Another Mt. Lion Is Murdered

[Trout Commander]

See. If he had been carrying a gun, he could have shot it in self defense.

Sorry, but if he shot it he would have been as wrong or more as the dolts who have killed the ones here, since the only time he saw it the cat was "disappearing into a brushy area".

Just saying.

[Wayne SW/MO]

25 pound chinook on your back works better than a pork chop. You jooged my memory with that pork chop remark, attack story from several years ago:

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) enforcement officers this morning issued safety warnings to residents near a section of the Kalama River while a private hound hunter continued searching for a cougar that reportedly jumped a male angler yesterday, knocking him to the ground.

The man, a Fort Lewis resident in his mid-30s, was not injured but his frame backpack showed claw marks.

WDFW officers, assisted by a hound hunter, searched the area about 10 miles northeast of Kalama for several hours yesterday afternoon after interviewing the angler.

The man told officers he was jumped from behind and knocked face-first to the ground as he was hiking out from the Kalama River shortly before 11 a.m. yesterday with a 25-pound chinook salmon wrapped in a plastic bag and tied to the outside of a frame backpack. When he rolled to his side to get up he saw a "huge" cougar disappearing into a brushy area about 12 to15 feet away. The man hiked out to a nearby mini-mart where he encountered a state hatchery worker who reported the incident to WDFW officers.

http://www.biggamehu...ma-river-cougar

My first inclination would be that the fish smell masked the human scent, and when it didn't the cat high tailed it out of there thankful he survived his mistake. I suppose the pack could have also masked the silhouette of the man.

[jdmidwest]

Sorry, but if he shot it he would have been as wrong or more as the dolts who have killed the ones here, since the only time he saw it the cat was "disappearing into a brushy area".

Just saying.

The claw marks on the backpack would have been enough for a good self defense statement.

[Trout Commander]

The claw marks on the backpack would have been enough for a good self defense statement.

But only a popcorn fart in the wind compared to a shot entering somewhere on the cats backside and exiting the front with no powder burns plus any indication of where the angler fell and where the blood was spilled. It would look more like a revenge killing.

Care for a bigger shovel?