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10-15-2020, 04:29 PM #76
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10-15-2020, 06:04 PM #77
Hanging out in a tree or elevated terrain is usually a defensive or resting/denning strategy. Usually. Probably.
But yes, a sneak attack from behind is confirmed by a couple of the guys I mentioned. In all cases, it was that neck prickle that caused them to turn around and see the cat stalking them.
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10-15-2020, 07:15 PM #78Registered User
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I have a friend who kills a mountain lion almost yearly in SD with a bow. I would really like to have a beer with him and have him explain to me how this is possible.
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10-15-2020, 07:23 PM #79
He probably trees the cat with dogs and then shoots it. That’s how most people hunt cougars (be it guns or bows). It’s also popular to leave the guts of your elk/deer out to bring cats in. Neither are really very sporting ways to kill an animal.
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10-15-2020, 07:52 PM #80Registered User
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Last time I talked to him about it though he went into a den to kill one. Wish i asked more questions about that in person before he moved away from Utah. Anyways....this could derail this thread quickly but you are probably right about some easy trick, makes much more sense now.
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10-15-2020, 07:54 PM #81man of ice
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I know that in the Sundarban (tiger country in India) they often wear face masks (i.e. masks that look like faces) backwards or wear hats with faces on the back because tigers prefer to attack from behind and masks/hats with faces on the back confuse them on which way the people are facing.
Maybe the same thing would work with mountain lions? With the tigers they feel it's evolutionary - less risk to the tiger if it's not seen before the attack so they evolved the behavior- so you'd think the same idea would be in play with cougars. Cougars. There I said it.
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10-15-2020, 08:31 PM #82Registered User
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10-15-2020, 08:41 PM #83
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10-15-2020, 08:46 PM #84
Mountain Lion Sighting in the Wilderness
one of the guys on the alone -the patagucci season I believe had a hat with a face on the back for that reason.
and yea around us always wondered if bear spray or even an air horn would work more effectively for a cat. haven’t ventured out with just the airhorn yet though
muted I am dying over that photo. so mf funnyskid luxury
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10-15-2020, 08:47 PM #85man of ice
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10-16-2020, 03:12 PM #86Registered User
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10-16-2020, 06:32 PM #89
One of our neighbors has a couple of coon hounds that treed a mountain lion up in Tahoe Donner.
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10-16-2020, 06:34 PM #90Registered User
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