Thinking I would have done it differently.

What a dumbass.

Shoot the bitch and go home.
Sheesh

lucky to be alive. Lots of mistakes here.

I would have been the aggressor with a gun in my hand. Kitty probably would have died.

Goodness. Really ?

When you see an animal like that... (cat, wolf or bear...). and at the sight of you, it aint running away... Backing up is not the first thing you do.

Why not use the rifle and nail him if he was elk hunting, I'm sure he wasn't using a handgun for elk.

Maybe he was bowhunting?

So the next time kitty encounters human no problem. They just make a loud noise. It was time to stop retreating and let the cat enter your sure hit zone. Mag dump. For the next guy.

Missed twice. C'mon man.

I am sure that the fellow only wanted to caution the kitty, not harm the endangered beast.

Of course not.

First thing ya do is start video!

Stupid basturd got time to video the deal but not deal with it. He needed to be recycled thru a cats azzhole.

Darwinism at its finest.

with the cat following him like that, maybe walk toward the truck so you don't have to drag it so far when you shoot it in the face

Shot to kill in those situations and save lots of potential B&C Whitetails!

Same thing happened to my friend he killed it, and it was HUGE!!!!

I am sure his heart was pounding and he wasn't exactly thinking straight.

I'd probably have ditched the cell phone to concentrate on aiming the gun, but at the same time I'd think that the footage would have been plenty good enough evidence to prove self defense. Who knows what happened after he turned the camera off????

I am guessing that he started videoing when he saw it...but maybe it hadn't seen him yet and/or hadn't shown any aggression?

What a pussy.

Hope he shoots his bow better

We have a lot of Cougar here, I am 4 miles on the north boundary of Olympic National Park in Washington State. The big Toms prowl the canyon just behind the barn, killed all of the neighbor's goats one night about 5 years ago. State trappers jumped it the next morning but it got into the park and gave them the slip.

Two years ago one of our livestock guard dogs jumped one behind the barn and chased it over the fence back into the park. Dog was missing for 2 days then came trotting down the road looking for home.

So, my 629 S&W often is in the holster whenever I am doing work behind the barn, near the canyon. Few years back one was down by the creek, dogs were going nuts. I wandered down there and saw just the tail as it slipped back into the trees.

"They are here" and reproducing well.

That kind of mindset I’ll never understand but it’s becoming more common unfortunately. The back up and back down beta-think is not something that I can understand nor is the ability to prioritize recording the event over accurate rounds on target because his shooting was horrendous. If that was me that cat would’ve been dead before I remembered (under stress) to hit record.

This is pure gold on the neighborhood app. Lots of comments about how the poor puty tat just had fur babies in the area and it meant no harm so dont be shooting at it. LOL. I would have fired long before that dude. I'm sure this is in California or somewhere where they would lock you up unless you had scratches on you.

You can shoot them here no problem.
If you call it in, the F&G officers are very friendly about it.
Stock animals or personal safety, fire away.

I seen it on the TV, just need some dogs, run that cat up a tree, then hit that tree a few times with a switch and that will send that cat to the high country with his tail between his legs.

Take care

Any idea what State he was in, besides confusion?

Even the nature loving wife here said that thing needed shot as soon as it started coming toward him. Kitty language is not that hard to understand.

3-S time- - - - -and keep the damned camera in your pocket!

A lot of lion experts that have never seen a lion.

Could be. Rolling video on life seems to be SOP these days.

Good thing for the guy that the cat gave up.

They’re a looooongggg way from endangered. I’d love to kill a cat. That looked like a nice one.

I see three steps to this problem.... and it is a problem when an animal capable of killing a man is stalking a man!!!
1) Use weapon of choice and cause man killing animal to enter the next life.
2) Change soiled pants
3) Continue doing whatever you were doing before the encounter

Why'd you change your handle calnum?

Commyfornia Fired our head Fish and Game Director for winning a Lotto Ticket to take down a Nasty Cougar in Idaho Years back.
The guy went to Idaho Out Side of Commyfornia's jurisdiction and shot and killed a known bad Cat.
When he got back home the Animal Rights ChitHeads petitioned the State and had the Guy Fired because he was a Resident of Commyfornia and Killed a Protected Animal.

Even Thou it was in a Different State it did not matter to them.

Do you really think he meant to just scare the cat, or just missed it?

Somethings not right......too steady a hand on the camera for such a situation.

Danger, drama, a video....money to be made.

Of course it is in California, the shooter just held up a liquor store the same way, backing out the door with a comb and a bottle of Old Harper...

I agree it's pretty rock solid. I suspect that the hunter/shooter had his phone in some sort of a harness to create a kind of faux go-pro.

This.

Put the damn phone down.

Might have had a 6 x 24 by 52mm or whatever that is useless under 100 yard.

Still a cool video. Personally I would have killed the cat and not made the video.

Okay idiot. Put the phone down, use both hands because you obviously don’t spend any time shooting one handed. Cat should have eaten his dumb a$$

Whether he meant to or not, and I think he didn't, but that second shot he jerked off dang near gutshot the cat anyway. Looked like shot #2 went right over the cat about 3/4's back toward the hip. If you're gonna pack a gun, know when to use it, how to use it and have the determination to use it when it is necessary.

Good grief! God gave him a new rug and went home empty handed.
Don’t walk backwards, use both hands.

There is a trail up pikes peak. Some of the trail has another trail 10 or 12 feet above it. I have walked upper trail a few times and have seen lion tracks on it. They could just jump down on something from the upper trail on the lower trail. More lions around than most people know.

Betting it was CA.

Idaho according to F&S

This looks a lot like that Utah guy’s encounter with a female lion with cubs.

I’ve had a skinny little stray cat scramble back under a fence and hissing and spitting face me down over a kitten hiding under a dumpster.

So this latest thing may not have been a predatory encounter.

Not that that makes any difference.

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IMHO... a .460R is a superior caliber...



Admittedly, I need to reprofile the brake a bit.

1,760 FPS IIRC.

Have you?
I'm not an "expert", we just have them on the ranch.
I've been closer to cats than many, here.
Retreating from a cat is the worst response, triggers the predator in them.

On average we tree 20 a year.

Cool. Post up a few pics of them..

thinking man's answer!