Fallkniven
10-18-2010, 11:02 PM
Just Thought I would let anyone know, who is heading to the 3 forks area, what happened to me tonite.
I was heading back down a small FSR, about a mile from the main FSR, (that leads to graystokes). it was about 15 mins to dark and i had been out looking for Whitetails, i was heading back down now, walking quietly down the hill. As I was keeping a good lookout, I momentarily checked behind me and saw what i thought was a coyote. I stopped and looked at it fora moment, expecting it to run as soon as it saw me. It didn't, it just stopped dead in the middle of the track about 50yds away.
I coughed acouple of times, but it still didn't run. swinging my rifle up, I took a look down the scope and saw instantly that it was a cat, given the height of the head i was thinking bobcat.
I watched it for a while, but seeing as the light was diminishing, i clapped my hands a couple of times to frighten it off.
At the noise, the cat stood and only now did I see its long body, that seemed to grown from the ground and its long tail. The cougar was staring fixed at me and we watched eachother for a minute. No problem i was thinking, just a Couger I'll soon scare it off, so grabbing my jacket and lifting the hood,( to make myself seem larger) i stepped forward and shouted as loudly as I could.
Actually this had almost no effect, it simply turned one pace to one side, then swung back facing me.
I decided to back away , while facing it, and this i started to do, but I had only gone a few steps when i had to look down at my footing. When i glanced back up, the cat had advanced several feet and was again crouched low.
I made more noise, but agian no effect. The light was going fast now and I still had 3/4 mile to go,I tried backing away again, but almost the same thing happend as last time and the couger advanced still closer and agin lay crouched.It was time to act quickly, so I shouted and stepping forward fired the gun over its head . Only now did it, react, but it didn't streak off into the undergrowth as I had expected, but loped to one side and then slipped into the trees.
I headed back downn to the truck at double time and got there just as it was dark.
I have called the C/o.
Seems odd that it would advance over such open ground, not sure weather it would have pressed home an attack, but it might, had it got close enough to me from behind.
anyway, i thought I would put the word out there, as I know quite a few people hike/mountain bike and hunt up that way.
Paul
I was heading back down a small FSR, about a mile from the main FSR, (that leads to graystokes). it was about 15 mins to dark and i had been out looking for Whitetails, i was heading back down now, walking quietly down the hill. As I was keeping a good lookout, I momentarily checked behind me and saw what i thought was a coyote. I stopped and looked at it fora moment, expecting it to run as soon as it saw me. It didn't, it just stopped dead in the middle of the track about 50yds away.
I coughed acouple of times, but it still didn't run. swinging my rifle up, I took a look down the scope and saw instantly that it was a cat, given the height of the head i was thinking bobcat.
I watched it for a while, but seeing as the light was diminishing, i clapped my hands a couple of times to frighten it off.
At the noise, the cat stood and only now did I see its long body, that seemed to grown from the ground and its long tail. The cougar was staring fixed at me and we watched eachother for a minute. No problem i was thinking, just a Couger I'll soon scare it off, so grabbing my jacket and lifting the hood,( to make myself seem larger) i stepped forward and shouted as loudly as I could.
Actually this had almost no effect, it simply turned one pace to one side, then swung back facing me.
I decided to back away , while facing it, and this i started to do, but I had only gone a few steps when i had to look down at my footing. When i glanced back up, the cat had advanced several feet and was again crouched low.
I made more noise, but agian no effect. The light was going fast now and I still had 3/4 mile to go,I tried backing away again, but almost the same thing happend as last time and the couger advanced still closer and agin lay crouched.It was time to act quickly, so I shouted and stepping forward fired the gun over its head . Only now did it, react, but it didn't streak off into the undergrowth as I had expected, but loped to one side and then slipped into the trees.
I headed back downn to the truck at double time and got there just as it was dark.
I have called the C/o.
Seems odd that it would advance over such open ground, not sure weather it would have pressed home an attack, but it might, had it got close enough to me from behind.
anyway, i thought I would put the word out there, as I know quite a few people hike/mountain bike and hunt up that way.
Paul