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k-hat:
Well, after twenty years of not hunting I'm finally able to go at it again.  Last time I did was as a teenager, if that counts.  Anyhow plenty of deer and and now I find out a cougar where I'm hunting.  I suspected that's what it was when I caught his eyes watching me with my headlamp while going out to my spot.  We watched each other a good 5 minutes, he was less than 50 yards away.  I think he got preoccupied watching me and spooked some deer, then disappeared.  Still not sure if he was shadowing or stalking me, or we just happened to be in same place same time.  He's been caught on trailcam and killed a cow and calf in the past year.  I found all that out this afternoon.

I don't carry a firearm with me (county is archery only), I'd carry a pistol if I had one (for the  (-_) too). 

I've been hunting alone, should I not?  I hunt only from the ground, and I know I'd be easier prey than a deer!!!

DC:
I don't have a lot of experience. I've seen five cougars in my life. I think that the fact that it watched you for 5 min instead of running is not good news. It's usually the unhealthy ones that attack. Usually all you get to see is a streak. The headlamp may change that, I dunno.

PEARL DRUMS:
None for me, thanks. Sounds like an "easy" one to trap.

bjrogg:
Gotta admit sends a shiver down my spine. It sure is nice to walk in the dark here knowing the only thing that's going to eat me is mosquitoes and they are done here now to.
Bjrogg

JW_Halverson:
I live, hunt, play, and sleep in cougar country.  The Black Hills once had the highest recorded density of mountain lion per square mile ever recorded in the world.  I have never seen one.  I suspect I saw several, but no glimpse allowed me to fully identify it.  Have I been seen?  I am probably under near constant surveillance when I am in the woods, LOL!

The danger to you is highly overblown.  How many cat attacks have you had on humans in your neighborhood in the last 5 years?  How many in your state?  When you look at the odds, quite often the perceived fear seems out of alignment.  I stopped carrying a sidearm for cats long ago. Nowadays when I carry it is based on the likelihood of running into snakes...the two legged kind.

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