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Wild Nature on a Hike
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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Hike From Hell might be overplaying the sensationalism, just a bit.
Awesome story, though. Being rescued from one predator by another... lucky guy.
Awesome story, though. Being rescued from one predator by another... lucky guy.
That dude now has the best story ever! Surviving a mountain lion attack due to an intervening bear?!?! Nobody's topping that story!
That is quite rare....I've seen a few wild bears and 1 cub, "heard" and seen evidence of recent cougar presence, but never seen a live cougar. Both in the same day? crazy. Article was right, though, cougar was hunting, human got in the way. Cougars don't hunt humans unless they are super desperate. Neither do bears.
If you hit a bear quickly it will startle and you can run. I once came across a bear in the woods and hit it too hard. It was brown but it became black and blue after a run in with "Wild Eagle". Poor thing.
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going dirt biking in the mountains in CO this summer, we are all taking pistols. The cougars like to sneak up on you while taking a rest break, according to my friend's folks who we'll be staying with.
Tangentially related, but it reminds me of the line, "I don't have to run faster than the bear, I just have to run faster than YOU."
That dude now has the best story ever! Surviving a mountain lion attack due to an intervening bear?!?! Nobody's topping that story!
If a bear attacks a man and a cougar saves the man from the bear, now that'd be a lot more interesting.
If a bear attacks a cougar and a man saves the cougar and cougar eats the man, now no one's topping that one.
Wouldn't tazers be a lot more safe? Wasp spray maybe? There is no way in the world I'd put a pistol in my backpack when I'm riding my bike, especially dirt biking. Just sayin'.
Also if one of you is jumped on by a cougar, there's a great chance you can shoot the person instead of the cougar. I wouldn't take that trip if all of us were very well trained snipers that would hold their breaths and shoot without rising the blood pressure.
That's good because a pistol in your backpack isn't going to do you any good at all. It needs to be in a holster.
Sound wacky? If you're in the wilderness ("the bush" as we call it in Alaska), you might notice it's common to carry a handgun in a hip holster. Lots of people do it. Up here, it's more rare to see someone in the bush without a firearm. Too many large, hungry mammals around here to risk it.
...Also if one of you is jumped on by a cougar, there's a great chance you can shoot the person instead of the cougar. I wouldn't take that trip if all of us were very well trained snipers that would hold their breaths and shoot without rising the blood pressure.
Sounds like you have NO FAITH in your own ability to handle a firearm let alone your friends' and family's ability to handle one. Take some classes, learn how to control your panic (it's possible to do; people learn how to do that all the time). IF you're even allowed to own guns in your country.
BTW, no professionally trained sniper is afraid to carry or handle a firearm. If you ever were a "very well trained sniper" you wouldn't think twice about carrying a loaded weapon with you. The nice thing is you don't have to be a military trained sniper...or even in the military or police...to learn how to safely handle firearms. It's one of the priviledges that Americans get to enjoy. Many people in other countries don't have the right to own firearms I know. Their governments prohibit it--maybe yours does too, I don't know. If you can take a gun course and learn how to handle firearms safely without being unnecessarily afraid of them. Millions of people in this country handle firearms everday without accidents or incidents. Don't let the "horror stories" in the news scare you. Firearms are safe and fun to use if you are responsible with them and get some training so that you know how to handle them safely.
That's good because a pistol in your backpack isn't going to do you any good at all. It needs to be in a holster.
Sound wacky? If you're in the wilderness ("the bush" as we call it in Alaska), you might notice it's common to carry a handgun in a hip holster. Lots of people do it. Up here, it's more rare to see someone in the bush without a firearm. Too many large, hungry mammals around here to risk it.
Sounds like you have NO FAITH in your own ability to handle a firearm let alone your friends' and family's ability to handle one. Take some classes, learn how to control your panic (it's possible to do; people learn how to do that all the time). IF you're even allowed to own guns in your country.
I have no faith in my or any of my friends' ability to handle a gun, as I've never held a gun before, so did my friends.
I'm thinking about taking classes and learning how to handle one soon though.
We don't have wild animals that would jump on us in our bushes here so that's why I don't get it, for me a pepper spray would do. In your case it is a pistol it seems.
I read my post and I figured I wrote "if" instead of "unless". Here's the correct version:
I wouldn't take that trip unless all of us were very well trained snipers that would hold their breaths and shoot without rising the blood pressure. Cougars are fast and I don't think they'd stay still when trying to kill a human that's fighting back.
I said this because if I (average person) see some one being chewed by a lion, my adrenaline level would go way high so would my blood pressure. I would prefer a tazer or a spray instead of a gun. But that's just me.
But I wonder, wouldn't a bear/wasp spray work? It wouldn't kill the animal either. But it could backfire only to piss the animal off a lot more and a lion doesn't chew with eyes. Also one might drop the tazer.
Also I'm not afraid of guns, I like 'em. What I am afraid of is, if I'm on a nature trip with my (armed) friends and if a cougar jumped on me they would probably shoot me too with the cougar, or nothing at all.
One must be really confident in his/her friends to take such a trip, and I am not.
Wouldn't tazers be a lot more safe? Wasp spray maybe? There is no way in the world I'd put a pistol in my backpack when I'm riding my bike, especially dirt biking. Just sayin'.
No, you wear it in a shoulder holster, and ride while wearing a suit. BAD ASS AWESOME!
If a bear attacks a man and a cougar saves the man from the bear, now that'd be a lot more interesting.
If a bear attacks a cougar and a man saves the cougar and cougar eats the man, now no one's topping that one.
Okay, I'll buy that...but what's the probability of those two guys being in the same room at the same time?
...I guess it could be at the annual National Survivor's of Extraordinary Animal Attacks convention!
Okay, I'll buy that...but what's the probability of those two guys being in the same room at the same time?
...I guess it could be at the annual National Survivor's of Extraordinary Animal Attacks convention!
HAHAHAH I laughed out loud.
How did i miss this!!?!?!?!?!? Why did no one call me?
And taking up chainsaw wood carving???? That should cause some uproad!
Incredible!
