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Posted: 1/23/2021 2:46:09 AM EDT
Fuuuuuuuuck. Too close....Way too close.
 Colorado hiker stalked by mountain lion |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 2:49:42 AM EDT
[#1]
And some here will mock those who carry a gun on hikes.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:02:23 AM EDT
[#2]
Imagine hearing this while you're strolling through the woods...
 Mountain Lion Scream |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:03:33 AM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Imagine hearing this while you're strolling through the woods...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE7YOJVSoIs |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:11:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Imagine hearing this while you're strolling through the woods... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE7YOJVSoIsHoly shiiit. Is this the mountain lion version of house cat mating freakouts? |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:11:18 AM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Imagine hearing this while you're strolling through the woods... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE7YOJVSoIsOh Jesus fucking christ no |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:14:05 AM EDT
[#6]
Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see any stalking in the original video.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:17:04 AM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see any stalking in the original video. That's right...You didn't see it. 
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:32:45 AM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Imagine hearing this while you're strolling through the woods... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE7YOJVSoIsIt’s fun when your with someone whose never heard them scream before |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:45:11 AM EDT
[#9]
Yeah that close gets a bullet.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:50:21 AM EDT
[#10]
He was lucky that kitty had a full belly and was having a good day.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:50:29 AM EDT
[#11]
Charge that bitch and show it who is boss....
Looks down at house cat (sub 10 lbs), looks at scars from said fur ball..... "I got this." |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:52:03 AM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Imagine hearing this while you're strolling through the woods... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE7YOJVSoIsI'd definitely piss myself. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:52:20 AM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah that close gets a bullet. why? |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 3:53:23 AM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: why? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Yeah that close gets a bullet. why? Sharp teeth and claws come to mind. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 4:03:01 AM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Imagine hearing this while you're strolling through the woods... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE7YOJVSoIsI have, right at dusk, in the marble mountains. My hair was stand up on the my neck, it sounded right next to us but we could see anything. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 4:39:51 AM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see any stalking in the original video. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 4:53:16 AM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: And some here will mock those who carry a gun on hikes. Not me. I mock those who don't. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 5:18:59 AM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Imagine hearing this while you're strolling through the woods... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE7YOJVSoIs
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Posted: 1/23/2021 6:03:02 AM EDT
[#19]
Just like what happened to my neighbor
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Posted: 1/23/2021 7:13:57 AM EDT
[#20]
A hiker with a trail camera?
Oh, no thanks on that meet-up. 
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Posted: 1/23/2021 7:28:48 AM EDT
[#21]
That was as big mamma. I suspect she was out looking for breakfast, and while she looked interested, she definitely didn't look threatened. Had the hiker been a smaller kid or petite lady...attitude might have changed for breakfast-interests. At that distance, gun would be out and I would be saying nice things, like "go away kitty".
Big cats scare the shit out of more than any other critter on the Northern Hemisphere. Sure, a brownie or moose can fuck you up dead, but they don't make my hairs stand up on my neck like a cat. I've had two encounters with mountain lions. One had been running from something and ran almost into me; spooked us both  The second was bow hunting on the east side of the Cascades and I was rounding a rock wall, something felt weird, I looked up and a big cat was looking down at me, literally 10 feet above me...once I saw her (I prefer her, sounds better for a cougar ), she backed up and disappeared...it distracted me the rest of the morning and I was constantly looking over my shoulder. I carry when outdoors more for two-legged threats, but don't ignore a hungry or territorial cat or bear. ROCK6 |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 7:47:52 AM EDT
[#22]
I was told by a friend that lives on the Mesa up out of Ridgway that there are more lions now in CO than ever in history. CO forest and wildlife management is despicable. They only thing better is to introduce wolves.....oh wait.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 7:56:18 AM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see any stalking in the original video. It looks more like curiosity, if you own a house cat just look at them, they do the same thing. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 7:58:03 AM EDT
[#24]
The problem with cats is you typically don't see them. Aside from hunting them, I've only seen a couple of cats in the wild. I have had eerie feelings before, and doucled around to find cat tracks in mine while elk hunting and hiking. You usually see the bear following you, but almost never the cat.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:00:08 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Imagine hearing this while you're strolling through the woods... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE7YOJVSoIsThis flares up my red dead redemption ptsd |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:11:02 AM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: And some here will mock those who carry a gun on hikes. I run with my pistol so I would never hike without .it
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:11:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. Looked like kitty was probably sleeping behind that rock, hears hiker, looks at hiker and then walks away. Yeah, that's not stalking behavior. That's computational curiosity. "Is hiker a threat, food or unknown? Meh, I'm good. Peace." |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:16:39 AM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I was told by a friend that lives on the Mesa up out of Ridgway that there are more lions now in CO than ever in history. CO forest and wildlife management is despicable. They only thing better is to introduce wolves.....oh wait. There was a time when a man walking through the woods had to watch his back. I would take that over the ear buds wearing, candy bar munchers, stomping around today with no clue of their surroundings. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:16:39 AM EDT
[#29]
(2 round burst)
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:18:30 AM EDT
[#30]
I'd rather see a stalking lion than not see the stalking lion.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:33:11 AM EDT
[#31]
If you zoom into that sign, it says "Do not feed the mountain lion."
That cat was just too lazy to move, that dude wasn't being stalked. Almost looked like it was getting up from nap or something. Note the tumor(s) on it's belly. It's old and probably not as much of a go-getter as it was. Probably makes it a bit less concerned about people but also more likely to try to eat one. (It could be lactating as well, but that looks like "really old cat belly" to me.) |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:42:40 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/23/2021 8:56:59 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This. Looked like kitty was probably sleeping behind that rock, hears hiker, looks at hiker and then walks away. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see any stalking in the original video. Yup. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 9:15:14 AM EDT
[#34]
I've seen 5 mountain lions around here in the last few years. 1 was absolutely enormous and pure muscle. I was glad to be in my truck when i saw him.
Another time i hiked up on 2 mountain lions at 3AM, but i had dual PVS-14's on and a suppressed 300 BLK. It was pitch black and i tried to get as close as possible while sneaking up on them with the IR laser trained on their foreheads. Pretty fun night. They were watching me the entire time and ran off before i could get within 50 yards. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 9:20:02 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Imagine hearing this while you're strolling through the woods... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE7YOJVSoIsmy buddy and I went hunting at a family property. We got there at night and were unloading the truck. We heard what I thought was a woman being absolutely slaughtered just 100 yards away. It was so insane I thought it was some hidden camera tv show or something. Sounded exactly like that. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 4:39:17 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Imagine hearing this while you're strolling through the woods... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE7YOJVSoIsMost people unfamiliar with mountain lions will attribute those sounds to them, but they can also make other ones that many won't. Some that I've heard before are whistling sounds: https://youtu.be/oVZCAQP6eQM?t=104 and a sort of "yewing" sound, of which I can't seem to easily find a recording. At one time, I was hiking up a trail and passed by a tree where some grouse were hiding out, making sounds, but there were some other sounds I couldn't identify. I must have spooked whatever it was because it retreated further into the trees, with a few pauses while doing so. It was weird, each time it moved, the sounds gave away the general area of where it was, but I couldn't visually identify any movement. It almost seemed like it was invisible. I'm pretty sure it was a mountain lion, because later on I did see one in that same general area. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 4:46:25 PM EDT
[#37]
Trail cam mentioned then said he was sitting 20 yards behind him. I feel like this was a guy waiting for deer and turned around and lion was sitting behind him.
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Posted: 1/23/2021 5:19:20 PM EDT
[#38]
Lets not forget this terrifying video of a man being stalked by a cougar for a full 6 minutes!
 Cougar Stalks Man for 6 Minutes During Run |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 5:25:06 PM EDT
[#39]
that cat looked pretty big..
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Posted: 1/23/2021 5:45:30 PM EDT
[#40]
I don't think that I'd trust it to not come back after leisurely strolling off like that...
I think after it had a little distance I'd fire a few shots into the ground around it to spook it off and make it get the point. |
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Posted: 1/23/2021 5:50:02 PM EDT
[#41]
You need to ride that kitteh!
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