Re: Cougar encounter on pack out - shots fired
The cat needs the deer to flail and turn..nearly all cougar encounters end up head on. If they are so fast why don’t they just take you out from behind out of sight? Especially a guy with a pack on. The cat nearly always takes a deer in the “pocket” quartering too, deer flails away opening up its neck and rendering itself defenceless for a second ...if you have handled horses you will understand where it is safe to be and you have a measure of control.
the cat isn’t going to “break” because you shot...it is waiting for you to “break” don’t break! It is unnerving cause they don’t even acknowledge a warning shot...they are in the “zone” .taking a offence and moving towards them is more effective to get them to turn there eye and move off..
statistics bear out that they have almost never killed or maimed and adult male.
It is well to try and journey ones road and to fight with the air.Man must die! At worst he can die a little sooner." (H Ryder Haggard)