See why we think you’re all bluff? If you’re older than she is, she’s not a cougar.

I was impressed with his face, especially. Beautiful golden brown snout and black nose, sleek black coat. I thought “that” explained what made teddy bears such popular toys in days gone by.
made teddy bears popular.

Oh that kind I do hunt. I like to walk out of the bar with a 40/50 something cougar if I can.

OK, you appear to be an ignorant person. The males often stink pretty bad. Like a huge house cat and the smell is similar to tomcats after pissing on each other. One could perhaps confuse it with a ripe patch of skunk cabbage in season, but it’s not really the same.

:)

Strange that you would bring up the burning of Washington on this thread. It was the very militia that halted the attempted invasion of Baltimore. British General Ross was sniped almost immediately he stepped onto Maryland soil. See “The Burning of Washington” by Anthony Pitch (British author yet).

So you bring up an instance where the owning of guns was successful. Probably not a good example from your point of view.

You’re likely further off with your ideas about wildlife.

Good luck with that.

By “very upset” Grey Eagle means “join in and help”.

Interesting, I thought I knew quite a bit about them. Where do you find fault?

The biggest one I ever saw was perhaps 150 lbs and he was very old. They get darker as they age and he was hard to see in the shadows. He died in my forest a day or two after i first saw him. I did own property here at one time. You can smell em’ if you are paying attention.

I’d be very upset if you do it again.

Bears, I avoid but have seen many of them in the Sierras. My ex-wife had her car opened like a sardine can by a bear in Sequoia National Park. She had locked an ice chest in the trunk. Bad decision. The animal I worry most about is the moose. I have seen moose tracks on a trail in Alaska and they are very dangerous if you get in their way.

Most wild animals are harmless if you stay away from them. The fools do not stay away. I was on a bus in Denali Park when the driver picked up a couple of hikers because there was a small family of grizzlies ahead. I would no more hike in Denali Park than try to fly.

I know the exact road the kid in “Into the Wild” took into the park and still do not understand how people are so stupid.

Bill – you are correct. Typically a cougar will ambush and go for crushing the windpipe. They use the preys momentum and can achieve a neck break sometimes very quickly. They are amazing nasty animals. If pens stories aren’t total b.s., which I suspect they are, he is already being hunted and doesn’t even know it.

“Am I missing something here? I don’t seem to need a weapon for anything I can think of.”

Yes, you are–two things, actually. First of all, you have a very limited thought process. Secondly, you’ll be absolutely fine as you are–until suddenly you aren’t and then it will be too late.