I personally have been chased by a po-ed half dead pig with one of my arrows stuck in it. I wish I had a handgun then. (depredation permit in a residential area, so no gun ...). Just always stay close to a tree and pull yourself up when it comes running. :D

G

This is the only cat I ever got on game cam. :rolleyes:

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You are getting pretty sophisticated now at the lake trying to profile those hogs. Did you ever pop the cherry and kill one?

Cheers,

G

Would having dogs with you help?

I'm guessing the big cat would GO AWAY if he smelt canine. :confused:

when you are hunting putty tats or bears, dogs will get on the scent and run for miles until treeing one.


out just camping, dogs are great, you will not be accosted by anything. dogs put the fear of hay-zeus into bears and lions.



now if yer hunting mule deer/elk/pigs(java-leaners aka peccarry)antelopezzz'z,turkey,big horn sheep,coues deer, etc........................THE LAST THING YA WANT IS A DAWG! too damn much noise and the aforementioned kritters are in the next county and yer left pulling yer pud,bored to tears, feeding yer sandwich to the chipmunks and counting flies or crows.



so when hunting by myself,which i love dearly for a plethora of reasons as listed:


1) the only one making noise is YOU! and the KEY is being SNEAKY!

2) you can have rounds in the pipe(no one around to shoot aka yer friend,yer kids etc.)

3) you dont have to worry about someone getting lost aka yer friend yer kids etc.

4) you dont have some clown farting,belching,burping making noise disturbing possible game. the one i always love is your partner/friend/kids stepping on some dry tree branch and scattering game.

5) its YOU against nature. and ya better bring enough spoons and be prepared.



paro-NOID????????? not in the least. just prepared for all possible scenario's.



seeing/finding fresh evidence of cat/bear poo/kills buried will pucker yer sphincter faster than you can spit. and when doing this for a few days your level of yer senses will be so acute you will be able to see/hear/smell a fly fart.


the number one killer of varmint callers is large predators coming from behind while a varmint caller is calling. so always keep a large object at yer 6 oclock so they cant dry gulch you and make you into lil bear/putty tat POO POO's!

Mountain Lion in Bedroom Kills Family Dog - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

As I recall in this story...the cat jumped a barbed wire fence WITH the lab in it's jaws. Awesome power AND beauty.

You need the right type of dog. Then you are all set. Still, you wouldn't want a single dog if at all possible. Big game hounds are the preferred method to track down a lion.

George

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BEAGLES man...................BEAGLES! garbage jumping nasty azzd BEAGLES! with radio collars for when they get lost(not if).



damn beagles are the BIGGEST PRICKS a kat or bear could EVER DREAM OFF!



10 damn beagles and any bear or kat for miles around will be found and tree'd!




just dont leave any food beer pops around..............they will eat that too and the cans!

Boy, I can vouch for this one. I used to spend a lot of time calling coyotes. I had the absolute bejeebers scared out of me on a number of occasions by not only such "large" predators as cougar and bear, but by the "small" ones as well, including the very coyotes I was calling. We finally took to sitting pretty much almost back to back, with maybe a small patch of brush separating us.

Once one begins squealing on that call, one has become the hunted - that's the whole idea behind it. One can setup in locales more likely to provide coyotes than other critters, but the odd one or two of the bigger fellers may well still be in earshot. They will all come to a "dying rabbit". It makes it real fun when it's you...

All I know is that I almost became breakfast from what I believe was one of those critters... I know that I never want to be in that position again... even if I had a side arm at the time, I think that I would have been at a disadvantage due to the low light conditions... that, and not being able to see it due to the thick brush... good luck man, be safe and don't underestimate them...