I have been hiking at a cool spot for the past few months because it has lots of animals. I usually see javalina, coyote, coatis, and like 20 different species of birds. Unfortunately yesterday I ran into a mountain lion on the trail. I thought it was a coati going up a tree but it was actually a damn lion. I looked it up and the area is apparently filled with them. Is bear spray enough to deter them or should I start bringing a gun instead?
>>2852831You wouldn't see it coming. Cats are perfect predators. Also, you're not on their menu.Don't worry about them. Worry about bears if you have them around.
>>2852831Wear eyes on the back of your headLiterally like tape a mask there or something Googs are ambush hunters so if they get "spotted" they are less likely to attacc
>>2852831There have been lions there before, you just didn't see them. They don't see you as food. Make noise while you hike and they'll steer clear of you.
>>2852831like >>2852849 said, i also use googly eyes on my hatlooks stupid, but its better than dying painfully
>>2852831>UnfortunatelyDude, that's fucking awesome.
>>2852890>looks stupid, but its better than dying painfullyFortunately cougars will just break your neck which will kill you instantly. You won't even know its about to happen, all of a sudden a cougar will just tackle you to the ground and then you're dead.
>>2852831I believe Jaguars are the only big cat that attacks you head on, then crushes your skull with it's teeth, which is fucking metal. Fortunately these are mountain lions, unless they are starved you're too big for prey. I used to smoke jump in Northern Canada, sometimes you'd really be out there with nature, mate of mine out there used to keep a strobing bike light on his back in the event of a sneak attack. Every time we got a new recruit which was often they would ask and he would explain, and we would spend 45 minutes ripping him to pieces with new insults. Till one day we were hiking to an exfil point, fucking mountain lion runs up on the guy and jumps, we all turn around in time to see the fucking thing jump 8 feet straight up in the air then bug out and run to the woods. I'm 41 now, and I still hike to this day with a bike light on my back, never been attached by a mountain lion. If you that worried OP spend 8 dollars.
>>2852905Why are you guys all acting as if cougars are the #1 danger to humans in the wild? How many deaths by cougars are there per year? Or rather, decade?
>>2852918>How many deaths by cougars are there per year?i once watched a cougar suck the soul out of a guy behind a wendy's
Can someone give me an answer that isn't some retarded larp? Cougars weigh like 80lbs on average. I just fucking saw one so they aren't invisible stealth masters killers like you are all saying. There are literally like 20 videos of people being cornered or charged, not ambushed. Just tell me if I should bring my gun or my bear spray.
