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<blockquote data-quote="fta0303" data-source="post: 3098711" data-attributes="member: 43503"><p>Mountain lion attacks are on the uptick in the western states. They can be deadly predator, attacking from the back without warning, like a tiger. If they are accurate in their first rush, they probably have you. Outside of them hunting you, I suspect they'll run from you unless they have something to defend. They are a magnificent animal. They're occasionally sighted in town parks here in South Central Wa occasionally; a few years ago, a neighbor spotted one in backyard tree. </p><p></p><p>To be cat-proof, I think you need a solid guard for the back of your head and neck. They usually attack from the rear by biting into the neck or lower skull; protecting this area may pay dividends.</p><p></p><p>My father, a construction worker with a safety bent, taught me to look around an area for dangers before you enter it. He had a plywood and steel toolbox that he used in the shipyards at Swan Island during WWII. It's top was speckled with 3/16" indentations. I asked him why. Someone a 100 ft up had dropped a belt holster full of welding rod, they came whistling down on his tool box. Hence, hard hats. So, in addition to looking around when I enter an area, I also look up. Good practice if your back yard tree includes a mountain lion. Best to have a handgun, too, even in the backyard.</p><p></p><p>I hiked the Or and Wa Cascades a lot for many years and never saw a lion. How many saw me, I don't know! I did watch one stalk a deer from the roadside once, in NE Wa. Like all of teh samller predatory species, lions prefer smaller prey, meaning watch your wife and children.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fta0303, post: 3098711, member: 43503"] Mountain lion attacks are on the uptick in the western states. They can be deadly predator, attacking from the back without warning, like a tiger. If they are accurate in their first rush, they probably have you. Outside of them hunting you, I suspect they'll run from you unless they have something to defend. They are a magnificent animal. They're occasionally sighted in town parks here in South Central Wa occasionally; a few years ago, a neighbor spotted one in backyard tree. To be cat-proof, I think you need a solid guard for the back of your head and neck. They usually attack from the rear by biting into the neck or lower skull; protecting this area may pay dividends. My father, a construction worker with a safety bent, taught me to look around an area for dangers before you enter it. He had a plywood and steel toolbox that he used in the shipyards at Swan Island during WWII. It's top was speckled with 3/16" indentations. I asked him why. Someone a 100 ft up had dropped a belt holster full of welding rod, they came whistling down on his tool box. Hence, hard hats. So, in addition to looking around when I enter an area, I also look up. Good practice if your back yard tree includes a mountain lion. Best to have a handgun, too, even in the backyard. I hiked the Or and Wa Cascades a lot for many years and never saw a lion. How many saw me, I don't know! I did watch one stalk a deer from the roadside once, in NE Wa. Like all of teh samller predatory species, lions prefer smaller prey, meaning watch your wife and children. [/QUOTE]
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