What caliber for cougar?
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May 21st, 2018 at 5:22 pm
Would .454 Casull work?
May 21st, 2018 at 9:03 pm
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May 22nd, 2018 at 12:35 am
“He rode for 2 miles (3 kilometers) before he could get a cellphone signal to call 911.”
Yeah thanks for converting that distance, crudely, to kilometers. I would have been flummoxed otherwise.
After he watched the cougar drag his friend away, he then rode off. I’m having a little difficulty feeling terribly sorry for them.
They did everything they were supposed to do? So they were supposed to be injured and killed? Of course the article can go only so far as to say “fight back” without mentioning firearms or even knives, or any form of weapon for that matter. To controversial. Who doesn’t carry a knife, for Pete’s sake?
What caliber for cougar? Whatever you have with you, and shoot for score.
It is said in the mountains of North Idaho that the “kitty cat” that gets you is the one you never see. See?
I once heard a guy say his friend “shot a cougar that was attacking him with a 357 Magnum”.
I replied, “Cat’s can shoot? This changes everything.” He got all pissed.
May 22nd, 2018 at 8:10 am
I would think any caliber is better than no caliber.
Whenever I went bike riding, I always carried a pistol. We live in a suburban area, but we still have wild animals. I’ve seen the occasional snake, and heard of reports of bobcats and the like.
May 22nd, 2018 at 10:08 am
Unfortunately a really motivated(hungry) cat is going to put on some hurt before gunshot wounds will take effect
May 22nd, 2018 at 5:18 pm
I’ll reiterate what others have offered and which occurred to me when I heard the story.
ANY caliber is better than what ever caliber a bicycle comes in.
May 22nd, 2018 at 5:47 pm
“The two mountain bikers did what they were supposed to do when they noticed a mountain lion tailing them on a trail east of Seattle. THEY GOT OFF THEIR BIKES.”
So when one is un-armed and confronted by a threat, immobilizing one’s self is what you’re supposed to do? That’s just like the libtard logic (if there is any logic in libtard thinking) that sez that if one is un-armed, one is safe.
May 22nd, 2018 at 8:35 pm
There’s usually an MTBer killed about once a year by mountain lions in the great northwest.
Mountain bikers can’t come close to outrunning a big cat. Very few road cyclists can outrun a big dog, much less a big cat chasing you down dirt trails. By running you only trigger their prey response. At least if you dismount, you don’t have as far to fall, nor will you hit the ground with as much forward momentum.
When I bicycle I always carry at least an NAA Mini-Mag and sometimes a Beretta Pico. Not for big cats but because my bicycles (each) cost more than my car. And you never know when the urge is going to overtake you to stop and do some duck hunting.
May 23rd, 2018 at 8:06 pm
Considering what I’ve heard about most mountain bikers in that part of the country, they’d probably consider anything more violent than a flat kit to be something civilized people just don’t do.
Ref ‘What cartridge for predators?’ ran across this article a while back on the subject. General rule: FJM truncated-cone or hard-cast SWC bullet so you get as much penetration as possible.
http://www.marksmanshipmatters.com/dangerous-predators-stopped-with-handguns/
May 25th, 2018 at 8:55 am
One round from the .308 meant for the buck I had been hunting for, took out one of the two cougars that were stalking me during a hunt a few years back. For my courage to keep on hunting that same day, (bagging a buck), Kim du Toit awarded me a set of brass balls.
May 25th, 2018 at 6:45 pm
“Something was wrong with that cougar.” Yeah, it was hungry.
What caliber for cougar? 16″ Machete. Works for my teenage son. (We get cougars around here, next to the Blue Ridge. And black bears looking for garbage.)