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Date: 11 Nov 2024 20:54:35 GMT
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On 2024-11-11, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 10/11/2024 21:17, D wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 11:18:57 +0100, D wrote:
>>>
>>>> If I moved there I sure would need a .357 Magnum do defend myself if
>>>> those cats are loose! I'd better practice my quick draw!
>>>
>>> I've had several encounters with cats without bloodshed. They have a
>>> profile for prey and I don't fit it. Mountain bikers and joggers fit the
>>> fleeing prey envelope rather well. Small children are vulnerable. The 
>>> last
>>> fatality in this state was in 1989, a 5 year old riding a tricycle.
>>>
>>> Not to anthropomorphize but in my encounters we made eye contact and
>>> eventually went our separate ways. My feeling was the cat was curious
>>> about this thing standing its ground and concluded it was another apex
>>> predator best left alone.
>> 
>> Wow! The only thing I remember having heard or read is, if meet bear, 
>> then try to appear huge and make some noise. Maybe it works on cats as 
>> well?
>> 
>> I guess if you turn and run that might activate the hunting instinct in 
>> cats?
>> 
>>> When there are too many around there's a hunting season. Most hunt them
>>> with dogs. It's a balancing act. Reduce the cat population too much and
>>> you wind up knee deep in elk.
>> 
>> Mmmm... nice meat!
>> 
>>> I sometimes carry a .357 when I'm in known grizzly territory although 
>>> it's
>>> too light. The preferred weapon is a pump shotgun loaded with alternate
>>> slug and buckshot rounds. afaik I've only encountered one grizzly and I
>>> retreated with no problem. Many trailheads have signs describing
>>> identifying grizzly versus black bears but many people assume a brown 
>>> bear
>>> is a grizzly but black bears come in a variety of shades.
>> 
>> 
> Most wild animals - and domesticated ones - will only attack if they 
> feel threatened, or they are very hungry.
>
> Why risk injury otherwise?
>
> Making yourself look scarier than you are works for hungry animals, but 
> not for those that already feel threatened.
>
> Bill Bryson's 'a walk in the woods' concludes a chapter on how to deal 
> with bears with
>
> 'Mostly bears don't attack. Sometimes they do'.
>
>

They can when thinking that you are blocking their means of escape.

greymaus