Why you might need a gun in the woods

DaveH · November 6th, 2009, 12:37 PM

Now had this 14yo been hiking unarmed in a "park"....

FWP officials rule cougar shooting justified | greatfallstribune.com | Great Falls Tribune

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(BUTTE AP) — The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks determined that the shooting of a cougar by a 14-year-old elk hunter from Anaconda was justified.

Game warden Shane Yaskus said the cougar measured about 7 feet long from nose to tail.

Eric Boyd was waiting at an outcropping last week while his father tried to drive an elk past him that they had been tracking.

Boyd said he heard a twig snap behind him and when he turned he saw the cougar about 25 yards away.

He said the two stared at each other for about 20 seconds before the cat started moving forward, and Boyd fired his rifle, hitting the cougar four times.

Boyd said he’s still hunting but that he’s not going to hunt by himself for a while.

msgt/ret · November 6th, 2009, 12:41 PM

Scary when you become the hunted instead of the hunter, good response from Boyd.

nedrgr21 · November 6th, 2009, 03:18 PM

Yup. When a friend was little he saw a full grown bald eagle up close and personal and came to the sudden realization he was not at the top of the food chain - still swears that eagle was looking at him funny.

dukalmighty · November 6th, 2009, 06:55 PM

I saw a video where somewhere in turkey or some place like that a small deer was taken down by a trained hunting eagle

retsupt99 · November 6th, 2009, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by nedrgr21

Yup. When a friend was little he saw a full grown bald eagle up close and personal and came to the sudden realization he was not at the top of the food chain - still swears that eagle was looking at him funny.

Unless you're aproaching a nesting area, a Bald Eagle is not going to 'hunt' you, however, a Bald Eagle would have no problem tearing an adult man to shreds. I lived in AK for seven years...one did not want to accidently walk near a nesting area. When Fish & Feathers approached a nesting area, they carried a broom overhead...a target for a diving eagle to hit instead of the human...unless you have your head on a swivel, you won't see or hear it coming.

Butch · November 6th, 2009, 08:28 PM

The kid was lucky not to end up as cat food. A Gun , don't leave home without it !

Ram Rod · November 6th, 2009, 08:45 PM

Always carry. If you don't, everything is left up to chance. You've got to ask yourself.........ya feel lucky?

Pro2A · November 6th, 2009, 08:56 PM

I go up hunting quite a bit. Right now I'm turkey hunting at my father in laws in Northern PA. I left the house this morning with my 1911 and my 12 gauge. You can never be too careful in the woods, especially in the early morning hours when it's just barely light out. There have been bobcat sightings, lots of coyotes, badgers, black bear and even a mountain lion was seen once. When I go up on the hill I ALWAYS have at least 2 firearms.

HotGuns · November 6th, 2009, 11:25 PM

I always carry in the woods.

It aint to figure out the 4 legged critters. Its the 2 legged ones that worry me.

sharpetop · November 8th, 2009, 05:25 PM

Around here I'm more worried about accidently walking up on a meth lab than I am about any four legged creature. The authorities regularly find remnants of them in secluded areas around here.

November 6th, 2009, 12:41 PM	#2
msgt/ret Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,011	Scary when you become the hunted instead of the hunter, good response from Boyd. __________________ When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. "Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way."

November 6th, 2009, 06:55 PM	#4
dukalmighty VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: texas Posts: 6,383	I saw a video where somewhere in turkey or some place like that a small deer was taken down by a trained hunting eagle __________________ I like Poetry,Long Walks On The Beach,And Poking Dead Things With A Stick

November 6th, 2009, 08:45 PM	#7
Ram Rod VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: crawford county, arkansas Posts: 8,807	Always carry. If you don't, everything is left up to chance. You've got to ask yourself.........ya feel lucky? __________________ RamRod-----sans remords live, eat, breathe, sleep Glock

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HotGuns Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,582	I always carry in the woods. It aint to figure out the 4 legged critters. Its the 2 legged ones that worry me. __________________ AR. CHL Instr. To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. Thomas Jefferson

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November 6th, 2009, 03:18 PM	#3
nedrgr21 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: KCMO Posts: 556	Yup. When a friend was little he saw a full grown bald eagle up close and personal and came to the sudden realization he was not at the top of the food chain - still swears that eagle was looking at him funny.

November 6th, 2009, 08:28 PM	#6
Butch Ex Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Pizmo Posts: 66	The kid was lucky not to end up as cat food. A Gun , don't leave home without it !

November 6th, 2009, 08:56 PM	#8
Pro2A Distinguished Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,506	I go up hunting quite a bit. Right now I'm turkey hunting at my father in laws in Northern PA. I left the house this morning with my 1911 and my 12 gauge. You can never be too careful in the woods, especially in the early morning hours when it's just barely light out. There have been bobcat sightings, lots of coyotes, badgers, black bear and even a mountain lion was seen once. When I go up on the hill I ALWAYS have at least 2 firearms.

November 8th, 2009, 05:25 PM	#10
sharpetop Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 238	Around here I'm more worried about accidently walking up on a meth lab than I am about any four legged creature. The authorities regularly find remnants of them in secluded areas around here.