Guy who fought off and killed mountain lion speaks out

What if the bear is upwind?

Ive said this little story before on GLP years ago. I was hiking on a very public trail close to where I live. National Park property. It is very close to homes, businesses, but still in the wild none the less. I run up on Nordic walking stick hippies in the woods and they were frozen in fear when I can marching along with a .45 on my chest holster and a large knife on my hip. I asked them whats the problem, they seemed too scared to ask. I knew instantly it was my weapons. I laughed and said kids do you know where you are? They weakly shrugged. I said "in the wild" don't ever forget it. "Ohhh and by the way that creek 3 feet from you has fresh bear and mountain lion tracks, just be aware" I kept on hiking, and at that moment every lesson my father ever told me about being prepared in Scouts, treating the woods a dangerous adventure, and respecting what mother nature can throw at you came together.

End of story.

That's how I see it. I also agree with everyone who respects nature and prepares for such an event. Bear spray is good mkay!

Unless the mountain lion was declawed, he wouldn't have survived. It was probably more like a Linx or Bobcat...

Jesus none of you do any reading or even watching more than 15 seconds of something.

THEY ARE SAYING IT WAS A CUB LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD AND UNDER 50 LBS.

^^Typical Soy drinking cucks

EXACTLY!! Probably a baby he tried to pick up, and it fought back. Have you ever tried to kill a house cat with your bare hands? I have. It's near impossible. While you choke it it's trying to bite you and raking you with those hind claws. You will pay for it.

Hey brainwashed micro dick- soy is good for you. It is the only non-meat or dairy based complete protein. The estrogen in it doesnt feminize you.

Sorry about your tiny penis, brainwashing, low IQ and low income! Enjoy your heart disease!

You sound like a piece of shit. Please consider suicide.

Mountain home boy

It already affected you and you're too emotional to see it.

Uh huh whatever you say brainwashed fatbody. Think of me when you have your heart attack.

I do not buy this guy’s story.
A genuine fight with a border collie or labrador would produce more battle damage.
Nope, its bullshit.
He tried something stupid on maybe a sleeping animal or picked up a cub or something DUMB and got a few lovetaps.
Maybe there was a lion but it was sick and weak and he fucked with it and only got a light beating.
I dunno what the real story is, but a grown strong mountain lion of ANY size wouldve sliced and diced him up.

I read an article that said wildlife veterinarians autopsied the cat and said it did not have rabies and they estimated its live weight at 35-40 pounds.

It's a bummer that this guy stumbled into a sick animal and got f'd up, but this story has gotten way overblown for some reason. I wonder if this beagle-sized cat told Travis he was running in MAGA country?

So many fat basement dwellers on this thread.

He's one tough SOB!

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I do not buy this guy’s story.
A genuine fight with a border collie or labrador would produce more battle damage.
Nope, its bullshit.
He tried something stupid on maybe a sleeping animal or picked up a cub or something DUMB and got a few lovetaps.
Maybe there was a lion but it was sick and weak and he fucked with it and only got a light beating.
I dunno what the real story is, but a grown strong mountain lion of ANY size wouldve sliced and diced him up.


WELL THE AREA IS IN MY BACK YARD

YOU CAN NOT CARRY A GUN AND I AM NOT SURE HOW BIG A KNIFE YOU MAY CARRY

THE ONLY REASON HE WON WAS IT WAS A UNDER AGE ONE LION THEY ALSO COME UP AND TRAPPED OR GOT TWO AROUND THIS ONES AGE

HE WAS EATEN UP BEFORE THEY GOT UP HERE TO LOOK AT THE DEAD LION

HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST 80 POUNDS THEY ARE ONLY GUESSING AS LOTS OF HIS BODY WAS EATEN WHEN THEY GOT UP ON THE TRAIL

IT IS ABOUT 1/4 MILE BEHIND ME WE HAVE TO MANY MOUNTAIN LIONS I THINK AS WE HAVE SO MANY DEER THEY USUALLY GO FOR THEM


NOW THE LIONS ARE SNEAKING INTO FORT COLLINS RIGHT BELOW THIS AREA

LIONS IN TOWN LOOK AROUND AND CALL IF YOU SEE ONE PLEASE

PEOPLE STILL LET THEIR CATS AND LITTLE DOGS OUT UP HERE AND LITTLE KIDS PLAY THE SCREAMS ATTRACT A MOUNTAIN LION AND COYOTES

PEOPLE HAVE LITTLE CLUE

Since he is from Arkansas maybe the animal thought he was a "Clinton"?

I thought most national parks ban guns AM I CORRECT

I JUST REMEMBER SEEING THE ITEMS BANNED LONG AGO WHEN I WENT TO HIKE THAT TRAIL OR TRAILS UP THERE NEAR HORSETOOTH ROCK

I think the two young lions they caught were the dead ones siblings they may test to see about that so i am sure they saw prints from the larger lions if they are near by.

I think when you get to many lions they tend to get all worked up and fight each other and maybe attack people and small animals.

They love a large territory and don't like anyone crossing into it.

That poor guy fought for his life and he held down the back legs as he feared they would rip his crotch and legs to shreds.

He tells this all in the video. He also hit it glancing blows on the back of it's head a couple times. the damn thing had it's mouth locked on his wrist so he had to fight one handed and use his legs and body weight.

Talk about good reactions. Butt you know if you go up there you pick up that horrible feeling something is watching you. It creeps me right out so I never went back up there.

Then right after my only hike up there a mountain lion took a 5 year old boy they never found him and they searched like never before. Well recent years found his bones and DNA test showed it was that poor little boy.

So most know this risk is high and just is rare they go after a human still.

We see them right near the 80 collective mail boxes people put up warning signs all the time as they can creep in the talll grass right near the mail boxes

We also see many bears so warn others around the mailboxes to keep a eye out as it's the valley right below the trails.

he strikes me as a major beta liberal gay. guess they get lucky sometimes too.

Meant to add he said he hit the lions head with a rock like twice so that may have done more of a job that allowed him to get his foot on its neck.

He broke off sticks with his one free hand stabbing the lion in it's face as it had it's jaws locked on his wrist so it couldn't get his neck they do go for your neck so blocking with his hands saved his poor ass.

You really should have a two man buddy team if you are going up there with no guns allowed.

I am surprised more of these attacks don't happen. I think a young dumb lion went after a human where a older wiser one would just go find a deer. We have some major numbers of deer for lions to eat.

The guy was asking for it
and that's what he got.
Running alone in a wild area,
no deterrent
no prevention
no phone
just a fool with a death wish.

Must of been small (80 lbs)
and probably alone and very
hungry.
I find it hard to believe he was able to subdue
it with just his body.
It had to be weak or ill and the rock
to the head probably did more damage
than he thought.

I mean, have you ever tried to
man handle a sizable house cat ?

even a cat can hand out some real hurt
before you can even react.

Last Edited by Rogue bear poop on 02/15/2019 12:11 PM

TO ME RUNNING OR PLAYING WITH SCREAMS IS NOT WISE

This simply teases wild life that see you and you can't see them.

I think it kinda dumb ass to go running all the time in mountain lion country.

I mean really what the fck are people thinking. They aren't they think pretty means safe. Then goops you die. Butt we have sharks too in the sea and the risks are still low.

He said he will only run with a buddy now. I bet so if at all.

Yes Fort Collins is a lefty college town and everyone comes up here as it's like 13 miles from town to the trails areas.

So lefty time has taken over Fort Collins with 100,000 maybe more college kids from around the country. We get a lot of lefties you might say.

It use to be we got Wyoming cow boys and then you noticed how right wing red neck it was up here. That has changed over the past 10-15 years to lefty land.

I never bought into the stupid parties so I have a slightly different perspective.

don't be a snack for lions buddy

Big cats have a lot of confidence.

Yes he made the comment about the back legs of a cat so he used his legs to trap or some way hold the back legs from that motion any cat does when fighting with something. Oh man i had cats for over 20 years and I know that action big time lolol.

Little mountain lions in the house screammmmmmmm.

I love cats and dogs.

I think we have record numbers up here now so this is going to happen more as the numbers climb.

It is a amazing area and they have improved many trails I have heard over the years. They also have the area below this one that has horses so I see horse trailers all the times now.

Never heard of a mountain lion attacking the horses yet. or bears

It turns into a mini city once spring hits. Countless RV's and massive boats on the lake. We have it all and rattle snakes too.


LMAO

They use to catch and have a rattle snake round up up here in the olden days. Well they never caught all the snakes so year after year they built the snakes up so bad they had to go hunting more often to catch all the ones they missed.

Oh great I hate snakes. I think I saw one on my upper deck not sure. It didn't have a rattle making the noise butt i didn't go near the area and it went away.

My dogs went insane watching it so i had to lock them in the house.
I have a ramp that connects the second story deck to the back mountain so that damn snake came up the long ramp to greet me at my sliding screen door I quickly closed the glass door as my dogs almost busted the screen when they saw that snake.

I had two skunks living under my storage area lol oh man

and raccoons were very bad kids as well

deers for generations sleep right leaning against my house on the ground level They stand up and you have a big buck antlers and this large head looking in the window at you it is firkin wild and funny they are super friendly as they have come here for generations at least 28 years as I have been here that long.

I fear and respect my wild life. Bears piped into the wire cover i built for the trash can i only use on trash day. Fckers make a holy hell mess if they spread your trash all over the mountain and road.

Live and learn new ways is all you can do living in their home areas.

If you're ever confronted by a wild animal, don't run unless you run towards it and scream your lungs out at it. This will let it know that you're not prey.

I've had to do it a few times - Last July I was in the woods and my dog was off his leash and ran at a bear while the bear ran at it. I ran towards the bear with nothing but shouting my head off. Bear came nose to nose with my dog and never touched it. I'm pretty sure if I didn't run at the bear and yell at it, it would have kill the dog. Bears do that just by instinct without even hesitation.

The best way to let an animal know you're not worth eating is to do what I suggested above. Wild animals are not use to their prey yelling at them.

May work with crazy people too but I've yet to try it on them.

Last Edited by tcs on 02/15/2019 12:43 PM

total beta male

LOL

I would piss myself so would that scare one off ?

For like 17 years I went down my mountain around 10 pm to go work in town. Well i have had many things crunching around in the pitch black dark night. I was always thinking I could get nailed just going to the damn car.

It was mostly deer if I didn't see my deer then i would stand and flash the flash light lookin for eyes lookin at me lolol

creepy as hell all those years then a rabbit runs out from under the car and I about have a heart attack just something so close moving i had my fists up and about shit bricks so many times lol

Then you see these very large tracks in the 2 foot of fresh snow and go what the hell is that from lolol

no one gets nailed up here so risk is low just on them trails it seems

THIS

This cougar was small.

I have friends who used to run dogs to tree cougars when it was still allowed in Washington.For hunting, pest elimination and photography.

Steve was famous for saying every person who saw a cougar always claimed it was a really big cougar.
No matter how big it actually was.

Steve and Chris had a few times where they would have to pull a mountain lion off their dogs and they knew how big it was.

While still dangerous this was a really small cat.

They just killed one near Bend Oregon that was by homes and a grade school.

It was a full 100 pounds bigger and was stated to be average size for its age by a fish and wildlife guy.