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freeman » 19 Oct 2022, 12:01 pm » wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2022, 12:01 pm

He'll have a great rest of his day!  
Maybe a sore neck when he's done.
At least the cat apparently didn't have canine distemper.........?
https://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/01/09/ ... index.html

Yikes...she's a lucky girl.  

freeman » 19 Oct 2022, 11:51 am » wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2022, 11:51 am

Looks like he keeps escalating the violence as he observes his counterpart in the glass doing the same, culminating in his violent first attack move, which was a surprising hard hit against the glass.

You could be right...it was also stated that the home owner may have been feeding that coyote.  

roadkill » 19 Oct 2022, 11:03 am » wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2022, 11:03 am

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c4TO2E-vYX8

I guess the mountain lion didn't listen when the guy said "get back".  LOL - F-around and find out.  That's why you always carry a firearm into the woods. Personally, I would have finished off the cat. It was clearly stalking the man.

He sure took his sweet time in shooting it.  One hand, and walking backward - not a bad 1st shot.
 
 

Skans » 19 Oct 2022, 12:33 pm » wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2022, 12:33 pm

I guess the mountain lion didn't listen when the guy said "get back".  LOL - F-around and find out.  That's why you always carry a firearm into the woods. Personally, I would have finished off the cat. It was clearly stalking the man.

He sure took his sweet time in shooting it.  One hand, and walking backward - not a bad 1st shot.

Didn't look like he was trying to hit the cat...just scare it off.  It was probably a young lion that was starving.


Many years ago a lion attacked a toddler near town and killed the kid.  They determined it was a young lion that was starving.  

roadkill » 19 Oct 2022, 12:48 pm » wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2022, 12:48 pm

Didn't look like he was trying to hit the cat...just scare it off.  It was probably a young lion that was starving.

Many years ago a lion attacked a toddler near town and killed the kid.  They determined it was a young lion that was starving.

Looked to me like he hit the cat with his first shot. And, at that range, I'd have pumped 6 rounds into him before it could flinch. The cat was clearly getting ready to pounce.  He must have been holding a camera in his other hand.  I would have quickly dispatched that cat. 

That cat looked to be a pretty healthy weight, but I'm sure it was hungry.  Only a dumb, hungry cat would stalk a man with a Glock pointed at him.

If that was a bear, he would have been bear-food.
 
 

Skans » 19 Oct 2022, 12:56 pm » wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2022, 12:56 pm

Looked to me like he hit the cat with his first shot. And, at that range, I'd have pumped 6 rounds into him before it could flinch. The cat was clearly getting ready to pounce.  He must have been holding a camera in his other hand.  I would have quickly dispatched that cat. 

That cat looked to be a pretty healthy weight, but I'm sure it was hungry.  Only a dumb, hungry cat would stalk a man with a Glock pointed at him.

If that was a bear, he would have been bear-food.

I would have fired a scare shot first.  He had an auto, so he could have unloaded if needed.

roadkill » 19 Oct 2022, 1:06 pm » wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2022, 1:06 pm

I would have fired a scare shot first.  He had an auto, so he could have unloaded if needed.

Oh, heck no!  That was a pretty big cat, and all he had was a pistol.  Looked to be a 9mm, maybe a 40 or 10mm.  That cat was ready to attack.  It was ready before it even got so close to the man.  Once that cat started walking toward me, it would be a dead sack of fur as soon as I could get my sights on the front torso.
 
Dead cats don't testify.

Skans » 19 Oct 2022, 1:22 pm » wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2022, 1:22 pm

Oh, heck no!  That was a pretty big cat, and all he had was a pistol.  Looked to be a 9mm, maybe a 40 or 10mm.  That cat was ready to attack.  It was ready before it even got so close to the man.  Once that cat started walking toward me, it would be a dead sack of fur as soon as I could get my sights on the front torso.
 
Dead cats don't testify.

Actually it wasn't a big lion.  My brothers used to hunt Mtn lions with dogs.  I went along one night and we treed a huge male lion. After it was shot I felt it's shoulder muscles.  That cat was hard as a rock...and it wasn't rigor mortis cause the cat was just shot. It was a well fed cat.

Young lions are often desperate especially if they've been separated from their mother. I think that's what we saw in the video. That cat looked lean and hungry but the guy scared it away with a couple of shots.  He had time to unload if the cat kept coming. It was clear to me he didn't want to hit the cat. If the cat had been hit it would have scrambled and shown it was hit.  

roadkill » 19 Oct 2022, 1:44 pm » wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2022, 1:44 pm

Actually it wasn't a big lion.  My brothers used to hunt Mtn lions with dogs.  I went along one night and we treed a huge male lion. After it was shot I felt it's shoulder muscles.  That cat was hard as a rock...and it wasn't rigor mortis cause the cat was just shot. It was a well fed cat.

Young lions are often desperate especially if they've been separated from their mother. I think that's what we saw in the video. That cat looked lean and hungry but the guy scared it away with a couple of shots.  He had time to unload if the cat kept coming. It was clear to me he didn't want to hit the cat. If the cat had been hit it would have scrambled and shown it was hit.

I had to watch it several times again - I think you're right, doesn't appear to be hit, or if it was, it was grazed on its left-front leg. Those weren't warning shots - they were misses. He was clearly aiming for the cat.  Should have been using 2 hands.

All I can do is tell you what I would have done; and, that cat would be dead.
 

Skans » 19 Oct 2022, 1:55 pm » wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2022, 1:55 pm

I had to watch it several times again - I think you're right, doesn't appear to be hit, or if it was, it was grazed on its left-front leg. Those weren't warning shots - they were misses. He was clearly aiming for the cat.  Should have been using 2 hands.

All I can do is tell you what I would have done; and, that cat would be dead.

I think he meant to shoot at the ground near the cat.  If he was overly concerned he could have nailed that cat.

Moose decides he wants to join the kids.
https://buckrail.com/watch-bull-moose-i ... ccer-game/

I like the nonchalance of the clueless lady as she is about to get run down.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/10/19 ... 666199678/

The one guy has a pretty convincing cowboy whistle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDEM2PqF-Lo

And then there are the insane!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mldGXCPJxzk

In other news:
"The woman approached the bison on Monday morning as it was walking near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin, just north of Old Faithful, the National Park Service said in a statement. She got within 10 feet before the animal "gored her and tossed her 10 feet into the air."
"https://www.fox5ny.com/news/bison-gores ... -statement

Scroll to the 8:10 minute mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIXuYt-aNKc

Skans » 29 Aug 2022, 9:11 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2022, 9:11 am

It's close to Hunting Season.  Who here is going to remember the days when there were no grocery stores, but you had to catch and prepare your own food?  Deer?  Boar  (it's always Boar season)? Turkey?  Big Deer (Elk)?  I've got to find some new hunting buddies, so I'm not that prepared this season.  What about y'all?

Big Daddy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFZLIgBTrz4
 

Skans » 29 Aug 2022, 9:11 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2022, 9:11 am

It's close to Hunting Season.  Who here is going to remember the days when there were no grocery stores, but you had to catch and prepare your own food?  Deer?  Boar  (it's always Boar season)? Turkey?  Big Deer (Elk)?  I've got to find some new hunting buddies, so I'm not that prepared this season.  What about y'all?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jn-ZsBBDWDI
 

roadkill » 29 Aug 2022, 9:27 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2022, 9:27 am

I haven't hunted in years...but there's plenty of elk and deer around here.

You don't realize it , but you are being hunted by the Grizz! They smell your rotting carcass!    

And I'm rooting for the Grizz!  
 

Skans » 19 Oct 2022, 12:33 pm » wrote: ↑

19 Oct 2022, 12:33 pm

I guess the mountain lion didn't listen when the guy said "get back".  LOL - F-around and find out.  That's why you always carry a firearm into the woods. Personally, I would have finished off the cat. It was clearly stalking the man.

He sure took his sweet time in shooting it.  One hand, and walking backward - not a bad 1st shot.

He's lucky to have seen the cat in an open area before he was on him. In a treed area, that's normally how it ends.

roadkill » 24 Oct 2022, 5:35 pm » wrote: ↑

24 Oct 2022, 5:35 pm

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jn-ZsBBDWDI

That was a funny video - especially the end.  The deer (or was that an Elk?) shooed the cat away, but was rather curious about it. 
 

Skans » 25 Oct 2022, 8:17 am » wrote: ↑

25 Oct 2022, 8:17 am

That was a funny video - especially the end.  The deer (or was that an Elk?) shooed the cat away, but was rather curious about it.

It's a mule deer.

roadkill » 25 Oct 2022, 8:23 am » wrote: ↑

25 Oct 2022, 8:23 am

It's a mule deer.

Much bigger than the deer we find down south.
 

Skans » 25 Oct 2022, 8:24 am » wrote: ↑

25 Oct 2022, 8:24 am

Much bigger than the deer we find down south.

Yes...mule deer are larger than white tailed deer. 

Skans » 25 Oct 2022, 8:24 am » wrote: ↑

25 Oct 2022, 8:24 am

Much bigger than the deer we find down south.

Group of young bull elk playing in pre-rut...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJJlPObPv6g