the report along with the rubber slug hitting startled it enough to take off in the opposite direction.

These were recommended to me by the local Tribal DFG for us non tribal types living on the res. They frown on us nontribal using lethal force on the local fauna.
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My friend used to have a box of "Bear Chasers"- they were pretty much just a bottle rocket with a little plastic holder and trigger. Point at bear, pull trigger, bottle rocket does bottle rocket things.

I've never actually used them for a predator, but they sure scared the shit out of my high school friends when I got the drop on them.
 
DVanVorous said:
Meh...you want to scare off a close up apex predator? Shooting in the air doesnt do it. Now, doing a google search for Lightfield HV-star 850 fps 12 ga round do work...from personal experience involving a griz at 50 ft on my property. Hit it square in the chest, the combination of the report along with the rubber slug hitting startled it enough to take off in the opposite direction.

These were recommended to me by the local Tribal DFG for us non tribal types living on the res. They frown on us nontribal using lethal force on the local fauna.
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Definitely wasn’t serious, was referencing sleepy joe’s “just fire 2 warning shots” or whatever the fuck nonsense he was spewing

Hence the :flipoff2:

If I was armed and confronted by an aggressive apex predator…SSS
 
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DVanVorous said:
Meh...you want to scare off a close up apex predator? Shooting in the air doesnt do it. Now, doing a google search for Lightfield HV-star 850 fps 12 ga round do work...from personal experience involving a griz at 50 ft on my property. Hit it square in the chest, the combination of the report along with the rubber slug hitting startled it enough to take off in the opposite direction.

These were recommended to me by the local Tribal DFG for us non tribal types living on the res. They frown on us nontribal using lethal force on the local fauna.
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I always wondered about something like that. There is a thread about shooting tin the air to scare of lions. I say it won't work but other disagreed.
 
JK13 said:
Definitely wasn’t serious, was referencing sleepy joe’s “just fire 2 warning shots” or whatever the fuck nonsense he was spewing

Hence the :flipoff2:

If I was armed and confronted by an aggressive apex predator…SSS
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I might, but then again I might brag like a motherfucker to anybody that would listen.
 
JK13 said:
Definitely wasn’t serious, was referencing sleepy joe’s “just fire 2 warning shots” or whatever the fuck nonsense he was spewing

Hence the :flipoff2:

If I was armed and confronted by an aggressive apex predator…SSS
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In my case SSS is a waste of time/effort with the shovel. 5 dogs, and a grumpy old curmudgeon armed with a 12 ga with rubber slugs can scare off all but 2 legged varmints in my experience.:dustin:
 
M92PV4U said:
kmph.com

Caught On Camera: Mountain lion spotted in Merced backyard

A mountain lion was caught on camera wandering around somebody’s backyard late at night in Merced.The video was captured in the backyard of a residence on Parso
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Meow.
We've had a few show up on backyard and doorbell cams around here in the last few years. I taught the kids to hold their hands over their heads to appear taller and yell as loud as they can for mom and dad if they see one.

As for myself, I'm prepared with at least 10-12 dad jokes on deck at any time so any cougars know I'm too old to be prey. If that doesn't work, I'll have to check with our resident cougar about threesomes, but I think I already know the answer to that. :shaking:
 
My wife shows me videos like that all the time of our local folks getting them in backyards.
One of our goats was killed by one back during Covid scam season.
Other than that, never seen one myself or had any other issues.

But if I was talking to kids about lions and going hiking, I'd recommend to wear a backpack that goes up over your neck or has hear that goes over your neck. Been more than 1 life saved from a bite to a bag instead of a neck.
 
Yota Up said:
My wife shows me videos like that all the time of our local folks getting them in backyards.
One of our goats was killed by one back during Covid scam season.
Other than that, never seen one myself or had any other issues.

But if I was talking to kids about lions and going hiking, I'd recommend to wear a backpack that goes up over your neck or has hear that goes over your neck. Been more than 1 life saved from a bite to a bag instead of a neck.
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most the kids in our camp have weapons that shoot
 
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