>>917080>>917166Really want to believe you, and the fee black bears I've seen have generally been spooked or entirely uninterested with my presence. That said I know that MANY more mtn lions have seen me than I have seen (just the two I encountered last year), but animals aren't entirely predictable and a mtn lion ambling about sounds a helluva lot different than a pissed off kitty in the dark that wants you gone. The sidearm is for the 2% of times where 'raise your arms to look big and make noise' doesn't work. I yelled at the mountain lion and it yelled right back, not the sound from the movies, but what you hear at 2:10 followed by 3:32. Thought it was a baby bobcat at first but full grown lions make that high pitch noise (lure maybe?) too:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oVZCAQP6eQMSo yes, my Alaskan is coming on my backcountry trips, you'll never feel as exposed in your life than when a wild animal much stronger than you, that can see 6x better than you at night and jump 25 feet decides it's fuck these humans time.
