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groingo
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2015 13:04 - Edited by: groingo
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Was wandering my trails and spotted my resident cougar, a young 2 year old, I was above him a couple hundred feet away, he was minding his own business so I cleared my throat to let him know I was there, he looked straight at me and gave a half hearted hiss so I pulled out my boat horn, (small compressed air powered) and gave it a toot and that cat easily jumped 6 feet straight up, landed and took off like a shot the opposite direction, something new and effective to my non lethal just in case protection, good to know it really works.
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LoonWhisperer
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2015 13:12
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Wow! Second thread in two days where someone stumbled upon a cougar. Good call on the boat horn and glad that a Plan B or C wasn't required 
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neb
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2015 14:57
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You are a lucky person to see a mountain lion. Not many people get that chance to see one in the wild.
I have also been lucky twice to run into a cat and a very exciting experience. I have found a few lion kills and they are very elusive animal.
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hueyjazz
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2015 15:41
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It's like I tell my wife when we walk in the woods. We can't outrun a bear. However I know I can outrun you😜
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2015 18:46
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Boat Horn.
What a great idea for bear also.
I'm buying one!!
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2015 19:44 - Edited by: toyota_mdt_tech
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Had a buddy deer hunting with friends in a good sized group camp, this was about 2 weeks ago. They had the tag for deer, bear and cougar. And they were all around camp one time and all of a sudden, they were being stalked by the big cats. 3 of them shot the cat, a 4th one shot and missed. They had 3 cats on about an hours time. They were being stalked. Anyway, 3 cats hanging up all in one day. None of them had ever anticipated getting a cat. Big animals I might add too. This place was north of my cabin about 40 miles.
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JJHess
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2015 20:37
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Those are some nice sized cats. There is always someone around our camp who knows someone who 'saw a cat' recently, but I've never had one on my many trail cameras nor have a seen one in a pic.
Amazing there were that many in one area.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2015 20:53 - Edited by: toyota_mdt_tech
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They think it was mom, dad and 2 offspring. Yes, 4 in one area is unusual. I was surprised at how big they were when you have a person to compare them with.
Another animal that is much bigger than you think is wolves. They were re-introduced into my state and fish and wildlife have been deliberately underestimating their numbers (I have an inside source) and if you think they are about the size of a German Shepard or Husky, you are mistaken. These things are massive when compared to dogs.
I have wolves at my cabin now also. After hearing about my buddies 4 cats in his hunting camp, I am going to start carry my pistol as I move around my 40 acres.
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neb
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2015 20:57
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Interesting story. I will try to tag one this year.
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groingo
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2015 22:57
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Quoting: LoonWhisperer Wow! Second thread in two days where someone stumbled upon a cougar. Good call on the boat horn and glad that a Plan B or C wasn't required
Plan B was Pepper spray gel good for 30 feet which is too close but renders large dogs harmless and whimpering for several minutes while I make an exit, no doubt would work on a big kitty.
Round here sightings are rare and it just reafirms that one must pay attention at all times because we do share space, I have no doubt this cat was passing through as there has been a lot of logging around here displacing the natives, if he becomes a problem my friends at tribal fish and wildlife will trap and relocate him where he can live his life as he should.
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countrygirl
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# Posted: 30 Oct 2015 10:18
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We have seen timber wolfs 2X in 5year from our cabin. one time while we were having our morning coffee on the deck! We got a trapper license, for this winter.
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