I'll repeat my mountain lion story here as reading the others makes me recall mine and I still feel the adrenaline everytime I think about it. I posted it 2 or 3 times over the years here.
Cut n paste from a few weeks back...
I've had one close experience with a mountain lion.
I was predator calling in the AZ desert in the curve of a wash. All i had was my old 12 gage so my call was pretty close. I had only done this a couple times and hadn't got anything close enough yet and was just learning.
My back was to the high banked side of the wash so I couldnt be seen from behind and only my head was higher than the other side so I could watch anything coming into the call from a slightly sloping up hill in a small drainage feature.
After about a half hour a mountain lion came up from behind me and jumped over my head landing in front of me in the wash. It didnt see me till I let out a holy shit jumped up and fired a 12 gage 00 buck round into the far side of the wash. It pissed all over me as it took off scared at the same time I nearly shit myself. That bastard thought it was being slick sneaking up on an easy meal.
Took a few years off my life...at least. I have never been so startled in my life and dont expect to be.
Still gets my knees shaking from the adrenaline dump
Cut n paste from a few weeks back...
I've had one close experience with a mountain lion.
I was predator calling in the AZ desert in the curve of a wash. All i had was my old 12 gage so my call was pretty close. I had only done this a couple times and hadn't got anything close enough yet and was just learning.
My back was to the high banked side of the wash so I couldnt be seen from behind and only my head was higher than the other side so I could watch anything coming into the call from a slightly sloping up hill in a small drainage feature.
After about a half hour a mountain lion came up from behind me and jumped over my head landing in front of me in the wash. It didnt see me till I let out a holy shit jumped up and fired a 12 gage 00 buck round into the far side of the wash. It pissed all over me as it took off scared at the same time I nearly shit myself. That bastard thought it was being slick sneaking up on an easy meal.
Took a few years off my life...at least. I have never been so startled in my life and dont expect to be.
Still gets my knees shaking from the adrenaline dump