Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Anyone know how to train their kitty cat?

Not many have had close contact with tigers and do nor really grasp how big they are. Had a rare chance to scratch/pet one's noggin long time back and it purred. That is a sound so purrfect for a horror movie sound track I can't even explain it. Suffice to say, when I heard it I realized how incredibly stupid I could be now and then. I'm 6'2" and its ears were above my belt line.

One other occasion in 'Nam was somewhat scary. On a recon mission and flew over a small clearing in the A Shau Valley floor not too far from Hamburger Hill. Two tiger kitties about the size of a medium dog looked up at my chopper and were totally shocked...and even frozen in time and space. About 5 seconds passed and mommy came boiling out of the brush, snarling and swiping at me with her front paw. Not the least bit afraid and totally devoted to saving her young ones. Two things happened then. 1) I prayed to the Lord that my engine would not fail, and 2) my gunner wanted to shoot them all. I told him they ate dinks and he said, "Boy am I a dummy!" We left immediately.